An integrated assessment of nitrogen source, transformation and fate within an intensive dairy system to inform management change.

From an environmental perspective optimised dairy systems, which follow current regulations, still have low nitrogen (N) use efficiency, high N surplus (kg N ha-1) and enable ad-hoc delivery of direct and indirect reactive N losses to water and the atmosphere. The objective of the present study was...

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Main Authors: Elisa Clagnan, Steven F Thornton, Stephen A Rolfe, Naomi S Wells, Kay Knoeller, John Murphy, Patrick Tuohy, Karen Daly, Mark G Healy, Golnaz Ezzati, Julia von Chamier, Owen Fenton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219479