Improved manure management moves trade-off and synergy relationships among environmental indicators in desirable directions

Qingbo Qu, Jeroen C.J. Groot and Keqiang Zhang

Agricultural Systems, 2025, vol. 222, issue C

Abstract: Dairy production systems with a high stocking density are strongly dependent on external feed resources and concentrate nutrients in manure on a small surface area, thus causing environmental challenges. Both improved manure management and integration of crop-dairy production have been proposed as ways to reduce nutrient losses and improve sustainability of intensive dairy production. However, the potential interactive relationships between these two options are rarely investigated.

Keywords: Manure management; Crop-dairy integration; Feed self-sufficiency; FarmDESIGN; Multi-objective optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104170

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