Journal
SOIL SYSTEMS
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems5010001
Keywords
best management practices; corn silage; erosion; nutrient management; liquid manure; surface runoff; water quality
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
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The study found that using BMPs can effectively reduce runoff concentrations and loads of SS, TP, and TN in corn silage fields, but there is a lack of control for DRP. Different management systems have varying effects on mitigating runoff losses, and it may be necessary to combine different practices to achieve optimal results.
Best management practices (BMPs) can mitigate erosion and nutrient runoff. We evaluated runoff losses for silage corn management systems using paired watershed fields in central Wisconsin. A two-year calibration period of fall-applied liquid dairy manure incorporated with chisel plow tillage (FMT) was followed by a three and a half-year treatment period. During the treatment period FMT was continued on one field, and three different systems on the others: (a) fall-applied manure and chisel tillage plus a vegetative buffer strip (BFMT); (b) a fall rye cover crop with spring manure application and chisel tillage (RSMT), both BMPs; a common system (c) fall manure application with spring chisel tillage (FMST). Year-round runoff monitoring included flow, suspended sediment (SS), total phosphorus (TP), dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP), ammonium (NH4+-N), nitrate, and total nitrogen (TN). Results showed BFMT reduced runoff SS, TP, and TN concentration and load compared to FMT. The RSMT system reduced concentrations of SS, TP, and TN, but not load because of increased runoff. The FMST practice increased TP, DRP, and NH4+-N loads by 39, 376, and 197%, respectively. While BMPs showed mitigation potential for SS, TN, and TP, none controlled DRP, suggesting additional practices may be needed in manured corn silage fields with high runoff potential.
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