NE1044: Whole farm dairy and beef systems: gaseous emissions, P management, organic production, and pasture based production
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PUBLICATIONSAbi-Ghanem, R., Parker, D., Waskom, R.M., Dobrowolski, J., O'Neill, M., Groffman, P.M., Addy, K., Barber, M., Batie, S., Benham, B., Bianchi, M., Blewett, T., Evenson, C., Farrell-Poe, K., Gardner, C., Graham, W., & Harrison, J.H. (in press). Advancing water resource management in agricultural, rural, and urbanizing watersheds:Why land-grant universities matter. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.
Aguerre, M. J., M. C. Capozzolo, M. A. Wattiaux, and J. M. Powell. 2011. Effect of Quebracho-Chestnut tannin extracts at two forage levels on dairy cow lactation performance and emission of methane and ammonia. J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 94, E-Suppl. 1:608.
Aguerre, M. J., M. A. Wattiaux, J. M. Powell, G. A. Broderick, and C. Arndt. 2011. Effect of forage to concentrate ratio in dairy cow diets on emission of methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia, lactation performance and manure excretion. Journal of Dairy Science 94:3081-3093.
Aguerre, M. J., J. O. Giordano, A. S. Kalantari, M. A. Wattiaux, P. M. Fricke and V. E. Cabrera. 2012. Impact of dairy herd reproductive performance on predicted economic performance, enteric CH4 emission and excretion of N and P using a Markov-chain model. J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 90, E-Suppl. 3/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 95, E-Suppl. 2:90.
Aguerre, M. J., M. A. Wattiaux, and J. M. Powell. 2012. Emission of ammonia, nitrous oxide, methane, and carbon dioxide during storage of dairy cow manure as affected by dietary forage to concentrate ratio and crust formation. Journal of Dairy Science (In Press).
Aguerre, M.J., Wattiaux, M.A., Powell, J.M., and Broderick. G.A. 2012. Effect of forage to concentrate ratio in dairy cow diets on emission of methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia, lactation performance and manure excretion. J. Dairy Sci. 95: 1-8. doi:10.3168/jds.2010-4011.
Arndt C., M. A. Wattiaux, J. M. Powell, and M. J. Aguerre. 2011. Effect of air-flow controlled chambers and cows of contrasting feed efficiency on methane emission. J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 94, E-Suppl. 1:65.
Belflower, J.B., J.K. Bernard, D.K. Gattie, D.W. Hancock, L.M. Risse, C.A. Rotz. 2012. A case study of the potential environmental impacts of different dairy production systems in Georgia. Agric. Systems 108:84-93.
Fortuna, A.M. Honeycutt, C.W., Vandemark, G., Griffin, T.S. Larkin, R.P., He, Z., Wienhold, B.J., Sistani, K.R., Albrecht, S.L., Woodbury, B.L., Torbert, H.A., Powell, J.M.,Hubbard, R.K., Eigenberg, R.A., Wright R.J., Alldredge, J.R.,Harsh, J.B. 2012. Links among nitrification, nitrifier communities and edaphic properties in contrasting soils receiving dairy slurry. J. Environ. Qual. 41:262272.
Gourley, C.J.P., Aarons, S.A., and Powell, J.M. 2012. Nitrogen use efficiency in grazed and confinement dairy production systems. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 147: 73-81. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2011.05.011.
Guo, X. S., D. J. Undersander, and D. K. Combs. 2012. Effect of Lactobacillus Inoculants and Forage Dry Matter on the Fermentation and Aerobic Stability of Ensiled Mixed-crop Tall Fescue and Meadow Fescue . J. Dairy Science 95: Accepted.
Hafner, S.D., F. Montes, and C.A. Rotz. 2012. The role of carbon dioxide in emission of ammonia from manure. Atmos. Environ. xxx:1-9.
Hafner, S.D., F. Montes, and C.A. Rotz. 2012. A mass transfer model for VOC emission from silage. Atmos. Environ. 54:134-140.
Harrison, J.H., White, R., Ishler, G., Erickson, G., Sutton, A., Applegate, T., Richert, B., Nennich, T., Koeslch, R., Burns, R., Meyer, D., Massey, R., & Carpenter, G. (2012). Implementation of feed management as part of whole farm nutrient management. The Professional Animal Scientist.
Harrison, J.H., White, R., Kincaid, R.L., Block, E., Jenkins, T., & St Pierre, N. (2012). Effectiveness of potassium carbonate sesquihydrate to increase dietary cation-anion. Journal of Dairy Science. 95, 3919-3925.
Harrison, J.H., Whitefield, E.M., & Werkhoven, A. (2012). Partitioning of solids, nitrogen, and phosphorus in solids and liquid fractions of anaerobically digested dairy effluent. Proceeding of American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Hristov, A.N., M. Hanigan, A. Cole, R. Todd, T.A. McAllister, P.M. Ndegwa, and A. Rotz. 2011. Review: Ammonia emissions from dairy farms and beef feedlots. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 91:1-35.
Jarrett, J., Taylor, M.S., Nennich, T., Knowlton, K., Harrison, J.H., & Block, E. (2012). Effect of stage of lactation and dietary calcium on potassium balance in lactating Holstein cows through twenty weeks of lactation. The Professional Animal Scientist 28, 502-506.
Lal, R., J.A. Delgado, P.M. Groffman, N. Millar, C. Dell, and A. Rotz. 2011. Management to mitigate and adapt to climate change. J. Soil Water Cons. 66(4):276-285. Li, C., W. Salas, R. Zhang, C. Krauter, A. Rotz, and F. Mitloehner. 2012. Manure-DNDC: a biogeochemical process model for quantifying greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from livestock manure systems. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosys. DOI 10.1007/s10705-012-9507-z.
Lopes, F., D. K. Combs, P. C. Hoffman and W. Coblentz. 2012. Assessment of heifer grazing experience on adaptation to pasture and performance as lactating cows . J. Dairy Science 95: Submitted August 2012.
McGraw, T.N., A. Gahagan, E. Mengis, C. Kliebert, and E. C. Achberger. 2012. Differential Survival of Escherichia coli in the Environment. The LSU Undergraduate Research Conference, Excite/Explore/Experiment.
McGraw, T.N., A. Gahagan, E. Mengis, C. Kliebert, and E. C. Achberger. 2012. The Differential Survival of Escherichia coli in the Environment. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, San Jose, CA.
Miller, R., B. Jensen, and L. Trinca. 2012. Effect of grazing on compaction and nitrogen cycling. 2012. In 2012 Agronomy Abstracts. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy.
Moreira, V. R., B. D. LeBlanc, E. C. Achberger, R. Sheffield, K. J. Han, L. K. Zeringue, and C. Leonardi. 2012. Evaluating plant growth on artificial floating islands over two growing seasons preliminary results. In Proceedings of the 2012 Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water Conference, Portland, OR. (Abstract)
Moreira, V. R., B. D. LeBlanc, E. Achberger, R. E. Sheffield, L. K. Zeringue, C. Leonardi. 2011. Improving multi-stage wastewater treatment system effectiveness: effect of wetland flow rates. 2011 Louisiana Dairy Report. B. F. Jenny, ed. 39-42.
Moreira, V. R., B. D. LeBlanc, R. E. Sheffield, K. J. Han, M. E. McCormick. 2011. Whole-Farm Nutrient Management. 2011 Louisiana Dairy Report. B. F. Jenny, ed. 20-25.
Moreira, V. R., B. LeBlanc, E. Achberger, R. Sheffield, K. J. Han, L. K. Zeringue, C. Leonardi. 2011. Improving multi-stage wastewater treatment system effectiveness: Evaluating plant growth on artificial floating islands over two growing seasons preliminary results. In: Southeast Research Station Field Day Summaries, 2011. LSU AgCenter SERS, Franklinton, LA. 44-48.
Neibergs, J.S., Harrison, J.H., Whitefield, E.M., & De Hart, M. (2012, March 29). Development and application of an economic anaerobic digester optimization model. Got Manure Conference, Syracuse, NY.
Page, L., Ni, J., Heber, A.J., Mosier, N.S., Liu, X., Joo, H., Ndegwa, P.M., & Harrison, J.H. 2012. Effect of Anaerobic Digestion on Volatile Fatty Acids in Dairy Manure. ASABE Annual Meeting, paper # 121337674 ASABE National Meeting.
Percival, B., and R. Miller. 2012. Modification of dynamic chambers to reduce variability. ASABE Presentation No. 121338073. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Powell, J.M., Aarons, S.A, and Gourley, C.J.P. Determinations of feed-milk-manure relationships on grazing-based dairy farms. Animal. 6(10):1702-1710. doi: 10.1017/S1751731112000511.
Powell, J.M., Aguerre, M.J., and Wattiaux, M.A. 2011. Dietary crude protein and tannin impact dairy manure chemistry and ammonia emissions from soils. J. Environ. Qual. 40:1767-74. doi:10.2134/jeq2011.0085.
Powell, J.M., Aguerre, M.J., and Wattiaux, M.A. 2011. Tannin extracts abate ammonia emission from simulated dairy barn floors. J. Environ. Qual. 40: 907-914. doi:10.2134/jeq2010.0492.
Powell, J.M. and Broderick, G.A. 2011. Transdisciplinary soil science research: Impacts of dairy nutrition on manure chemistry and the environment. Soil. Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75:2071-2078. doi:10.2136/sssaj2011.0226.
Powell, J.M., Wattiaux, M.A., and Broderick, G.A. 2011. Evaluation of milk urea nitrogen as a management tool to reduce ammonia emissions from dairy farms. J. Dairy Sci. 94:46904694. doi: 10.3168/jds.2011-4476.
Risse, L.M., J.B. Belflower, C. A. Rotz, B. Kiepper, and J.K. Bernard. 2011. A case study comparing the environmental impacts of grazing and confined dairies. Proc. Southeast Dairy Management Conf. November 1-2, Tifton, GA.
Rotz, C.A., D.S. Chianese, F. Montes, and S. Hafner. 2011. The Dairy Greenhouse Gas Model: Reference Manual, version 1.0. Available at: https://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/19020000/DairyGEMReferenceManual.pdf.
Rotz, C.A. 2012. Grazing: the whole picture, Is grazing good, or bad, for the environment? Hoards Dairyman 157:10.
Saunders, O.E., Fortuna, A., Harrison, J.H., Cogger, C.G., Whitefield, E.M., Kennedy, A.C., & Bary, A.I. (2012). Comparison of raw dairy manure slurry and anaerobically digested slurry as N sources for grass forage production. International Journal of Agronomy.
Saunders, O.E., Fortuna, A., Cogger, C.G., Harrison, J.H., Whitefield, E.M., & Green, T. (2012). Use of manure management technology and microbial processes to mitigate gaseous nitrogen losses from soil. Environmental Science & Technology.
Sun, F., Harrison, J.H., Ndegwa, P.M., & Joo, H. (2012). Effect of manure source on ammonia emission on first day of application. Proceedings of American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting of American Dairy Science Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Sutitarnnontr, P., M. Tuller, R. Miller, and S. Jones. 2012. Temporal variations in greenhouse gas emissions from dairy and beef manure. 2012 Spring Runoff Conference. Logan, UT: utah State University.
Sutitarnnontr, P., R. Miller, S. Bialkowski, M. Tuller, and S. Jones. 2012. A multiplexing system for monitoring greenhouse and regulated gas emissions from manure sources using a portable FTIR gas analyzer. ASABE Paper & Presentation No. 121337982. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Watson, A.K., Erickson, G., Klopfenstein, T.J., Koeslch, R., Massey, R., Harrison, J.H., & Luebbe, M.K. (2012). BFNMP$: A tool for estimating feedlot manure economics. J An Sci abstracts , 90(2), pp 236P. Midwest ASAS Meeting. J An Sci.
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