Final Report for LNC07-287
Project Information
No final report submitted to date.
The primary outcomes of this project are:
1) increasing awareness of farmers and agronomists on the effects that manure treatment can potentially have on nitrogen (N) availability,
2) improving the precision of N-based manure recommendations based on laboratory analysis.
Increased use of manure treatment such as anaerobic digestion, solid separation, and composting has added variation to this already highly variable material. Current University of Wisconsin recommendations for N availability of manure are based on total N analysis only, use the same availability factors for all dairy manures, and do not account for compositional changes in manure that occur during treatment processes. Farmers using manure treatment and operating under N-based nutrient management guidelines need better estimates of potential N availability from these materials to better manage for economic and environmental sustainability.