224 Ecological Effects of Manure Applications in Agricultural Production Systems

Oral Session
S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation
This symposium will focus on the ecological effects of manure applications in agricultural production systems. The focus will be on the measureable effects of manure applications on soil quality parameters such as soil physical properties, soil organic matter content, nutrient dynamics, and crop yield. In addition, presentations will address the impact of manure applications on weed growth and species dynamics
Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 410, Fourth Floor

Presiding:
Maysoon Mikha
Organizer:
Joseph 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 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; Joseph 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 Schlegel, Kansas State Univ.; Loyd Stone, Kansas State Univ.; H. Dewayne Bond, Kansas State Univ.; Mahbub Alam, Kansas State Univ.
11:00 AM
Break
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.; Eugenia Pena-Yewtukhiw, 1104 Agricultural Sciences Building; William Bryan, West Virginia Univ.; Alexandria Straight, West Virginia Univ.
12:00 PM
Adjourn
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks