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Does Integrating Crops With Livestock Production Impact Soil Properties And Crop Production?, Lindsey Anderson May 2021

Does Integrating Crops With Livestock Production Impact Soil Properties And Crop Production?, Lindsey Anderson

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Re-integrating crop and livestock production through cover crop (CC) and corn residue grazing could efficiently utilize resources and ensure profitability while improving environmental quality, but how this integration affects soils and crops is not well understood. We conducted two studies to address this. In the first study, we evaluated the impact of cattle (1.3-3.7 head ha-1) grazing an oat (Avena sativa L.) CC on soil and crop yields in two adjacent irrigated no-till corn (Zea mays L.)-soybean (Glycine max L.) fields on silt loam soils in eastern Nebraska. Field I was grazed twice, while Field …


Decomposition In Pasture Soil Receiving Excreta From Ruminants Fed Alfalfa Forage Diet Supplemented With Increasing Proportions Of Sericea Lespedeza Legume, Yang Kai Tang, Mary C. Savin, Dirk Philipp, Ken Coffey, Jiangchao Zhao Jan 2020

Decomposition In Pasture Soil Receiving Excreta From Ruminants Fed Alfalfa Forage Diet Supplemented With Increasing Proportions Of Sericea Lespedeza Legume, Yang Kai Tang, Mary C. Savin, Dirk Philipp, Ken Coffey, Jiangchao Zhao

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Healthy soil is fundamental to a productive pasture system as it will decompose labile organic matter and promote retention of carbon to build a stable, resistant pool of organic matter. An easy, standardized approach to measure decomposition and litter stabilization that is gaining popularity in both citizen science and research studies is the use of the Tea Bag Index. The Tea Bag Index is a relatively new method evaluating the loss of organic material in two different kinds of commercial tea bags (green tea and Rooibos tea) after burial in the soil for 90 days. The objective of this experiment …


Southeast Research And Extension Center Agricultural Research 2020 Jan 2020

Southeast Research And Extension Center Agricultural Research 2020

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Research report for the Southeast Research and Extension Center, Kansas State University, 2020


Green Club After School Program Curriculum, Megan Willburn Oct 2019

Green Club After School Program Curriculum, Megan Willburn

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

Green Club is an after school program which encourages students to develop environmental empathy, passions for environmental sustainability, and knowledge about the workings of environmental systems.


Structure And Productivity Of Haloxylon Ammodendron Communities In The Mongolian Gobi, Tamara I. Kazantseva, Nikolay N. Slemnev, Pjotr D. Gunin, Sh. Tsooj Jan 2012

Structure And Productivity Of Haloxylon Ammodendron Communities In The Mongolian Gobi, Tamara I. Kazantseva, Nikolay N. Slemnev, Pjotr D. Gunin, Sh. Tsooj

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Communities of Haloxylon ammodendron are widespread in the Mongolian Gobi where they play a significant role in biodiversity preservation. They occupy several main types of habitats, showing differences in density, projective cover, and productivity. Haloxylon ammodendron plays a similar, if not even more important role in the arid zone of Mongolia as the principal forest-making trees in the Northern part of the country. The complex set of quantitative parameters of Haloxylon ammodendron stands studied here in respect to temporal dynamics can serve as an indicator of both the vitality of desert ecosystems, and of environmental change.


Moisture Potential Affects Rate Of Leaf Appearance In Cool Season Grasses, Nina Cherone Terrell May 2004

Moisture Potential Affects Rate Of Leaf Appearance In Cool Season Grasses, Nina Cherone Terrell

McCabe Thesis Collection

The rate of leaf appearance and onset of growth in cool season grasses may be influenced by soil moisture potential and exposure to below freezing temperatures. Levels of moisture potential and days exposed to freezing temperatures, which will restrict leaf appearance, are not well defined. The first part of this study was to determine the effects of different moisture potentials on the leaf appearance rates in two cool season grasses. Italian ryegrass (IRG) and tall wheat grass (TWG) were grown hydroponically at 4 moisture potentials in seed pouches in an incubator under a photoperiod of 13 hours light and 11 …


1989 Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, L. W. Lomas, K. P. Coffey, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney, G. V. Granade, T. Walter, K. W. Kelley Jan 1989

1989 Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, L. W. Lomas, K. P. Coffey, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney, G. V. Granade, T. Walter, K. W. Kelley

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Research on beef cattle and crops at Southeast Kansas Branch Station.


1986 Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, L. W. Lomas, K. W. Kelley, G. M. Paulsen, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney Jan 1986

1986 Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, L. W. Lomas, K. W. Kelley, G. M. Paulsen, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Research on crops, beef cattle, and related topics at the Southeast Kansas Branch Station.


1985 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, L. W. Lomas, K. W. Kelley, G. V. Granade, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney Jan 1985

1985 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, L. W. Lomas, K. W. Kelley, G. V. Granade, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Through annual research reports, the Southeast Kansas Branch Experiment Station attempts to keep the area's consumers and producers of agricultural products informed on the Station's research accomplishments. In serving the area, we conduct research at fields located at Parsons, site of the headquarters; at Mound Valley, the original location of the Branch Station; and at Columbus, which has been in the Kansas State University research system for over 60 years. This report for 1984 covers five areas of research emphasis: Beef Cattle, Crops, Forages, Soil and Water Management, and Crop Varietal Development. We sincerely hope that it will be useful …


1984 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, R. W. Dougherty, K. W. Kelley, L. W. Lomas, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney Jan 1984

1984 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, R. W. Dougherty, K. W. Kelley, L. W. Lomas, J. L. Moyer, D. W. Sweeney

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Through annual research reports the Southeast Kansas Branch Experiment Station attempts to keep the area's consumers and producers of agricultural products informed on the Station's research accomplishments. In serving the area, we conduct research at fields located at Parsons, site of headquarters; at Mound Valley, the original. location of the Branch Station; and at Columbus, which has been in the Kansas State University research system for over 60 years. This report for 1983 covers five areas of research emphasis: Beef Cattle, Crops, Forages, Soil and Water Management, and Crop Varietal Development. We sincerely hope that it will be useful to …


1982 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, R. E. Lamond, J. L. Moyer, K. W. Kelley, L. W. Lomas Jan 1982

1982 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, R. E. Lamond, J. L. Moyer, K. W. Kelley, L. W. Lomas

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Through annual research reports the Southeast Kansas Branch Experiment Station attempts to keep the area's consumers and producers of agricultural products informed on the Station's research accomplishments. In serving the area, we conduct research at fields located at Parsons, site of the headquarters; at Mound Valley, the original location of the Branch Station; and at Columbus, which has been in the Kansas State University research system for nearly 60 years. This report for 1981 covers four areas of research emphasis: Soil and Water Management, Forages, Crops, and Beef Cattle. We sincerely hope that it will be useful to area producers …


The Agriculture And Land Description Of The Midlands, Wongan Hills And Dalwallinu Districts Of W.A., D N. Sawkins Jun 1981

The Agriculture And Land Description Of The Midlands, Wongan Hills And Dalwallinu Districts Of W.A., D N. Sawkins

Agriculture reports

This report deals with the area of responsibility of the Moora District Office of the W.A. Department of Agriculture. The Moora advisory district consists of seven shires which cover 2,811,400 hectares. Agriculture in the advisory district varies according to climate and soil type, Sheep and cattle production are the main enterprises in the high rainfall (coastal) areas. Mixed cereal sheep production is the main system in the medium and low rainfall areas with cereals increasing in importance as annual rainfall diminishes.


1981 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, K. W. Kelley, L. W. Lomas, J. L. Moyer, R. E. Lamond Jan 1981

1981 Report Of Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station, K. W. Kelley, L. W. Lomas, J. L. Moyer, R. E. Lamond

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

This annual research report is to inform area farmers of what is being attempted and accomplished at the Southeast Kansas Branch Experiment Station to serve the area. During 1980 the Station headquarters was moved from Mound Valley to Parsons, the location of one of the units of the Station since 1967. Effort at the Mound Valley location continues without reduction. The third unit of the Station is near Columbus. This report covers four areas of research emphasis: crops, forages, beef cattle, and soil and water management. The information is intended for producers, industry cooperators, and other interested persons.


1979 Research Results Southeast Kansas Branch Agricultural Experiment Station, K. W. Kelley, R. J. Johnson, L. W. Lomas, J. L. Moyer, R. E. Lamond Jan 1980

1979 Research Results Southeast Kansas Branch Agricultural Experiment Station, K. W. Kelley, R. J. Johnson, L. W. Lomas, J. L. Moyer, R. E. Lamond

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Southeast Kansas Experiment Station is in its 30th year of operation. The emphasis has changed over this period to reflect changes in agricultural emphases of the area. The professional research staff consists of four scientists, each with a broad area of research responsibility. Together they emphasize improvement in crop production, forage production, beef cattle production and soil and water management.