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The authors recommend avoiding surface application on windy days to reduce biochar loss.
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e0“avoiding surface application on windy days”
e1“field crops”
Title
Biochar application on commercial field crops using farm-scale equipmen
Leanne Ejack; Joann Whalen; Julie Major; et al. Canadian Biosystems Engineering 2021. doi:10.7451/cbe.2021.63.6.1
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- Observation Windborne biochar losses reached 30% during handling, transportation, and application.
- Recommendation The authors recommend covering and moistening biochar before spreading to reduce loss.
- Recommendation The authors recommend mixing biochar with other materials to reduce loss.
- Intervention effect Biochar increased soybean yield by up to 20%.
- Intervention effect Biochar increased oat yield by up to 20%.
- Intervention effect Biochar-amended forage had greater nutrient concentration in the third season.
- Intervention effect Biochar-amended forage had higher projected milk production as dairy feed in the third season.
- Observation The estimated variable cost of biochar application was CA$2,285 per hectare.