Ecological Effects of Manure Applications in Agricultural Production Systems

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 410, Fourth Floor
Presiding:
Maysoon Mikha
Organizer:
Joe Benjamin
10:00 AM
Fertilizing Cotton with Broiler Litter Is Superior to Inorganic Fertilizers in Mississippi Soils.
Haile Tewolde, USDA-ARS; Ardeshir Adeli, USDA-ARS; Karamat R. Sistani, USDA-ARS; Dennis Rowe, Mississippi State Univ.
10:15 AM
Restoration of Degraded/Eroded Soil Under Different Management Practices in the Central Great Plains Region.
Maysoon Mikha, USDA-ARS; Joe Benjamin, USDA-ARS; Phillip Stahlman, Kansas State Univ.; Merle Vigil, USDA-ARS, Central Great Plains Res. Stn.
10:30 AM
Rainfall Timing Effect On Concentrations of Testosterone and Estradiol in Surface Runoff From Broiler Litter Applied to Grassed Plots.
Dinku Endale, USDA-ARS; Dorcas Franklin, USDA-ARS; Vaughn H. Calvert, Univ. of Georgia; Sayed Hassan, Univ. of Georgia
10:45 AM
Crop and Soil Response to Application of Cattle and Swine Wastes.
Alan J. Schlegel, Kansas State Univ.; Loyd Stone, Kansas State Univ.; H. Dewayne Bond, Kansas State Univ.; Mahbub Alam, Kansas State Univ.
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Assessment of Ammonia Volatility From Fall Surface- Applied Liquid Dairy Manure.
Katie Campbell-Nelson, Univ. of Massachusetts; Stephen Herbert, Univ. of Massachusetts; Masoud Hashemi, Univ. of Massachusetts; Stephen Simkins, Univ. of Massachusetts; Sarah Weis, Univ. of Massachusetts
11:45 AM
Organic Pasture–Crop Rotations: Pasture Duration and Input Level Impacts On Soil Physical Properties.
Eva M. Clinton, West Virginia Univ.; E. M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, 1104 Agricultural Sciences Building; William Bryan, West Virginia Univ.; Alexandria Straight, West Virginia Univ.
12:00 PM