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Environmental sustainability in US dairy farms: Policies, practices, and outcomes
Abstract Improving sustainability on US dairy farms has become a critical focus across the industry. As dairy farms continue to consolidate, there is a growing need to identify scalable, implementable soil health management practices that enhance environmental sustainability in the fields managed by the dairy.
Mara L. Cloutier+4 more
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ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCING THE USE OF ATRAZINE: AN EXAMPLE OF CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH [PDF]
Restricting or eliminating the use of atrazine in the Midwest would have important economic consequences for farmers, consumers, and the environment. These consequences can only be evaluated with cooperation between economists and weed scientists.
Hurley, Terrance M., Ribaudo, Marc
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Abstract This article chronicles the history of California's Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) Center and how it has increased agricultural sustainability in the San Joaquin Valley, a major production area for the United States, by using agroecological practices to reduce soil erosion and conserve soil moisture, champion systems ...
J. P. Mitchell+42 more
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Fall‐applied manure can conserve excess soil‐profile inorganic‐N for the subsequent cropping year
Abstract To investigate dairy manure urea fertilizer interactions in cropped soils of the semiarid‐West, we fall‐applied and incorporated (0–0.3 m) soil urea‐N (FertN) rates of 10 (N0), 45 (N1), and 80 mg N kg−1 (N2), co‐applied with either no manure or 86 Mg ha−1 (dry wt.) stockpiled dairy manure.
Rodrick D. Lentz, Jim A. Ippolito
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Soil health and community well‐being: A framework of intangible outcomes of sustainable agriculture
Abstract Social outcomes of agricultural practice adoption are often excluded from adoption studies, particularly outcomes related to community well‐being. In large part, this is because assessing the social well‐being outcomes of sustainable agricultural practices lacks a widely accepted framework.
Claire Friedrichsen+3 more
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Abstract Synchronizing nitrogen (N) fertilizer application with plant N uptake, as opposed to applying earlier, is believed to improve N use efficiency while simultaneously reducing nitrate leaching, ammonia volatilization, and greenhouse gas emissions. However, little research has been conducted to confirm that this is true.
G. W. Reicks+6 more
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