Building the Future from the Ground Up
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Livestock - manure management

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USDA NRCS Biochar Funding Quick Guide

This is the companion Fact Sheet to the Code 336 Soil Carbon Amendment webinar series we held in January 2023. That series can be found here:…
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Biochar Improves Manure Management

Fact Sheet: Biochar Improves Manure ManagementBiochar in manure management is good for the animals. Good for the environment.
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Feasibility Assessment of Dairy Biochar as a Value‐Added Potting Mix in Horticulture and Ornamental Gardening

This short paper from Cornell researchers summarizes costs and benefits of converting dairy manure to biochar. 
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The Potential for Biochar to Enhance Sustainability in the Dairy Industry

This 24-page white paper on biochar and the dairy industry is authored by the Ithaka Institute and Cornell University.
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Fourth-Generation Dairy Family Powers the Future

The Scott family in 2012 proposed to build a state-of-the-art manure gasification system - based on the Fischer–Tropsch  process from early 20th…
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Effect of Wood Biochar Amendment to Sand on Leachate Water Quality with Repeated Dairy Manure Application: A Soil Column Study

This publication from the National Cooperative Extension explains results of a biochar filtration application. The effects of amending sand…
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Field Application of Poultry Litter Biochar

Research on phosphorus fertilizer in corn at a UF/IFAS research site in Ci
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Practice Guideline: How to Use Biochar in Barns

The Umpqua Biochar Education Team developed techniques for using biochar in animal barns for an NRCS Conservation…
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Biochar and Livestock

Biochar has many uses, including in the production of livestock.