Nutrient management plans for crops require estimates of plant-available nitrogen (PAN) provided by application of manure or compost. Recent developments have stimulated interest in utilizing manure nitrogen (N) as a resource. These factors include the following:
• Increased cost of N fertilizers
• Increased value of PAN from manure on...
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According to the United States Geological Survey, 9 percent of wells in the Willamette Valley exceed the EPA’s 10 ppm drinking water standard for nitrogen in the NO3– compound, or NO3–-N. A study of 281 domestic drinking water wells in Lane County showed that 22 percent of the wells exceeded...
The Willamette Valley of Oregon has high rates of winter precipitation that cause leaching losses of residual fertilizer nitrogen (N) as nitrate (NO₃). Cover crops may have potential to mitigate N loss. Shallow groundwater was sampled for 11 years from plots planted in summer vegetables with and without winter cover...