A significant amount of poultry litter produced in the southeastern United States is applied to
pasture lands. Poultry litter application on agricultural lands can cause nutrient enrichment …

More than 1 billion broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) are produced annually in
Arkansas, with nearly 900 Gg of waste (ie, litter) generated. Poultry litter is typically land …

Environmental sustainability of animal agriculture is strongly dependent upon development
of approaches to minimize the potential environmental impacts of applying animal manures …

Fertilizing agricultural fields with poultry litter to meet crop nutrient requirements and using
cover crops to improve soil health are important agricultural management practices …

Poultry litter when applied to agriculture lands contains high trace element concentrations
that may become toxic to plants and pose a risk to surface water and groundwater. We …

Repeated broiler litter application on agricultural lands can cause nutrient enrichment of
subsurface effluent, especially with the existence of preferential flow through soil …

Intense localized broiler production has become a concern because large amounts of
poultry litter are concentrated in small areas. This can result in a regional over-application of …

The objective of this research is to investigate the effects of long-term broiler litter application
on soil phosphorus (P) and water quality and examine the spatial variations of soil P at a …

Leaching of phosphorus (P) mobilizes edaphic and applied sources of P and is a primary
pathway of concern in agricultural soils of the Delmarva Peninsula, which defines the …

A plot scale experiment was conducted in a pasture at the Sand Mountain region of north
Alabama, USA. Nine plots of 1.52 m by 3.05 m were constructed with sheet metal borders to …