Research Reports

Manitoba

• Using limit fed straw based rations to reduce methane emission, manure quantity, and cost of production in a wintering cow/calf herd
  
• Development of High Efficiency Liquid Manure Injector
  
• Survey and Measurement of Odour Emissions and Nuisances from Hog Operations in Manitoba
  
• In-Barn Evaluations of Manure Pit Additives for Odour Reduction
  
• In-Crop Application of Liquid Hog Manure in Irrigated Potato Production
  
• Innovative Design for Manure Storage Tanks
  
• Long Term Effects of Hog Manure on Soil Quality and Productivity
  
• Dynamic-Dilution Olfactometer for Odour Measurement
  
• Demonstration, Odour Measurements and Yield Measurements of Shallow Injection and Surface Application Methods of Liquid Hog Manure as a Fertility Source on Grassland
• Evaluation of the Addition of Commercial Fertilizer to Swine Manure on Transportation Cost, Yield Performance and Nutrient Accumulation
  
• Evaluation of Electron Beam Treatment as a Method for Controlling Odour and Pathogens in Hog Manure
  
• Measurement of Odour Emissions from Hog Operations in Manitoba
  
• Water Consumption and Waste Production in Hog Operations
  
• Investigation of Seepage from Earthen Animal Storages
  
• Purchase of a Jerome Meter for the Measurement of Hydrogen Sulfide from Livestock Operations
  
• Earthen Manure Storage Covers: Their Role in Nutrient Conservation and Manure Stabilization
  
• Separation of Wash/Spillage Water from Defecated Manure
  
• South Tobacco Creek Manured Watershed Runoff Study
  
• The Effect of Biosolids and Manures on Solubility, Phytoavailability and Movement of Phosphorous in the Soil
  
• Comparison of Odour Measurements UsingOlfactometry and n-Butanol Scale
  
• Electronic Nose (Sensor-Based Odour Analysis System) for Odour Identification and Measurement
  
• Design and Testing of an Enclosed Biofilter
• Effect of Hog Manure Applications on Weed Control Management
  
• Development of Phosphorous-Reduction Strategies in Swine Manure and Assessment by Chemical and Spectroscopic Methods
  
• Water Usage and Manure Production Rates in Today’s Pig Industry
  
• Johne’s Disease of Sheep and Goats
  
• Demonstration of Liquid Hog Manure as a Fertility Source on Grassland
  
• Study of the Rapid Analysis of Available N & P in Hog Manure Amended Soils by Near Infrared Spectroscopy
  
• Feasibility Study on the Rapid Compositional Analysis of Hog Manure by Near Infrared Spectroscopy
  
• Soil Landscape Modeling for Setting Phosphorous Application Limits
  
• Study on the Effectiveness Two Field-Portable Near-Infrared Instruments for the Measurement of Metals and Minor Elements in Hog Manure
  
• Soil Sampling Manured and Non-Manured Fields in Grass Forage Production
  
• Measurement & Simulation of Nitrate, Phosphorous and Carbon Leaching from Manure & Fertilizer
  
• Develop a Decision Support System for Land Application of Manure Affecting the Groundwater Quality in Manitoba
  
• South Tobacco Creek Manured Watershed Runoff Study
  
• Nutrient Model for Setting Phosphorous Application Limits - year 2 – Validation
  
• Phosphorus Study