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Cattle trampling reduces the risk of nitrate leaching in organic dairy rotations

Lamandé, M.; Eriksen, J.; Jacobsen, O.H. and Krogh, P.H. (2010) Cattle trampling reduces the risk of nitrate leaching in organic dairy rotations. ICROFS news, 2010, 1, pp. 5-6.

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Organic dairy farming is characterized by grazing cows in contrast to Danish conventional farms where the majority of cows are kept indoors. Cattle trampling reduces the finer macroporosity in the first five to ten centimetres of the soil. This caused a low infiltration capacity at the soil surface, giving a higher probability to initiate macropore flow at the surface. Rapid water movement through macropores bypasses the soil matrix, reducing nitrate leaching.


EPrint Type:Newspaper or magazine article
Subjects: Environmental aspects > Air and water emissions
Environmental aspects > Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Research affiliation: Denmark > DARCOF III (2005-2010) > ORGGRASS - Grass-clover in organic dairy farming
Deposited By: Eriksen, Professor Jørgen
ID Code:20675
Deposited On:27 Mar 2012 07:17
Last Modified:01 Jun 2012 12:38
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed

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