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Title: DAIRY WASTE UTILIZATION FOR SWITCHGRASS BIOMASS PRODUCTION

Author
item Sanderson, Matt

Submitted to: Agronomy Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/15/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: Jones, R.M., M.A. Sanderson, S.P. Brown, and M.J. McFarland. 1998. Dairy waste utilization for switchgrass biomass production: yields and nutrient fate[abstract]. Agronomy Abstracts. p. 22.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Developing a sustainable biomass production system requires a low cost nutrient source and environmental impact assessment. This study was conducted 3 yr to determine yield of Alamo switchgrass and environmental impact from dairy waste application. Manure was applied in 1995 at rates up to 168 kg N/ha to switchgrass on a Windthorst fine sandy loam soil. Dairy lagoon effluent was applied in 1996 and 1997 at target rates of 0, 75, 150, 300, and 600 kg N/ha. Soil water was collected after rainfall at 46, 92, and 100 cm depths. Runoff water was collected downslope from treatment plots and a filter strip. Response to N was linear in 1996 and 1997 with a maximum yield of 16 Mg/ha. Forage recovery of N and P, changes in soil P, and impact on soil water and runoff N and P will be presented.