2010 Projects
Project: 241-09
Title: Value-added processing and phosphorus recovery from dairy manure using enhanced fermentation.
Principle Investigator: K.G. Karthikeyan, Biol. Sys. Engr., UW–Madison.
Objective: To design a fermentation reactor to process manure solids and evaluate the probable process configurations in which the fermenter can be used for value-added product generation.
Funding Level: $18,959
Duration: 2 years
Project: 242-09
Title: Survey of subsoil fertility of Wisconsin soils.
Principle Investigator: Carrie Laboski, Dept. of Soil Science, UW–Madison.
Objective: To evaluate the subsoil fertility status of the key agronomic soil series in the state. The hypothesis is that subsoil fertility status, specifically available P and exchangeable K, of agricultural soils of Wisconsin has changed over the past fifty years.
Funding Level: $16,399
Duration: 1 year
Project: 244-09
Title: Nitrogen fertilizer recommendations for corn grown for cellulosic biofuel production.
Principle Investigator: Matt Ruark, Dept. of Soil Science, UW–Madison.
Objective: To determine how removal of corn stover for biofuel production affects N requirements for optimal corn production, determine changes in NUE related to stover removal, and evaluate changes in SOC and TN after consecutive years of stover removal.