straw bed Articles
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Barley yield and nutrient uptake for soil amended with fresh and composted cattle manure
Limited research exists on the long-term effect of fresh (FM) versus composted manure (CM) from beef cattle on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) yield and nutrient uptake. Barley was grown (1999–2007) as silage on an irrigated clay loam soil in southern Alberta where organic amendments and fertilizer were annually applied for 9 yr in the fall of 1998 to 2006. The treatments were three rates (13, 39, 77 ...
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Barley yield and nutrient uptake for soil amended with fresh and composted cattle manure
Limited research exists on the long-term effect of fresh (FM) versus composted manure (CM) from beef cattle on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) yield and nutrient uptake. Barley was grown (1999–2007) as silage on an irrigated clay loam soil in southern Alberta where organic amendments and fertilizer were annually applied for 9 yr in the fall of 1998 to 2006. The treatments were three rates (13, 39, 77 ...
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Forced ammonia stripping from livestock wastewater: the influence of some physico-chemical parameters of the wastewater
In highly alkaline aqueous solutions (pH >10), the main form of dissolved ammoniacal nitrogen is the unionized free ammonia. Free ammonia, being a gaseous molecule, is easily stripped out from the solution. Increasing wastewater pH is frequently used to force ammonia removal. Herein, the effect of the variation of some physico-chemical characteristics of liquid cattle wastewater on ammonia ...
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Seasonal infertility: the cause, the cost and can you prevent it from happening?
Still summer and already warning for the upcoming seasonal infertility?! A good understanding of what causes seasonal infertility or the so-called after-summer dip can help in preventing and limiting the negative consequences. What is seasonal infertility? It is the natural phenomenon occurring in September and October when healthy sows spontaneously return to service about 4 weeks after ...
By Ardol BV
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The History of Pig Farrowing Pens
Evidence for the domestication of sus scrofa domesticus - or in common parlance, the “domestic pig” - extends back over 10 thousand years ago, though the first examples of pig farrowing pens only appeared in the early 19th century. Some of the earliest examples come from the United Kingdom, where in 1807 “Mr. Pattinson’s Pig Cases” were promoted to produce healthier ...
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How to speed up composting
How to Speed up Composting Composting is a natural process. You can say it’s the most important recycling process in the ecosystem. Every living thing on the planet eventually dies and breaks down into soil to help new plant life (and, subsequently, every other living thing) flourish. By learning about the key factors in making fast compost we can begin making our own compost piles more ...
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