Completed Competitive Grant

Environmental impacts of the use of poultry manure for agricultural production system

Project ID: 1999-68A

Abstract

Iowa is among the top national producers of poultry, with accompanying public concerns about the proper disposal of poultry wastes and associated nonpoint source pollution. This project investigated the effects of poultry manure application on surface and groundwater quality.

Lead investigator: Rameshwar Kanwar, Iowa State Water Resources Institute, et al

Year of grant completion: 2002

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Nutrient management

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