MANAGEMENT OF TEMPERATE PASTURES AND SILVOPASTURES FOR SMALL
FARM LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION Location: Dale Bumpers Small Farms
Research Center Title: Subsurface application of dry poultry
litter: Impacts on common bermudagrass and other no-till crops
Submitted to: Journal of Agricultural Science Publication Type:
Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: October 8,
2011 Publication Date: February 2, 2012 Citation: Pote, D.H.,
Way, T.R., Kleinman, P.J., Moore Jr, P.A. 2012. Subsurface
application of dry poultry litter: Impacts on common
bermudagrass and other no-till crops. Journal of Sustainable
Forestry. 4(4):55-62. Interpretive Summary: Poultry litter
provides a rich organic source of crop nutrients that also helps
neutralize soil acidity, but litter broadcast on the surface of
pastures and other no-till systems loses substantial quantities
of nutrients to the atmosphere and in storm runoff. Applying the
litter in shallow trenches (bands) can prevent most nutrient
losses with minimal disturbance of soil