The objective of this webcast was to outline highlights of water quality data and political drivers that will shape the future of agricultural nutrient management in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This presentation was originally broadcast on February 18, 2011. More… Continue reading “Changing Management of Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed”
Utilizing Liquid Livestock Manure as a Top-dress to Wheat and Side-dress to Corn
This webcast discusses five years of on-farm research plots where liquid swine and dairy manure has been applied to soft red winter wheat fields and compared to urea as a spring top-dress nitrogen source. Research plots have utilized a Veenhuizen toolbar and a Peecon toolbar to incorporate liquid manure into standing wheat and more recently a dragline has been utilized to make manure application more efficient and reduce soil compaction. This presentation was originally broadcast on January 21, 2011. More… Continue reading “Utilizing Liquid Livestock Manure as a Top-dress to Wheat and Side-dress to Corn”
Live from the National Poultry Waste Symposium
The webcast series went on the road to the National Poultry Waste Management Symposium in Greensboro, NC. We asked four of the presenters at the conference to give a shortened version of their talk and then engaged them in a roundtable discussion about environmental issues facing the poultry industry with questions submitted from the live audience as well as the “virtual” one. Originally broadcast October 26, 2010. More… Continue reading “Live from the National Poultry Waste Symposium”
Manure Application in No-Till
Novel Approaches to Manure Application in No-Till. This webcast features some of what has been learned about the agronomic, economic and environmental effects of several novel approaches to incorporating manure in no-till systems. This presentation was originally broadcast on September 17, 2010. More… Continue reading “Manure Application in No-Till”
Precision Phosphorus Feeding for Dairy Cattle
Precision Phosphorus Feeding of the Dairy Cow. This presentation was originally broadcast on March 19, 2010. More… Continue reading “Precision Phosphorus Feeding for Dairy Cattle”
Water Quality Grab Bag: Composting, Horse Farm Manure Management, Nutrient Losses from Litter Stockpiles
The first “road trip” for the webcast series. These were webcast live from the 2010 National Water Quality Conference Meeting. The presentations include: increasing on-farm composting capacity, horse farm best management practices, and nutrient losses from poultry litter stockpiles. This was originally broadcast on February 24, 2010. More… Continue reading “Water Quality Grab Bag: Composting, Horse Farm Manure Management, Nutrient Losses from Litter Stockpiles”
Manure Nutrients, Cover Crops, and Slurry Seeding
Cover crops are being promoted as a way to keep manure nutrients from leaching or running off during ‘idle’ months in the field. Coupling manure application and cover crops: Can it work and what are the benefits? This presentation was originally broadcast on January 15, 2010. More… Continue reading “Manure Nutrients, Cover Crops, and Slurry Seeding”
Snap-Shot Assessments of Nutrient Use on Dairy Farms Webcast
Snap-Shot Assessments of Nutrient Use on Dairy Farms. This presentation was originally broadcast on November 20, 2009. More… Continue reading “Snap-Shot Assessments of Nutrient Use on Dairy Farms Webcast”
Conserving Manure Nitrogen in Animal Housing
How can you conserve more of the valuable nitrogen from your cattle feed lot or confinement facility? Do you want to learn more about manure management strategies to conserve nitrogen for beneficial reuse? This presentation was originally broadcast on February 20, 2009. More… Continue reading “Conserving Manure Nitrogen in Animal Housing”
Manure Management Planner Software
The Manure Management Planner (MMP) software is one option being endorsed by the US EPA and USDA NRCS for developing comprehensive nutrient management plans. The speakers are Rick Swenson, USDA NRCS and Brad Joern and Phil Hess, Purdue University. This program co-sponsored by the American Society of Agronomy and was originally broadcast on December 19, 2008. More… Continue reading “Manure Management Planner Software”