Current Competitive Grant

Crop availability of phoshorus in beef manure

Project ID: E2010-12

This 4-year grant for $110,610 was awarded in 2010.

Location: Statewide

This research attempts to determine how much phosphorus in beef manure is plant-available to be used as a fertilizer for cropping systems in Iowa. Current recommendations are outdated, and information from other states is incomplete. Determining true levels of plant-available phosphorus in beef manure as a fertilizer can help avoid incorrect application rates.

Antonio Mallarino

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

Topics: Nutrient management , Soils and agronomy

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This page was found at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/grants/e2010-12 on 01/20/2013