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Se evalua cuatro tratamientos de abonos orgánicos en varios dosis (bovino, caprino, gallinaza y composta) y un testigo con fertilizante inorgánico. Publicado en Terra, Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de la Ciencia del Suelo, A.C. vol. 19 no. 4 2001 (formato PDF).
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This Purdue University Extension (USA) paper is intended to provide livestock producers with information on how to handle, store, apply, and use animal manure as a plant nutrient resource and includes management suggestions for maximizing manure value.
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Animal waste articles from a number of scientific journals can be accessed through this ASA-CSSA-SSSA collection. Abstracts are freely accessible; access to full text may require payment. Browsing and search functions for related agricultural topics can be found at http://soil.scijournals.org/collections/.
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This is an online publication of a feasibility study carried out in Bali. The goal of the proposed project is to manage all the solid and liquid wastes from the feedlot-abattoir-meat processing and research complex, converting them into value-added products.
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This Core4 article discusses the need for nutrient management planning on dairy and livestock farms in New York and the northeastern US and presents a case study of a NY farm.
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This is a paper on a research project in Vietnam studying the effect of biodigester effluent as a fertilizer for duckweed compared to that of the original manure.
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This fact sheet helps people to manage manure as a crop nutrient resource, not a waste product. It outlines steps to determine its nutrient content, calculate the proper application rate based on your management objectives, crop yield potential, and soil test values for the field(s) that will receive manure.
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This site contains a chapter in an online publication called Wasted Agriculture: The use of Compost in Urban Agriculture. It focuses on the use of compost and manure in urban systems.
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An in depth and illustrated look at composting: the process, challanges, and considerations.
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Part of the Manitoba Soil Science Society Proceedings Database 1957-2003, this report provides information on manure applications for specific crops.
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This brief article from the Oregon State University Extension Service (USA) discusses the flow of nutrients through a dairy, the distribution of nutrients, and the nutrient content in the manure, and the value of manure.
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Informe científico publicado en el a 2000 en Terra, Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de la Ciencia del Suelo. Analiza los efectos de la humedad del suelo, cubiertas orgánicas (estiércol, pasto, suelo desnudo) y fertilización foliar en el desarrollo y la distribución radical del manzano 'Agua Nueva II.'
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A joint effort by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and the Conservation Technology Information Center has produced three virtual tours of nutrient management technologies or methods. The titles are "InStreem Lagoon Manure Management", "Dairy Manure Flush System with Two-stage Lagoon", and "InStreem Open Water Management". Many more tours are under construction and Quick Time for Windows is needed to view completed tours (Freely downloadable from this site).
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This University of Minnesota (USA) extension article gives farmers practical information for using poultry manure as fertilizer, while minimizing the potential environmental risks.
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This site contains descriptions of the role of soil micro and macro-fauna in the processes of soil formation and nutrient cycling, and features a literature review on the interactions of soil organisms and organic manures.
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This University of Illinois Extension database contains brief definitions and/or information on topics including compost, mulch, pH levels, soil minerals and elements, manure, green manure crops, and more.
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This paper discusses research conducted through the University of Pennsylvania (USA) into balancing dairy cattle feed to provide adequate nutrition while reducing nitrogen excretion in manure.
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This article looks at the management of manure and crop residues as soil amendments in Zimbabwe.
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The MOIST Group at Cornell University site. Karen Lowell's overview of her San Juan Sur Phosphorus Leaching Study
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LPES is a US national educational program for livestock and poultry advisors built by a team from land grant universities, the US Department of Agriculture, and the MidWest Plan Service. Curriculum materials are available on-line format or for sale in a searchable cd format. Lessons of particular potential interest regard nutrient and manure management.
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An experiment conducted near Renville, Minnesota (USA) in 1999, measured the effects of turkey and swine manure on the yield and quality of sugar beets in a soybean-corn-sugar beet rotation. This paper presents and discusses the preliminary results and the plans for continued investigation.
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Part of the University of Florida's extension material on soil and water, this site provides links to information on poultry manure and organic crop production.
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This edition of The Manager, a feature prepared by Cornell University dairy specialists, appeared in the October 2003 edition of Northeast Dairy Business Magazine. It contains links to 10 brief articles discussing manure application, leaching, storage and handling.
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This is a good basic introduction to horse manure management for small landowners with horses. (PDF)
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Manure Management Planner is a Windows-based computer program that helps users create manure management plans for animal feeding and crop operations in 14 states primarily in the Midwestern United States. The program was developed by researchers at Purdue University in Indiana, USA, and can be downloaded for free from this site.
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This ATTRA publication discusses raw manure problems and solutions and alternatives to raw manures.
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This paper is part of the proceedings for an internet conference on Integrated Bio-Systems which was held in 1998. It reports the results of pilot projects at a plant and on farms in Italy that investigated a method of managing swine manure surpluses. The solid fraction is separated from the manure slurry, and can then be composted and exported long distance to areas that have a high demand for fertilizers.
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MWPS (MidWest Plan Service) is an organization made up of the US Department of Agriculture and 12 US universities that use engineering to solve agricultural problems. This site is their list of on-line extension materials available for sale. Topics of potential interest to TropSCORE users include manure management, and soil, air, and water management.
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This site provides information about soil properties in sustainable agriculture, and specifically detailed information on nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Insights on how to fertilize organically.
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This site contains a NUTNET report on a participatory research program in Kenya that looked at compost and liquid manure. The report is in English, but includes a French translation of the abstract.
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The proceedings of the fourth meeting of the Institute for Biodynamic Research held in Juva, Finland in 1996 is available on-line and contains 4 papers on manure fertilization and plant quality.
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Colorado State University Extension provides facts regarding soil testing, water testing, manure testing, and plant analysis.
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This site contains an annotated bibliography of resources on swine manure management. It was put together by the Water Quality Information Center at the US National Agricultural Library.
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This 1996 proceedings of the third meeting of the Institute for Biodynamic Research in Copenhagen, Denmark is available on-line and contains 7 papers on nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling.
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This website is an online book that discusses composting human manure for fertilizer. It includes information on composting toilets, worms, disease, and grey water systems.
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An on-line version of a book published by the Oxford University Press. The book urges that in maintaining the fertility of the soil, the most careful attention be paid to the utilization of the waste products of agriculture itself before any demands are made on capital--natural or acquired.
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This site describes a project using human manure and urine as fertilizer for small scale vegetable crops and rainfed household crops.
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