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Sustainable Agriculture Systems Modeling

 

Modeling various components of the overall farm system for swine, poultry, dairy, beef cattle

 

  • Modeling beef cattle nutrient utilization as a function of cold weather adaptation: Implications for supplementation of low quality forage diets with dried distillers grains (DDGS) in a cold-stressed environment
    - Project leaders Kim Ominski and Ermias Kebreab
  • Comparison of economic and environmental efficiencies of advanced beef production systems in the Western Canadian Parkland learn more
    - Project leaders Ermias Kebreab and Gary Crow
  • Modelling rumen function in non-steady state. NSERC Discovery learn more
    - Project leader Ermias Kebreab
  • Development of Manitoba-based computer models for nutrient management in the laying hen industry: A mechanistic model reflective of feeding or environmental conditions in the Manitoba-based laying hen industry learn more
    - Project leaders Ermias Kebreab and Jim House
  • Quantitative assessment and mitigation of total greenhouse gas emissions from livestock manure applied to soil: Determining the impact of diet on net greenhouse gas emissions and developing equations relating nutrient composition of feed, manure and GHG emissions learn more
    - Project leaders Ermias Kebreab and Mario Tenuta

    • learn more about this research program

    Completed Projects:
  • Nutrient management planning for sow operations using extant and new feed consumption models and manure analysis Read the Final Report
    - Project leader Erminas Kebreab
  • Using satellite imagery in the development of models to quantify and monitor the spatiotemporal distribution of vegetation biomass in Manitoba grasslands/pastures using satellite imagery
    learn more, including outcomes, read the Final Report
    - Project leaders Luciano González, Kim Ominski and Karin Wittenberg
  • Nutrient transformations and prediction of greenhouse gas emissions from stored manure: Developing a model for use in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in intensive swine operations - stored manure learn more
    - Project leader Ermias Kebreab
  • Modelling greenhouse gas emissions from stored manure: Evaluation of dietary manipulation effects learn outcomes, read the Final Report Manure Gas Research Facility (MANGAS-RF)
    - Project leaders Ermias Kebreab and Mario Tenuta

    • learn more about the Manure Gas Research Facility (MANGAS-RF)

  • Effects of manure and formulated N fertilizers on greenhouse gas emissions in the Red River Valley Read the Final Report
    - Project leaders Ermias Kebreab and Mario Tenuta

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