Two experiments using calves fed 173 d from November to May (WINTER) and yearlings fed 145 d from May to September (SUMMER), were conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding a high inclusion level of both wet distillers grains plus soluble (WDGS) and wheat straw or a corn control diet (CON) on ADG, F:G, manure N, and N losses. In each experiment, 128 steers (WINTER: 311 ± 10 kg, SUMMER: 365 ± ...

Returned dairy products which are transferred to landfills might add to the environmental pollution. Such products have a high nutritional value for ruminants, but they should be stabilized to enable their use as cattle feed. The purpose of the current study was to examine stabilization of returned dairy products by ensiling in combinations with straw and molasses for animal feeding. Treatments...

Organic matter plays a key role in availability and transformation of soil Zn (zinc), which greatly controls Zn concentrations in cereal grains and human Zn nutrition level. Accordingly, soils homogenized with the wheat straw (0, 12 g straw kg-1) and Zn fertilizer (0, 7 mg Zn kg-1) were buried and incubated in the field over 210 days to explore the response of soil Zn availability and the agein...

A novel co-digestion approach was evaluated to determine if agricultural and industrial waste residues could efficiently degrade straw without pretreatment. Untreated rice straw was co-digested with pig wastewater and anaerobic sludge from the pulp and paper mill treatment process in a pilot-scale digester (1 m) operated in dry, mesophilic conditions. The total weight ratio of dry straw to pig ...

This work describes the preparation of the cellulose phosphate with high ion exchange capacity from rice straw and bagasse for removal of heavy metals. In this study, rice straw and bagasse were modified by the reaction with phosphoric acid in the presence of urea. The introduced phosphoric group is an ion exchangeable site for heavy metal ions. The reaction by microwave heating yielded modifie...

Using agricultural straw to generate electricity is an effective approach for relieving the pressure of procuring a reliable energy supply and reducing environmental pollution. Because the locations of the power plants have a significant impact on the supply of raw materials and the cost of transportation, it is important to choose reasonable locations for power plants. To solve the problem of ...

The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of wood shavings, wheat straw, and their mixture as litter material on growth performance in broilers from 1 d to 42 d of age. A total of one hundred and fifty oneday-old Hubbard chicks were used in our experiment, weighed and assigned at random into 6 pens of 25 birds each. There were two replicates of each of the following three t...

Oregon produces 70% of the world supply of cool season grass seed, including tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) and perennial ryegrass (L. perenne). About 225,000 ha of grass seed are currently in production in Oregon. Traditionally, the seed was harvested in June and July and the straw residue in the fields was burned during July and August. Today, the straw is harvested and used for animal fee...

The esterification of rice straw fiber with acetic anhydride, using sulphuric acid as catalyst, under mild conditions in glacial acetic acid, has been investigated. Acetylation conditions, such as dosage of chemicals and catalyst, and time and temperature of acetylation, were optimized. The preferred reaction parameters of acetylation reaction are described as follows: weight ratio of rice stra...

edible shiitake mushroom is a relatively fragrant mushroom and grows on different types of dead hard woods. this mushroom ranks second in the world in total yearly mushroom production. on the hand, thousand tons of agricultural wastes are burned or discarded yearly. hence, to evaluate the shiitake mushroom production possibility on agricultural wastes, an experiment designed based on completely...