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More Profit from Nitrogen: Quantifying the whole farm systems impact of nitrogen best practice on dairy farms - Final Report

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posted on 2023-05-25, 05:12 authored by Eckard, R, Smith, A, Cullen, B, Meyer, R, Richard RawnsleyRichard Rawnsley, Karen Christie, Matthew HarrisonMatthew Harrison, de Loof, E, Marsden, K

Standard N fertiliser best practice (BMP) guidelines were first developed in 1996, then updated in 2001 based on outcomes of the project "Best management practices for N in intensive dairy production systems (Project no DAV413)". While most of these BMPs are based on well-established local and international research, they had not been evaluated across the range of soil types, climates, farm systems and forage types in the Australian dairy industry.

This project aimed to use whole farm systems modelling to test if the current best practices for N management on dairy farms improve productivity and limit potential environmental impacts across a wide range of bioclimates, soils and common pasture species used in the grazing based dairy industries of southern Australia.

Funding

Department of Agriculture

History

Commissioning body

Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment and Dairy Australia

Pagination

77

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment and Dairy Australia

Place of publication

Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Management of liquid waste from animal production (excl. water); Management of solid waste from animal production; Climate change mitigation strategies