Compost Rate Study at the Neely-Kinyon LTAR Site, 2001

Kathleen Delate; Cynthia A. Cambardella; Tom Richard; Derrick N. Exner; Robert Burcham; Heather Friedrich; Noreen Wantate

Armstrong Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm

Compost Rate Study at the Neely-Kinyon LTAR Site, 2001

Authors: Kathleen Delate (Iowa State University) , Cynthia A. Cambardella (USDA National Soil Tilth Lab) , Tom Richard (Iowa State University) , Derrick N. Exner (Iowa State University) , Robert Burcham (Iowa State University) , Heather Friedrich (Iowa State University) , Noreen Wantate (Iowa State University)

Abstract

Many farmers are interested in using manure and compost as sources of nutrients and microbial populations necessary for nutrient cycling in agroecosystems. Since 1999, effects of compost and synthetic fertilizer on corn yields and soil fertility have been compared in a Practical Farmers of Iowa cooperative trial at the Neely-Kinyon Farm.

Keywords: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Horticulture, Agronomy

How to Cite: Delate, K. , Cambardella, C. A. , Richard, T. , Exner, D. N. , Burcham, R. , Friedrich, H. & Wantate, N. (2002) “Compost Rate Study at the Neely-Kinyon LTAR Site, 2001”, Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms Progress Reports. 2001(1).