Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste

Mineralization studies are the first step in determining the usefulness of an amendment such as fertilizer, and are essential to creating guidelines for dairy waste management to help producers make informed decisions. Our goal was to assess the effects of dairy raw, composted, and digested manure a...

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Autores principales: Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro, Orden, Luciano, López, Fernando M., Gómez, Marisa A., Villamil, María B., Zabaloy, María C.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11506
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/12/2595
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122595
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author Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro
Orden, Luciano
López, Fernando M.
Gómez, Marisa A.
Villamil, María B.
Zabaloy, María C.
author_browse Gómez, Marisa A.
Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro
López, Fernando M.
Orden, Luciano
Villamil, María B.
Zabaloy, María C.
author_facet Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro
Orden, Luciano
López, Fernando M.
Gómez, Marisa A.
Villamil, María B.
Zabaloy, María C.
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description Mineralization studies are the first step in determining the usefulness of an amendment such as fertilizer, and are essential to creating guidelines for dairy waste management to help producers make informed decisions. Our goal was to assess the effects of dairy raw, composted, and digested manure amendments on C, N, and P mineralization to evaluate the feasibility of their in-farm production and use as organic fertilizers. The liquid and solid fractions of dairy effluent (LDE, SDE), dairy effluent digestate (DED), onion–cattle manure digestate and compost (OCMD, OCMC) were characterized by chemical and spectroscopic methods. Soil microcosms with LDE, SDE, DED, OCMD and OCMC and the C, N and P mineralization were determined periodically. Elemental and structural differences among amendments led to contrasting profiles of C, N, and P mineralization, and thus to differences in nutrient availability, immobilization, and CO2 emission. All processed materials were more stable than untreated waste, reducing C emissions. Digestates showed net C immobilization, and supplied the highest levels of available N, creating a relative P deficit. Instead, the compost supplied N and P via mineralization, producing a relative P excess. Future studies should aim at evaluating fertilization strategies that combine both kinds of amendments, to exploit their complimentary agronomic characteristics.
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spelling INTA115062022-03-29T14:23:19Z Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro Orden, Luciano López, Fernando M. Gómez, Marisa A. Villamil, María B. Zabaloy, María C. Producción Lechera Sostenibilidad Nutrientes Desechos Dióxido de Carbono Milk Production Sustainability Nutrients Wastes Carbon Dioxide Argentina CO2 Mineralization studies are the first step in determining the usefulness of an amendment such as fertilizer, and are essential to creating guidelines for dairy waste management to help producers make informed decisions. Our goal was to assess the effects of dairy raw, composted, and digested manure amendments on C, N, and P mineralization to evaluate the feasibility of their in-farm production and use as organic fertilizers. The liquid and solid fractions of dairy effluent (LDE, SDE), dairy effluent digestate (DED), onion–cattle manure digestate and compost (OCMD, OCMC) were characterized by chemical and spectroscopic methods. Soil microcosms with LDE, SDE, DED, OCMD and OCMC and the C, N and P mineralization were determined periodically. Elemental and structural differences among amendments led to contrasting profiles of C, N, and P mineralization, and thus to differences in nutrient availability, immobilization, and CO2 emission. All processed materials were more stable than untreated waste, reducing C emissions. Digestates showed net C immobilization, and supplied the highest levels of available N, creating a relative P deficit. Instead, the compost supplied N and P via mineralization, producing a relative P excess. Future studies should aim at evaluating fertilization strategies that combine both kinds of amendments, to exploit their complimentary agronomic characteristics. EEA Hilario Ascasubi Fil: Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Orden, Luciano. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Orden, Luciano. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Hilario Ascasubi; Argentina Fil: López, Fernando M. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: López, Fernando M. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: López, Fernando M. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Gómez, Marisa A. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Villamil, María B. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Department of Crop Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Zabaloy, María C. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Zabaloy, María C. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Zabaloy, María C. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina 2022-03-29T14:18:58Z 2022-03-29T14:18:58Z 2021-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11506 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/12/2595 2073-4395 https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122595 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Argentina .......... (nation) (World, South America) 7006477 MDPI Agronomy 11 (12) : 2595 (December 2021)
spellingShingle Producción Lechera
Sostenibilidad
Nutrientes
Desechos
Dióxido de Carbono
Milk Production
Sustainability
Nutrients
Wastes
Carbon Dioxide
Argentina
CO2
Iocoli, Gastón Alejandro
Orden, Luciano
López, Fernando M.
Gómez, Marisa A.
Villamil, María B.
Zabaloy, María C.
Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste
title Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste
title_full Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste
title_fullStr Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste
title_full_unstemmed Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste
title_short Towards Sustainable Dairy Production in Argentina: Evaluating Nutrient and CO2 Release from Raw and Processed Farm Waste
title_sort towards sustainable dairy production in argentina evaluating nutrient and co2 release from raw and processed farm waste
topic Producción Lechera
Sostenibilidad
Nutrientes
Desechos
Dióxido de Carbono
Milk Production
Sustainability
Nutrients
Wastes
Carbon Dioxide
Argentina
CO2
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https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/12/2595
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122595
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