Effects of Surface-Applied Dairy Slurry on Herbage Yield and Stand Persistence : II. Alfalfa, Orchardgrass, Tall Fescue and Alfalfa-Orchardgrass

Min, Doohong; Vough, Lester R.; Chekol, Tesema; Kim, D. A.

doi:10.5713/ajas.1999.766

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“…In agreement with the findings of Christie (1987), DM yield from this study showed that DMN can produce similar forage DM yield compared to the CF treatment. Min et al (1999) revealed that tall fescue forage DM production under dairy slurry at 440 kg N ha −1 and 224 kg inorganic N ha −1 (similar to our N rates) was 8.3 and 9.8 Mg DM ha −1 , respectively. In addition, Min et al (2002) reported that DM yield of dairy slurry treated fields exceeded the yields of unfertilized control fields.…”

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Nutrient Source and Tillage Impacts on Tall Fescue Production and Soil Properties

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Tall fescue [Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort.] provides a major forage base for livestock production in the southeastern United States. Forage production using manure helps recycle nutrients with fewer environmental impacts. This study examined tall fescue forage production and soil chemical properties when using broiler litter (BL), dairy manure (DMN), commercial fertilizer (CF), and a control (UTC) treatment in no-till (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) systems. Forage nutritive values and majority of soil properties were not different in DMN, BL, and CF treatments. Herbage harvested was similar in BL and CF (9.3 and 8.1 Mg ha -1 ); DMN and UTC (6.6 and 5.6 Mg ha -1 ). Forage nutritive values in DMN and UTC were similar. Greater forage Cu and Zn contents were observed in BL and CF when compared to DMN and UTC. The soil pH of DMN treatment was 0.3 to 0.4 units higher than BL and CF. Soil organic matter (SOM) levels in all fertilizer treatments were similar (30.0-32.0 g kg -1 ). Broiler litter addition increased soil test P by 87%, NO 3 -N by 33%, and Cu by 30%, and Zn by 76%. The soil properties in DMN treatment did not change significantly. Tillage did not impact soil properties except for Fe; NDF (2012), Cu (2011), and Zn (2011). The results indicated that both broiler litter and dairy manure application can produce just as much herbage mass as commercial fertilizers with similar nutritive value. When manure is applied to meet crop N requirement, BL caused more intense soil nutrient loading than DMN.

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Nutrient Source and Tillage Impacts on Tall Fescue Production and Soil Properties

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“…Details of the site description, experimental treatments, cultural and harvesting practices of the alfalfa -orchardgrass systems are described elsewhere. [1,2] Briefly, the experiment had a split-plot randomized complete block design with three replications for each treatment combination. Experimental main plots consisted of four fertility treatments-two dairy manure slurry rates: low vs. high, one chemical fertilizer and a zero-amendment control (Table 1), and sub-plots consisted of two forage species: alfalfa vs. orchardgrass.…”

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“…[1,2] The soil at the experimental site is a moderately well drained Delanco silt loam soil (fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults) formed in alluvium washed from the uplands of the Piedmont Plateau. [9] The slope of the experimental site was about 2.6%.…”

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“…As a means of disposal and utilization of animal manures, dairy manure has traditionally been applied as a source of nutrients and organic matter to soils used in crop production. [1,2] Since animal manure supplies both organic C and mineral nutrients, [3] they are likely to exert immediate and wide-ranging effects on soil biological processes, quality and C sequestration than synthetic inorganic fertilizers alone. [4,5] Soil quality is an integrated characteristic determined by biological, chemical and physical soil properties as they respond to management practices.…”

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Dairy Manure Effects on Soil Quality Properties and Carbon Sequestration in Alfalfa–Orchardgrass Systems

Min

Islam

Vough

et al. 2003

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

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Dairy manure, as a passive by-product of livestock, is an important source of nutrients and organic matter to soils that support forage production. A split-plot experiment was conducted to determine the long-term (1994 -1999) effects of dairy manure and chemical fertilizer on soil quality properties and carbon (C) sequestration in an alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) forage systems. Five years after initiation of the experiment, soil core samples were collected randomly from between the alfalfa -orchardgrass rows under different treatments and analyzed or incubated to determine selected soil biological, chemical and physical properties. Results show that long-term application of dairy manure slurries significantly increased total organic, microbial biomass, potentially mineralizable, extractable and labile C pools, respectively, and improved soil aggregate stability by associated decrease in specific maintenance respiration rates, and subsequently enhanced soil quality. Relatively smaller amounts of total, microbial biomass, extractable and labile C pools with an increase in specific maintenance respiration rates, and increase in soil acidity accompanied by a decrease in aggregate stability suggest that long-term and continuous use of inorganic fertilizers for forage production did not improve soil quality or enhance C sequestration. The continuous cover of forage species, especially alfalfa, significantly improved soil quality over time as compared to orchardgrass species. The beneficial effects of organic amendments are important for proper disposal and utilization of dairy manures in forage production systems with an accompanied improvement in soil quality and C sequestration.

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“…Orchardgrass is well adapted to the north-eastern USA and has the potential for high yields and relatively high nutrient recovery from applied manure (Kanneganti and Klausner 1994). Tall fescue stands have persisted better than orchard-grass under high manure applications (Min et al 1999) and tall fescue has the potential for greater yields than orchardgrass (Cherney et al 2002). The objectives of this study were to compare P utilization by orchardgrass and tall fescue in response to dairy manure application or inorganic fertilizer.…”

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Impact of Phosphorus from Dairy Manure and Commercial Fertilizer on Perennial Grass Forage Production

Mikhailova¹,

Cherney²,

Cherney³

2003

J Agronomy Crop Science

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Increased recovery and recycling of manure phosphorus (P) by crops on dairy farms is needed to minimize environmental problems. The main objective of this study was to compare P utilization by orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinaceae Schreb.) from dairy manure or inorganic fertilizer. The study was conducted from 1994 to 2000 at the Cornell University Baker Farm, Willsboro, NY, on a somewhat poorly drained Kingsbury clay (very-fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs). The design was a split-plot in a randomized complete block with two manure rates (16 800 and 33 600 kg ha )1 ) and one nitrogen (N) fertilizer rate (84 kg N ha )1 at spring greenup and 56 kg N ha )1 prior to each regrowth harvest) as the main plots and grass species as subplots replicated six times. Fertilizer P [Ca(H 2 PO 4 ) 2 ] was applied to the fertilizer treatment in 1995 and 1996 at 11 kg P ha )1 year )1 . Orchardgrass P removal averaged 21 % higher than tall fescue P removal for the spring harvest, but orchardgrass averaged 24 % lower P removal than tall fescue removal for all regrowth harvests from 1995-99. Phosphorus herbage concentration in the fertilizer treatment was in the range of 1.9-2.7 g P kg )1 compared with 2.2-5.3 g P kg )1 in the manure treatments. Seasonal P removal ranged from as low as 9.2 kg P ha )1 to as high as 48.5 kg P ha )1 . Morgan extractable soil P in the top 0-0.20 m remained high through 1999, with 29.1 kg P ha )1 at the highest manure rate in tall fescue compared with 8.4 kg P ha )1 measured in 1993 prior to the experiment. In 2000, soil P at the highest manure rate in tall fescue dropped to 10.1 kg P ha )1 , following cessation of manure application in 1998. Intensively managed harvested orchardgrass and tall fescue have the potential to remove large quantities of manure P.

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Effects of Surface-Applied Dairy Slurry on Herbage Yield and Stand Persistence : II. Alfalfa, Orchardgrass, Tall Fescue and Alfalfa-Orchardgrass

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Nutrient Source and Tillage Impacts on Tall Fescue Production and Soil Properties

Nutrient Source and Tillage Impacts on Tall Fescue Production and Soil Properties

Dairy Manure Effects on Soil Quality Properties and Carbon Sequestration in Alfalfa–Orchardgrass Systems

Impact of Phosphorus from Dairy Manure and Commercial Fertilizer on Perennial Grass Forage Production

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