Jeffrey Kast, a PhD student in Jay Martin’s lab, worked closely with Dr. Kalcic and her colleagues from Michigan on a recent publication that combines multiple data sources to determine how closely manure management plans are being followed from large scale animal operations in the Ohio portion of the Maumee River watershed. The findings include that operations, generally, are utilizing manure management practices to limit nutrient runoff and that about 80% of manure management in the study region is unknown due to manure that is transferred through distribution and utilization and livestock operations smaller than the regulatory threshold
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Congrats Jeffrey on your publication!
Kast, J., Long, C., Muenich, R., Martin, J., Kalcic, M. (2019). Manure Management at Ohio Confined Animal Feeding Facilities in the Maumee River Watershed. Journal of Great Lakes Research, in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.015