How Well Do We Understand Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Open-lot Cattle Systems?
Channel: Livestock & Poultry Environ. Learning Community
Date: 2017-05-19

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from concentrated animal feeding operations, including cattle feedyards, have become an important research topic. However, there are limitations to current measurement techniques, uncertainty in the magnitude of feedyard N2O fluxes, and a lack of effective mitigation methods. There are uncertainties in the pathway of feedyard N2O production, the dynamics of nitrogen transformations in these manure-based systems, and how N2O emissions differ with changes in climate and feedyard management. For more, visit: http://extension.org/74413