FARM-N

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Project summary

The FARM-N project focuses on the flows and storage of N between and within the major components of farming systems; animals, animal housing, manure storage, crops and soil. Much of the work is designed to improve and test the FASSET farm model (see www.fasset.dk), with the overall objective of enabling it to be used as an advisory tool.

Improvements to FASSET are mainly related to the management of cattle feeding and both tactical and operational grassland management.

Testing relates to the ability of the model to simulate farm N surpluses (N imported – N exported) and the partitioning of those surpluses between losses via nitrate leaching, ammonia volatilisation and denitrification, and changes in soil N storage.

A prototype internet-based advisory tool is being constructed, the aim of which is to assist farmers and environmental regulators to agree the production and losses of N to the environment under current and future conditions on a particular farm. This tool can be accessed here.

An english version of the extended summary of the project is available at this address.