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Factors Influencing Ammonia Concentrations above Corn Fields after Dairy Manure Application

Version 1 : Received: 5 July 2023 / Approved: 5 July 2023 / Online: 6 July 2023 (06:58:39 CEST)

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Sherman, J.F.; Young, E.O.; Jokela, W.E. Factors Influencing Ammonia Concentrations above Corn Fields after Dairy Manure Application. Environments 2023, 10, 140. Sherman, J.F.; Young, E.O.; Jokela, W.E. Factors Influencing Ammonia Concentrations above Corn Fields after Dairy Manure Application. Environments 2023, 10, 140.

Abstract

Ammonia-nitrogen (NH3 -N) loss from agriculture decreases crop yield potential and environ-mental quality. Incorporating animal manures by chisel plowing (CP) can reduce NH3 loss but may increase erosion and compaction potential compared to lower disturbance methods. Vertical tillage (VT) is designed to reduce disturbance and conserve more crop residue than CP, however its effect on NH3 loss from manure application is largely unknown. Six trials in corn production systems were conducted to evaluate the impacts of manure incorporation method (CP, VT, or broadcast) and weather conditions on NH3-N concentrations during 2013 to 2016 at a research farm in central Wisconsin, USA. Passive samplers were used to measure NH3-N concentrations at 30-cm above the ground during the first 0 to 24 and 24 to 48 hr post-application/incorporation. Average NH3 -N concentrations for CP and VT were 44 to 86% of surface broadcast and similar for most trials, while crop residue coverage was greater for VT than CP (39 and 22% of control plots, respectively). Concentrations of NH3 -N were correlated with the amount of plot area covered by manure for the first (r = 0.56, P<0.0001) and second measurement periods (r = 0.85, P<0.0001). Results show that VT had comparable NH3-N concentration reductions to CP while conserving more crop residue.

Keywords

Agriculture; ammonia; liquid diary manure; nitrogen; vertical tillage; volatilization

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Soil Science

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