Nitrogen in Soil Cores and Ground Water under Abandoned Cattle Feedlots
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Environmental Quality
- Vol. 5 (1) , 71-75
- https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq1976.00472425000500010016x
Abstract
Soil core samples from four abandoned beef cattle feedlots were analyzed to determine their chemical and physical characteristics. These cores were compared with those from active upland, intermittently used feedlots, and croplands. The nitrate‐nitrogen (NO3‐N) in the abandoned feedlots averaged 7,200 kg/ha in a 9.1‐m soil core, while the active upland, intermittently used feedlot, and cropland averaged 1,800, 2,100, and 570 kg/ha NO3‐N, respectively. The abandoned feedlot core with the highest NO3‐N had 18,200 kg/ha in a 9.1‐m core. Nitrate‐N levels in an abandoned feedlot after 15 years of corn‐alfalfa rotation were comparable with cropland cores. Ground‐water samples obtained from three of the four abandoned feedlots contained 77.2, 43.7, and 0.6 ppm NO3‐N.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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