Ohio State University Extension has conducted small-plot and on-farm research on using swine and dairy manure as a sidedress nitrogen source for corn. This presentation was originally broadcast on March 21, 2014. More… Continue reading “Making Maximum Use of Nutrients in Liquid Manure”
Water Quality Index for Agricultural Runoff Tool
The presentation provides an overview of the tool with a demo and discuss how it can be used by NRCS field staff and others in evaluating and tracking effectiveness of conservation practices in improving water quality over time and space. This presentation was originally broadcast on March 7, 2014. More… Continue reading “Water Quality Index for Agricultural Runoff Tool”
Thermal Conversion of Animal Manure to Biofuel
Continued advances in technology have facilitated new avenues to access and extract energy (in various forms) from materials such as animal manure and crop residues that have not traditionally been considered viable fuel sources. This presentation discusses the use of thermochemical processes, including gasification, to produce biofuels from animal manure and was originally broadcast on February 28, 2014. More… Continue reading “Thermal Conversion of Animal Manure to Biofuel”
Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 3
This webcast is the last in a series of 3 webcasts that provide information on: the need to capture nutrients for recycling off-farm, global phosphorus supplies, and technologies that are being used on-farm to capture nitrogen and phosphorus from manure. This presentation was originally broadcast on January 17, 2014. More… Continue reading “Capturing Valuable Nutrients from Manure: Part 3”