Wetlands Show Potential to Reduce Conductivity of Mine Waters

Proper manure management is required to enhance production while minimizing nutrient losses to the environment. Producers in the region with intense broiler production take advantage of the plant nutrients contained in broiler litter to enhance forage or pasture productions in nearby areas. The inability to incorporate broiler litter (BL) into permanent hayfields and pastures leads to nutrient accumulation near the soil surface and increases the potential transport of nutrients, mainly nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), in runoff. While strong emphasis has been placed on how treating BL with nutrient-immobilizing agents affect P transport in surface runoff, the effects on N transport and microbial levels are largely unknown.