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Title: Feed management for beef feedlots to reduce air emissions

Author
item Cole, Noel
item Todd, Richard
item Waldrip, Heidi
item Hales Paxton, Kristin

Submitted to: Scientific and Technical Review
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/22/2014
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: This power point presentation gives an overview of air emissions from beef cattle feedyards as well as nutritional and management techniques that might decrease these emissions. Topics include greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide), ammonia, particulate matter and odors. This was presented as one in a series of webinars given by ARS scientists to the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Technical Abstract: This power point presentation gives an overview of air emissions from beef cattle feedyards as well as nutritional and management techniques that might decrease these emissions. Topics include greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide), ammonia, particulate matter and odors. This was presented as one in a series of webinars given by ARS scientists to the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).