Manuresheds: Advancing nutrient recycling in US agriculture

S Spiegal, PJA Kleinman, DM Endale, RB Bryant… - Agricultural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nutrient recycling is fundamental to sustainable agricultural systems, but few mechanisms
exist to ensure that surplus manure nutrients from animal feeding operations are transported …

Economic and environmental impacts of an integrated-state anaerobic digestion system to produce compressed natural gas from organic wastes and energy crops

K Sahoo, S Mani - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is a well-developed sustainable technology to convert organic
waste streams and energy crops to produce renewable gaseous biofuels, while recycling …

Addressing imbalances in phosphorus accumulation in Canadian agricultural soils

K Reid, K Schneider, P Joosse - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Adequate phosphorus (P) is needed for crop production, but excessive P poses a potential
risk to water quality. Results from the cumulative P balance calculations within the indicator …

Optimizing organic amendment applications to enhance carbon sequestration and economic benefits in an infertile sandy soil

C Xu, J Wang, D Wu, C Li, L Wang, C Ji… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A thorough understanding of the agricultural, ecological, and economic benefits of organic
amendment (OA) application in infertile soils is crucial for facilitating agricultural …

Economic analysis of wet waste-to-energy resources in the United States

A Badgett, E Newes, A Milbrandt - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies provide opportunities to use waste materials
beneficially in producing power, transportation fuels, and chemicals. Using a suite of …

Identifying sources of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment using the microbial Find, Inform, and Test framework

C Wiesner-Friedman, RE Beattie, JR Stewart… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing public health concern for
humans, animals, and the environment. However, the contributions of spatially distributed …

From waste‐to‐worth: energy, emissions, and nutrient implications of manure processing pathways

HA Aguirre‐Villegas, R Larson… - Biofuels, bioproducts …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Four manure processing pathways are evaluated to provide a system‐level understanding
of their impacts on different sustainability indicators. In particular we look at how solid‐liquid …

Cycling phosphorus and nitrogen through cropping systems in an intensive dairy production region

AB Leytem, P Williams, S Zuidema, A Martinez… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
As pressure on the dairy industry to reduce its environmental impact increases, efficient
recycling of manure nutrients through local cropping systems becomes crucial. The aim of …

Anaerobic digester systems (ADS) for multiple dairy farms: A GIS analysis for optimal site selection

E Thompson, Q Wang, M Li - Energy Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
While anaerobic digester systems (ADS) have been increasingly adopted by large dairy
farms to generate marketable energy products, like electricity, from animal manure, there is a …

Characterizing differences in sources of and contributions to fecal contamination of sediment and surface water with the microbial FIT framework

C Wiesner-Friedman, RE Beattie… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface water monitoring and microbial source tracking (MST) are used to identify host
sources of fecal pollution and protect public health. However, knowledge of the locations of …