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Sren O. Petersen
Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Tjele, Denmark
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Greenhouse gas sources,
manure management
Housing Methane
Storages Nitrous oxide
Drylots/pastures Ammonia/NOx
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Cattle management practises
Housing vs. grazing
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Manure management
Manure storage conditions
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Mitigation measures? Composting or not?
IPCC methodology
N2O emission factors, AWMS
# 20% DM
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IPCC methodology
Methane conversion factors (Cool)
Source MCF
Pasture/drylot 1%
Solid storage 1%
Liquid storage 39%
Slurry channels
<1 month 0%
>1 month 39%
Anaerobic digestion 0-100%
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Manure management
Sources of variability
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Solid manure storage
Effect of aeration on MCF
Source IPCC
Pasture/drylot 1%
Solid storage 1%
Liquid storage 39%
Slurry channels
<1 month 0%
>1 month 39%
Anaerobic digestion 0-100%
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Solid manure storage
Effect of season, turning and DM content
on GHG emissions
70
20%
35C
Methane
60 Nitrous oxide
GHG emissions (CO2 equivalents)
Ammonia
50
22% 21%
40 34C 22C
30
28%
20 45C
10
0
Turned Stacked Turned Stacked
Summer Winter
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(Amon et al., 2001)
Solid manure storage
Distinction, composting or not?
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Solid manure storage
IPCC emission factor for N2O
# 20% DM
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Solid manure storage
Experimental N2O emission factors
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Liquid manure storage
IPCC emission factors for CH4
Source MCF
Pasture/drylot 1%
Solid storage 1%
Liquid storage 39%
Slurry channels
<1 month 0%
>1 month 39%
Anaerobic digestion 0-100%
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Liquid manure storage
IPCC emission factors for CH4
20 A) B)
300 Outside store
Stored VS, kg VS
Temperature, oC
15 emptied
10 200
5 100 In-house
In-house
Store
0 Store
0
0 100 200 300 400 0 100 200 300 400
Day of the year Day of the year
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Manure management
Methane emissions from slurry, locations
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Manure management
Methane vs. average annual temperature
45
40 Pig slurry
Methane emission (g kg VS)
35
-1
30
25
20
15
Cattle slurry
10
5
0
3 4 5 6 7 8
1 CH4
0
20
O2 concentration (%)
15
10 Untreated
Untreated, + cover
Digested, + cover
O2
5 Digested
Control
0
0 100 200 300
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Excretal returns
Urine vs. dung
# 20% DM
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Excretal returns
N2O emission factor, urine patches
- urine composition
- excretion rate
- WFPS
- compaction
- soil inorganic N
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Excretal returns
Field-scale heterogeneity
Water
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Excretal returns
Heterogeneity in winter pasture
3 4
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Excretal returns
Denitrifying enzyme activity
3000
N2 O
N gas production (ng g h )
-1
N2
-1
2000
1000
0
1 2 3 4 5
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(Simek et al., MIDAIR)
Site in pasture
Excretal returns
Conclusions
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Case: Dairy cattle grazing
GHG balance for the grazing season 1994
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Case: Dairy cattle grazing
N balance for the grazing season 1994
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Conclusions
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