Nutrient analysis of sand-laden dairy manure (1999)

Authors

T. Strahm
Joseph P. Harner
David V. Key
James P. Murphy

Keywords

Dairy Day, 1999; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 00-136-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 842; Dairy; Manure; Nutrients; Sand

Abstract

Nine concrete storage basins were sampled on Kansas dairies and analyzed for nutrient content of sand-laden dairy manure. The manure average 75% moisture content during the three sampling periods. The average total nitrogen, phosphate, and potash were 9.7, 4.6, and 7.4 lb/ton, respectively. The data collected from the basin indicated that when the scraped manure from a dairy is applied at an agronomic rate of 15 tons or less per acre, accumulation of nutrients should be minimal, in particular phosphorus. The manure value was $3 to $4 per ton depending on whether commercial sources of phosphorus normally would be applied to the cropland.; Dairy Day, 1999, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1999;

Recommended Citation

Strahm, T.; Harner, Joseph P.; Key, David V.; and Murphy, James P. (1999) "Nutrient analysis of sand-laden dairy manure (1999)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 2. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2949