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Effects of feeding a pine-based biochar to beef cattle on subsequent manure nutrients, organic matter composition and greenhouse gas emissions

Romero, Carlos M., Redman, Abby-Ann P.H., Owens, Jen, Terry, Stephanie A., Ribeiro, Gabriel O., Gorzelak, Monika A., Oldenburg, Thomas B.P., Hazendonk, Paul, Larney, Francis J., Hao, Xiying, Okine, Erasmus, McAllister, Tim A.·2022·Science of The Total Environment
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152267
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Biochar in ruminant diets is being assessed as a method for simultaneously improving animal production and reducing enteric CH 4 emissions, but little is known about subsequent biochar-manure interactions post-excretion. We examined chemical properties, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and organic matter (OM) composition during farm scale stockpiling (SP) or composting (CP) of manure from cattle that either received a pine-based biochar in their diet (BM) or did not (RM). Manure piles were monitored hourly for temperature and weekly for top surface CO 2, N 2 O and CH 4 fluxes over 90 d in a semiarid location near Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Results indicate that cumulative CO 2, N 2 O and CH 4 emissions were not affected by biochar, implying that BM was as labile as RM. The pH, total C (TC), NO 3-N and Olsen P were also not influenced by biochar, although it was observed that NH 4-N and OM extractability were both 13% lower in BM than RM. Solid-state 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) showed that biochar increased stockpile/compost aromaticity, yet it did not alter the bulk C speciation of manure OM. Further analysis by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) revealed that dissolved OM was enriched by strongly reduced chemical constituents, with BM providing more humic-like OM precursors than RM. Inclusion of a pine-based biochar in cattle diets to generate BM is consistent with current trends in the circular economy, "closing the loop" in agricultural supply chains by returning C-rich organic amendments to croplands. Stockpiling/composting the resulting BM, however, may not provide a clear advantage over directly mixing low levels of biochar with manure. Further research is required to validate BM as a tool to reduce the C footprint of livestock waste management.

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Romero, C. M., Redman, A.-A. P. H., Owens, J., Terry, S. A., Ribeiro, G. O., Gorzelak, M. A., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Hazendonk, P., Larney, F. J., Hao, X., Okine, E., & McAllister, T. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Lethbridge (CA)
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (CA)
  • University of Saskatchewan (CA)
  • University of Calgary (CA)
Corresponding author
Romero, Carlos M.
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Venue
Science of The Total Environment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-03
Volume
812
Pages
152267
ISSN
0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152267
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W4200004960
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2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1
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1.46
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en
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University of Lethbridge
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
Keywords
beef cattle, manure composting, greenhouse gas emissions, methane, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, organic matter composition, aromaticity, livestock waste management, circular economy, enteric methane mitigation
MeSH terms
Greenhouse Gases, Nutrients, Animals, Cattle, Charcoal, Manure, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Soil

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