Our mission is to gain knowledge to improve soil/plant nutrient management with emphasis on soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, and to develop systems to optimally integrate animal manure into sustainable agricultural practices while safeguarding environmental integrity.

Our overall goals are to:

• Develop Best Management Practices for managing animal manures.
  
  
• Develop new application technologies.
  
  
• Determine the long-term impacts of animal manures and other organic waste on soil and the environment.