Long-Term Impacts of Poultry Litter on Soil pH and Phosphorus in No-Till
Common N–based rates for poultry litter (PL) application in the mid-Atlantic region were tested over nine years to track changes in soil profile pH and P concentration.
A common in-house best management practice of modifying PL-P solubility by lowering PL pH did little to prevent P build-up over time and did not reduce plant available P that would limit growth.
Keywords
- poultry litter
- alum
- stratification
- soil test phosphorus
- soil pH
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Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on a Long-Term No-Tillage Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Rotation
Learn More ...Catherine Fleming-Wimer, Mark Reiter, Rory Maguire, and Steve Phillips. 2018. Long-Term Impacts of Poultry Litter on Soil pH and Phosphorus in No-Till. Better Crops 102(2): 21-23. doi.org/10.24047/BC102221