Topic: Livestock
Eating our way to a healthy planet: Can how we eat help reduce climate change?
Agriculture and livestock production are often named as major contributors to climate change and other environmental problems such as poor air quality, polluted water supplies…
Use of oxidized bio-chars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and attenuate the transport of Escherichia coli in soils
This project addresses one Priority of the BioAg program: Integration of Livestock-Crop Integration and two topics covered by the Climate Friendly Farming program: Greenhouse Gas…
Harnessing microcins for control of scours in neonatal calves
Calf diarrhea (scours) is a major animal health challenge for cattle producers because it causes dehydration, depression, mortality, and long-term reduction in vitality of infected…
Alternative Forage and Fodder Crops for Livestock Production
Increased costs of feed and the desire to enhance on-farm livestock feed production have created a need for alternative fodder and forage crops. Historically, many…
Pasture Improvement through Pastured Poultry
Holistic Management Sustainability Conference: Creating a Sustainable Future for Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest
Antibiotics in Animal Manure: A Challenge to Organic Cropping Systems
Integrating low-disturbance organic grain and livestock production
This research addresses primary constraints on organic dryland grain production in Eastern Washington by developing conservation tillage practices for organic systems, N supply data for…