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Implementing Mass Nutrient Balance Procedures on Swine Production Facilities, NPB Award
The purpose of this project is to collect the necessary data for creating the nutrient balances on 12 swine operations in Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana. The project will evaluate the producer’s...
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Demonstrating Innovative Use of Precision Farming Technologies to Optimize Manure Nutrient Utilization and Reduce Environmental Concerns
Precision Agriculture Technologies are here to stay as more combines, applicators, and tractors are equipped with GPS receivers, steering systems and data recording systems. These technologies offer...
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Estimation of the mass balance of nutrients for specific production phases and the flow of nutrients through a swine farm
Results from these experiments suggest that dietary manipulation can have dramatic effects on the mass balance of nutrients during the finishing phase. Altering the dietary crude protein and...
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Demonstrating Innovative Use of Precision Farming Technologies to Optimize Manure Nutrient Utilization and Reduce Environmental Concerns
Precision Agriculture Technologies are here to stay as more combines, applicators, and tractors are equipped with GPS receivers, steering systems and data recording systems. These technologies offer...
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Utilization of crystalline amino acids by the gut in growing
Conventional diets containing corn and soybean meal fed to growing pigs can be reduced in protein by replacing a portion of the protein with crystalline amino acids. Crystalline amino acids are of...
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Conversion of Hog Manure to Diesel Fuel
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Developing Virtual Engineering Tools for Hoop Swine Housing
Would you fly on airplane that hadn't been tested? Neither would anyone else. Over the past 3 decades, researchers have developed very accurate numerical models for airflow around an airplane...
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A Nebraska Odor Footprint Tool for Planning Pork Facilities
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Interactive effect of crude protein reduction and fermentable fibers on nitrogen metabolism, ammonia utilization, and slurry composition in the growing pig
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Agronomic Feasibility of Growing Low-Phytate Corn
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