Abstract
Deep-pit cattle confinement buildings are increasingly popular in the Northern Great Plains. For manure storage capacity design, there is a need to update manure production values, accounting for the size and type of modern finishing cattle in the region. Working with producers, monthly manure depth measurements will be collected from four pens in each of three barns, and the manure production volumes calculated. Supplemental data include animal size and type, feed ration, and weather data (precipitation, temperature, relative humidity). These production estimates will inform nutrient and environmental modeling efforts for cattle production in the Northern Great Plains and beyond.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| State | Published - 2017 |
| Event | 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting - Spokane, United States Duration: Jul 16 2017 → Jul 19 2017 |
Other
| Other | 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Spokane |
| Period | 7/16/17 → 7/19/17 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We appreciate the cooperation by the producers who let us collect data on their farm and shared data with us. This project is also supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Research Award XXXX, and the South Dakota State University Agricultural Experiment Station.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Beef cattle
- Confinement
- Manure production