Abstract

Field scale manure born animal waste management : GIS application
Track: Agriculture
Authors: Annesly Netthisinghe, Karamat Sistani, Kimberly Cook, Rebecca Gilfillen, Clifford Rice

Intensive beef backgrounding often accumulate manure born soil nutrients, microbes, and pharmaceuticals at different site locations. Unless properly managed, such waste materials can pollute surrounding soil and water sources. Soil sampling from these sites helps determining waste material levels but provides no information about their spatial distribution. We incorporated GIS tools to identify waste distribution and to assess the impact of four management practices on waste concentrated areas.