Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Early Online
    • Archive
    • Subject Collections
  • Info For
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Advertisers
  • About
    • About JSWC
    • Editorial Board
    • Permissions
    • Alerts
    • RSS Feeds
    • Contact Us

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Early Online
    • Archive
    • Subject Collections
  • Info For
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Advertisers
  • About
    • About JSWC
    • Editorial Board
    • Permissions
    • Alerts
    • RSS Feeds
    • Contact Us
  • Follow SWCS on Twitter
  • Visit SWCS on Facebook
Research ArticleA Section

Water quality effects of repeated annual poultry litter application

Daren Harmel
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation November 2009, 64 (6) 180A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.64.6.180A
Daren Harmel
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Excerpt

This study, which is one component of a broader, long-term project on the environmental and agro-economic impacts of land applying poultry litter off-site of animal production operations, was designed to determine the water quality effects of repeated annual poultry litter application. To date, more than eight years of data have been collected from ten field-scale cropland and pasture watersheds. On cropland, increasing litter rates from 0.0 to 13.4 Mg ha−1 (0 to 6 ton ac−1), with corresponding decreases in supplemental inorganic nitrogen, increased soluble phosphorus concentrations in runoff but reduced extreme high nitrate-nitrogen concentrations. On pasture, increasing litter rates increased both soluble phosphorus and nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in runoff because litter was the only nutrient source. Following seven annual litter applications, soluble phosphorus concentrations in runoff were strongly correlated with phosphorus levels in the soil on both land uses; however, the dynamic interactions of rainfall, runoff, vegetation condition, soil nutrient levels, and fertilizer application limited consistent, long-term trends in nitrogen and phosphorus runoff. In addition to these and other issues of scientific interest, the present study produced several practical outcomes.

First, combining inorganic and organic fertilizers can be an effective fertilization strategy on farms and ranches. With this strategy, organic fertilizers…

  • © 2009 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society

This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.

Log in using your username and password

Forgot your user name or password?

Purchase access

You may purchase access to this article. This will require you to create an account if you don't already have one.
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation: 64 (6)
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Vol. 64, Issue 6
November/December 2009
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Water quality effects of repeated annual poultry litter application
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
2 + 15 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
Citation Tools
Water quality effects of repeated annual poultry litter application
Daren Harmel
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Nov 2009, 64 (6) 180A; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.64.6.180A

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Request Permissions
Share
Water quality effects of repeated annual poultry litter application
Daren Harmel
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Nov 2009, 64 (6) 180A; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.64.6.180A
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

A Section

  • Leading at the edge: A roadmap to advance edge of field practices in agriculture
  • Mapping the Soil Vulnerability Index across broad spatial extents to guide conservation efforts
  • Advancing understanding of conservation practices on rented land
Show more A Section

Tech Transfer Briefing

  • Advances in Nitrogen Management for Water Quality
  • Impacts of the corn grain ethanol industry on the United States agricultural sector
  • Transport of thifensulfuron-methyl and tribenuron-methyl in runoff
Show more Tech Transfer Briefing

Similar Articles

Content

  • Current Issue
  • Early Online
  • Archive
  • Subject Collections

Info For

  • Authors
  • Reviewers
  • Subscribers
  • Advertisers

Customer Service

  • Subscriptions
  • Permissions and Reprints
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy

SWCS

  • Membership
  • Publications
  • Meetings and Events
  • Conservation Career Center

© 2021 Soil and Water Conservation Society