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The fate of urine nitrogen: A grassland lysimeter study in Ireland
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, 2014-02)
In grazed pasture systems, the nitrogen (N) contained in a cattle urine patch may be up to 1200 kg N ha⁻¹. The majority of this N is in excess of plant requirements and is vulnerable to environmental loss. In this study, ...
The effect of optimum vs deficit irrigation on plant nitrogen uptake and nitrate leaching loss from soil
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, 2016)
Nitrate (NO₃⁻) leaching, associated with urine nitrogen (N) deposition during grazing is recognised as a significant environmental problem. In this study it was hypothesised that optimum irrigation could increase plant ...
A synergistic mitigation technology for nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions for pastoral agriculture
(International Nitrogen Workshop 2012., 2012)
In grazed grassland, most of the nitrate (NO3-) leaching and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions come from the animal urine-N returned to the pasture by the animal during outdoor grazing (Di and Cameron, 2002a). The N loading ...
A synergistic mitigation technology for nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions for pastoral agriculture
Report on a mitigation technology which is synergistic for the reduction of both NO3 leaching and N2O emissions and also for the improvement of pasture yield.
Can a winter-sown catch crop reduce nitrate leaching losses after winter forage grazing?
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, 2016)
Direct grazing of winter forage crops to feed non-lactating, pregnant dairy cows prior to calving is a common management practice in the New Zealand South Island. However, the high crop yields per hectare grazed, combined ...
Potential pasture nitrogen concentrations and uptake from autumn or spring applied cow urine and DCD under field conditions
(MDPI, 2016-06)
Nitrogen (N) cycling and losses in grazed grassland are strongly driven by urine N deposition by grazing ruminants. The objective of this study was to quantify pasture N concentrations, yield and N uptake following autumn ...
Inhibition of ammonia oxidisers to control nitrification rate under simulated winter dairy forage grazing conditions: An incubation study
(Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, 2013)
The microbial process of nitrification plays a key role within the soil nitrogen cycle. Nitrification is the process where ammonia is oxidised to nitrite and then to nitrate and this process can have major negative ...
Urine patch area coverage of an intensively stocked dairy pasture
(International Union of Soil Science, 2010-08)
The urine patch of the grazing cow has been identified as the key source of N loss from pasture-based dairy
systems. Although critical to N modelling, quantitative data on the annual area coverage of urine patches in
pastures ...
Confirmation of co-denitrification in grazed grassland
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015-11-30)
Pasture-based livestock systems are often associated with losses of reactive forms of nitrogen (N) to the environment. Research has focused on losses to air and water due to the health, economic and environmental impacts ...
Urine patch area coverage of an intensively stocked dairy pasture
(Lincoln University., 2010-08)
The objective of this study was to develop a new method to quantify seasonal and annual urine patch area coverage under an intensive dairy farming system.