Manure management strategies are interconnected with complexity across U.S. dairy farms.

ABSTRACT: Among one of the key challenges in dairy production is the management of manure in a way that is beneficial for agricultural production, with minimal environmental and public health impacts. Manure management systems (MMS)-the entire system of handling, storage, and application of manure-are diverse in countries with developed dairy industries such as the United States, enabled by a number of different technologies. The ways in which dairy farmers manage manure is driven by varying tradeoffs, including economic, social, and environmental; however, existing research has not examined the relationships between components of MMS. Here we use data from the National Animal Health Monitoring System's Dairy 2014 study to explore the ways in which manure handling, storage, and application are relat

SUBMITTER: Niles MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9165779 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature