...ditional slatted floors in dairy barns by a closed floor - possibly in combination with an external manure storage - could potentially lead to a reduction in both ammonia and methane emissions. The...
...arative trials on behalf of the Flemish Government with all varieties of fodder crops and green manure crops on the Belgian national variety list, including soybeans. The results of these trials ar...
...ol and feeding. This is also increasing on dairy farms, and includes things like milking robots and manure robots. But sensors are also used, such as pedometers for draft detection. However, t...
...ivestock farming, there are examples of businesses that want to purify the liquid fraction of manure to irrigate grassland.Which agricultural sectors consume the most water? Currently, greenhou...
...ine of a healthy soil. This engine is kept running by adding stable organic matter such as farmyard manure and compost, but roots, root exudates, green cover crop residues and crop residues such as...
...ied. Crop residues Organic residue streams are also created on farms. In addition to animal manure, there are crop residues, such as cleaning waste at vegetable growers and fodder residues ...
...hose methane emissions come from enteric fermentation (70%). The remaining 30% are emissions from manure and manure storage. In addition to having a warming effect on our earth, methane emissions a...
...a crop residues left behind on the field or indirectly via external organic material such as animal manure, compost, wood chips, etc. Through soil life, this fresh organic material is converted par...
...erry growth and make the plants more resistant to disease.Microalgae could also be used in manure processing to reduce emissions from digestate and other end products.Finally, certa...
...> Composting is the conversion of organic waste products such as plant residues, feed residues, and manure into an earth-like product that can be used as a soil improver. It offers many benefits fo...
...-MOVE research project. One third of all agriculture-related ammonia emissions come from the use of manure or fertilizer on fields and grasslands. However, Flanders lacks knowledge of the underlyin...
General introductionWhen livestock manure is used on agricultural land, in addition to the known attention to environmental problems, concern is increasing about antibiotic residues and antibiotic...
What are the most efficient and sustainable European manure management strategies for livestock farming
...nt to also investigate the possibility of an indirect route through the environment. Through manure, antibiotics and antibiotic resistant germs can end up in the soil, on and in plants, and in soil...
Grass-clover mixes (fresh or ensiled) can be applied as a cut green manure in field and greenhouse crops. ILVO, Inagro, PCG and UGent evaluated whether the depth at which the cut green manure is intro...
...ors, but a large share in ammonia (NH3) emissions. The main sources of ammonia emissions are barns, manure storage, field application of manure, and manure processing. Ammonia is a major contributo...
On ILVO's trial fields, the use of slurry, manure, compost, green cover crops, and soil cultivation are studied through multi-year trials.
...t, extensive monitoring of dairy cattle (including the activity of the animal and blood-, milk- and manure metabolites) is performed in order to assess the reason for reduced transition success. Th...
...there could be a more valuable valorization for existing residual biomass, by e.g. obtaining better manure and biomass processing technologies with lower environmental impact.Research approach
...he barn climate.We made progress in predicting the net energy of the feed by analyzing feed and manure through NIRS. Crucial for the widespread application of the NIRS technique is the availabi...
...ssil-based raw material. In addition, for the cultivation of ornamentals in open field, mainly farm manure is used; a carbon source and soil improver with a narrow base. Growers of ornamentals are ...
...ons between various business processes, such as livestock movement, roughage production, labor, and manure disposal. Scenarios can be compared, results downloaded, and visualizations are possible, ...
...mated the degree of worm infestation. The indicators used were the number of eggs per gram (EPG) of manure of the most common worms, the immunity cells present in the blood of laying hens and the p...
...as increased emissions of other greenhouse gases or a shift of the emission from the mouth to the manure. We measure that for the other greenhouse gases and examine the manure for emissions. We ver...
...sadvantageous, but it also implies a less efficient use of raw materials and a higher production of manure with associated emissions. This is because with an increased replacement rate, more sows a...
...amework that is subject to possible changes. Within MAP7, agricultural guidance is a cornerstone of manure policy. The activities developed by the guidance service fit within this framework and are...
...ly in two situations, on the one hand between two growing cycles as an alternative to classic green manures and on the other hand between planted tree rows during cultivation. The main challenge wa...
...ck.Research approachILVO is conducting experiments at its Pig Campus on the effect of rapid manure removal and the use of urease inhibitors on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions. The OTIC...
...tential in organic livestock farming, such as zeolites as a bedding additive, the covering of solid manure, and innovative techniques such as the "turd scraper". Backed by feedback from sounding bo...
...ich conditions and processes surrounding the use and incorporation of artificial fertilizer, animal manure and crop residues affect (the balance between) N2O emissions and NH3 (ammonia) emissions, ...
...ly avoid mandating (rather expensive and or invasive) systemic diagnostic techniques. These include manure tests and fecal egg counts (FECs), determinations of serum pepsinogen and determinations o...
... the right rhizobium strain can give us a sustainable crop that requires much less (artificial) manure through its own N-fixation, reduces our dependence on other continents for protein-rich food a...
...y. Ten vegetable growers, both organic and conventional, who open their farms as pilot farms. Green manure crops are used to keep the soil covered. Green manures in rotation with vegetables is not ...
...onics is plant cultivation using nutrient-rich water instead of soil. Insects provide frass (insect manure and residues from the cultivation substrate), among others. Research approachILVO ...
... consisting of three sections. In part 1 the efficiency of the existing legal provisions concerning manure production and manure use is investigated. To what extent do they take into account the ex...