Management strategies to reduce environmental impacts of beef cattle production systems

• Grant number: 15/16631-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2016
• End date: November 30, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Pastures and Forage Crops
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Andrade Reis
• Grantee: Ricardo Andrade Reis
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Ana Cláudia Ruggieri
• Associated researchers: Alexandre Berndt ; Andre Luis da Silva Valente ; Dennis Paul Poppi ; Flávio Dutra de Resende ; João Maurício Bueno Vendramini ; José Carlos Batista Dubeux Junior ; Lynn E. Sollenberger ; Maria Lúcia Silveira ; Rondineli Pavezzi Barbero ; Wilton Ladeira da Silva
• Associated research grant(s): 19/04991-8 - Advances in environmental management in grasslands soils, AV.EXT; 19/02102-1 - Advances in measuring and reporting forage research data, AV.EXT; 19/02101-5 - Effect of substitution of cottonseed on dried grains of distillery (DDG) on metabolic and nutritional characteristics of Nelore bulls, AV.EXT
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/01864-5 - Technical training in nitrogen gas loss methodologies in pastures, BP.TT; 21/02450-0 - Herbage characteristics and animal performance of young Nellore bull in marandu grasslands fertilized with nitrogen, BP.TT; 20/15775-1 - Technical training in evaluation of enteric methane and auxiliary variables using a tracer gas technique in pastures, BP.TT; + associated scholarships 20/11675-2 - Forage carachteristics and performance of nelore bulls in marandu grass fertilized with nitrogen, BP.TT; 20/08593-4 - Effect of nitrogen fertilization management on marandu grass pastures on stable and unstable fractions of soil carbon, BP.TT; 19/24965-1 - Impact of nitrogen fertilizers on forage accumulation and protein and fiber fractions of Urochloa Brizantha cv Marandu, BP.IC; 19/25158-2 - Technical training in nitrogen gas reduction methodologies in pastures, BP.TT; 19/22991-5 - Effect of nitrogen fertilization management on marandu grass pastures on stable and unstable soil carbon fractions, BP.TT; 19/20658-7 - Technical training in evaluation of enteric methane and auxiliary variables using the tracer gas technique in pastures, BP.TT; 19/21425-6 - Effect of bypass protein source supplementation on ruminal parameters methane emission from Nellore bulls, BP.IC; 19/12941-0 - Effect of ureia levels on ammonia volatilization in marandu grass, BP.IC; 19/04960-5 - Temporal variation of litter production and decomposition in pastures of marandu grass fertilized with doses of nitrogen, BP.IC; 19/11752-0 - Training in the evaluation of the emission of enteric methane and auxiliary forces using a gasifier technique in pastures, BP.TT; 19/09800-6 - Forage evaluation and animal performance of young bulls in marandu grass fertilized with nitrogen, BP.TT; 19/11733-5 - Effect of nitrogen fertilization management in marandu grass pasture on soil carbon fractions, BP.TT; 18/24652-0 - Emission of nitrous oxide in intensification systems of production on pasture with nitrogen fertilization, BP.IC; 18/13404-6 - Nitrogen loses in Brachiaria pastures fertilized with different nitrogen rates, BP.TT; 18/03842-6 - Methane production due to supplementation strategies from beef cattle on Marandu grass, BP.TT; 17/20050-3 - Methane production of Nellore steers growing phase in pastures of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu submitted to different levels of nitrogen, BP.IC; 18/02000-1 - Nitrogen losses in pastures of Brachiaria fertilized increasing N levels, BP.TT; 17/11274-5 - Decomposition of litter and greenhouse gases emission in Brachiaria grasses with increasing nitrogen fertilizer rates, BP.PD - associated scholarships

Abstract

This project aims to evaluate the efficiency of N fertilization and use of strategic supplementation on productivity, economic efficiency and environmental impacts of pasture based meat production systems. The project will last for five years and will be divided into two experiments. The experiments I and II will be conducted on Brachiaria brizantha cv. marandu pastures grazed by cattle using continuous stocking in the rearing phase and finishing phase in either pasture or feedlot. In Experiment I, treatments will consist of four levels of N fertilization (0, 90, 180 and 270 kg ha-1 year-1) split in three applications during the rainy season. In the second experiment, treatments will consist of four supplementation strategies for the grazing animals. In the first and second years these strategies will include mineral mix, supplement using energy from corn meal associate to cotton seed meal, supplement with 50% replacement of protein source by distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), and supplement with 100% replacement of protein source by DDGS. In the third and fourth years the treatments will consist of mineral mix, supplement using energy from citrus pulp associate to cotton seed meal, supplement with 50% replacement of protein source by DDGS associated with citrus pulp, and supplement with 100% replacement of protein source by DDGS associated with citrus pulp. Environmental impacts to be assessed include nitrogen loss through volatilization of ammonia and nitrous oxide and CO2 and methane emission (Experiment I). Pasture evaluation will include herbage mass, herbage accumulation, apparent N recovery, efficiency of N utilization, and forage nutritive value. Animal response variables include intake and nutrient digestibility, enteric methane, ruminal parameters, performance, and carcass characteristics. Finally, the economic viability of pasture-based cattle production systems, including yearling stocker finished on pasture or feedlot will be evaluated. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

NATÁLIA VILAS BOAS FONSECA; ABMAEL DA SILVA CARDOSO; ALVAIR HOFFMANN; RHAONY GONÇALVES LEITE; ADRIANA CRISTINA FERRARI; MARCIA HELENA MACHADO DA ROCHA FERNANDES; RICARDO ANDRADE REIS. Characterization and effects of DDG on the intake and digestibility of finishing bulls in feedlots. Acta Sci., Anim. Sci., v. 43, 2020-11-30. (15/16631-5, 17/11274-5)

BERCA, ANDRESSA S.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA S.; LONGHINI, VANESSA Z.; TEDESCHI, LUIS O.; BODDEY, ROBERT MICHAEL; BERNDT, ALEXANDRE; REIS, RICARDO A.; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA. Methane production and nitrogen balance of dairy heifers grazing palisade grass cv. Marandu alone or with forage peanut. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 97, n. 11, p. 4625-4634, NOV 2019. (17/11274-5, 15/16631-5)

REIS, VIVIANE AMIN; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE; DA ROS DE ARAUJO, TIAGO LUIS; LAGE, JOSIANE FONSECA; TEIXEIRA, PRISCILLA DUTRA; SANTOS GIONBELLI, TATHYANE RAMALHO; LANNA, DANTE PAZZANESE; LADEIRA, MARCIO MACHADO. Performance, beef quality and expression of lipogenic genes in young bulls fed low-fat dried distillers grains. MEAT SCIENCE, v. 160, FEB 2020. (15/16631-5)

LONGHINI, VANESSA Z.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL S.; BERCA, ANDRESSA S.; CARVALHO, ISABEL N. O.; BODDEY, ROBERT M.; REIS, RICARDO A.; DUBEUX, JR., JOSE C. B.; RUGGIERI, ANA C.. Nitrogen fertilizer increased litter deposition and litter N in warm-climate grasslands. NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS, v. 119, n. 2, JAN 2021. (16/11086-1, 17/11274-5, 15/16631-5)

FERRARI, ADRIANA CRISTINA; BERCA, ANDRESSA SCHOLZ; CURVELO SILVA, MARIA LUISA; LEITE, RHAONY GONCALVES; DALLANTONIA, ERICK ESCOBAR; ROMANZINI, ELIEDER PRATES; BARBERO, RONDINELI PAVEZZI; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; LAGE, JOSIANE FONSECA; TEDESCHI, LUIS ORLINDO; et al. Effects of supplement type during the pre-finishing growth phase on subsequent performance of Nellore bulls finished in confinement or on tropical pasture. APPLIED ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 38, n. 5, p. 13-pg., 2022-10-01. (19/25997-4, 15/16631-5)

RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; ONGARATTO, FERNANDO; CASAGRANDE, DANIEL RUME; BARBERO, RONDINELI PAVEZZI; BRITO, LIZIANE DE FIGUEIREDO; AZENHA, MARIANE VIEIRA; OLIVEIRA, ANDRE ALVES; KOSCHECK, JEFFERSON FABIANO WERNER; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Grazing Intensity Impacts on Herbage Mass, Sward Structure, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Animal Performance: Analysis of Brachiaria Pastureland. AGRONOMY-BASEL, v. 10, n. 11, NOV 2020. (12/06718-8, 15/16631-5, 11/00060-8, 12/20264-0, 10/09564-6, 17/11274-5)

BOAS FONSECA, NATALIA VILAS; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; BERCA, ANDRESSA SCHOLZ; DORNELLAS, ISADORA ALVES; ONGARATTO, FERNANDO; CURVELO SILVA, MARIA LUISA; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Effect of different nitrogen fertilizers on nitrogen efficiency use in Nellore bulls grazing on Marandu palisade grass. LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, v. 263, p. 6-pg., 2022-07-14. (19/25997-4, 17/11274-5, 15/16631-5)

DELEVATTI, LUTTI M.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL S.; BARBERO, RONDINELI P.; LEITE, RHAONY G.; ROMANZINI, ELIEDER P.; RUGGIERI, ANA C.; REIS, RICARDO A.. Effect of nitrogen application rate on yield, forage quality, and animal performance in a tropical pasture. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, MAY 20 2019. (17/11274-5, 15/16631-5)

DE ARAUJO, TIAGO LUIS DA ROS; DA SILVA, WILTON LADEIRA; BERCA, ANDRESSA SCHOLZ; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; BARBERO, RONDINELI PAVEZZI; ROMANZINI, ELIEDER PRATES; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Effects of Replacing Cottonseed Meal with Corn Dried Distillers' Grain on Ruminal Parameters, Performance, and Enteric Methane Emissions in Young Nellore Bulls Reared in Tropical Pastures. ANIMALS, v. 11, n. 10, OCT 2021. (17/11274-5, 19/25997-4, 15/16631-5)

HOFFMANN, A.; CARDOSO, A. S.; FONSECA, N. V. B.; ROMANZINI, E. P.; SINISCALCHI, D.; BERNDT, A.; RUGGIERI, A. C.; REIS, R. A.. Effects of supplementation with corn distillers' dried grains on animal performance, nitrogen balance, and enteric CH4 emissions of young Nellore bulls fed a high-tropical forage diet. ANIMAL, v. 15, n. 3, MAR 2021. (15/16631-5, 17/11274-5)

CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; BARBERO, RONDINELI PAVEZZI; ROMANZINI, ELIEDER PRATES; TEOBALDO, RONYATTA WEICH; ONGARATTO, FERNANDO; MACHADO DA ROCHA FERNANDES, MARCIA HELENA; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Intensification: A Key Strategy to Achieve Great Animal and Environmental Beef Cattle Production Sustainability inBrachiariaGrasslands. SUSTAINABILITY, v. 12, n. 16, AUG 2020. (10/09924-2, 17/11274-5, 12/20264-0, 15/16631-5)

BERCA, ANDRESSA S.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA S.; LONGHINI, VANESSA Z.; TEDESCHI, LUIS O.; BODDEY, ROBERT MICHAEL; REIS, RICARDO A.; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA. Protein and Carbohydrate Fractions in Warm-Season Pastures: Effects of Nitrogen Management Strategies. AGRONOMY-BASEL, v. 11, n. 5, MAY 2021. (15/16631-5, 16/11086-1, 17/11274-5)

LONGHINI, VANESSA Z.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL S.; BERCA, ANDRESSA S.; BODDEY, ROBERT M.; REIS, RICARDO A.; DUBEUX, JOSE C. B.; RUGGIERI, ANA C.. Could forage peanut in low proportion replace N fertilizer in livestock systems?. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 3, MAR 3 2021. (15/16631-5, 16/11086-1, 17/11274-5)

ROMANZINI, ELIEDER PRATES; WATANABE, RAFAEL NAKAMURA; BOAS FONSECA, NATALIA VILAS; BERCA, ANDRESSA SCHOLZ; BRITO, THAIS RIBEIRO; BERNARDES, PRISCILA ARRIGUCCI; MUNARI, DANISIO PRADO; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Modern livestock farming under tropical conditions using sensors in grazing systems. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 12, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2022-02-16. (15/16631-5, 18/20753-7)

LONGHINI, VANESSA ZIRONDI; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; BERCA, ANDRESSA SCHOLZ; BODDEY, ROBERT MICHAEL; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE; DUBEUX JUNIOR, JOSE CARLOS BATISTA; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA. Nitrogen supply and rainfall affect ammonia emissions from dairy cattle excreta and urea applied on warm-climate pastures. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, v. 49, n. 6, p. 1453-1466, NOV-DEC 2020. (15/16631-5)

RAPOSO, ELISAMARA; BRITO, LIZIANE F.; JANUSCKIEWICZ, ESTELLA R.; OLIVEIRA, LUIZA F.; VERSUTI, JONATHAN; ASSUMPCAO, FABIANA M.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL S.; SINISCALCHI, DEBORA; DELEVATTI, LUTTI M.; MALHEIROS, EUCLIDES B.; et al. Greenhouse gases emissions from tropical grasslands affected by nitrogen fertilizer management. AGRONOMY JOURNAL, v. 112, n. 6, p. 4666-4680, NOV-DEC 2020. (15/16631-5)

SINISCALCHI, DEBORA; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; DA CRUZ CORREA, DARLENA CAROLINE; FERREIRA, MARIANE RODRIGUES; BARBOSA ANDRADE, MARINA ELIZABETH; GOMES DA CRUZ, LUANA HYBNER; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Effects of condensed tannins on greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen dynamics from urine-treated grassland soil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 29, n. 56, p. 10-pg., 2022-07-05. (17/11274-5, 15/16631-5)

DA CRUZ CORREA, DARLENA CAROLINE; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; FERREIRA, MARIANE RODRIGUES; SINISCALCHI, DEBORA; DE ALMEIDA GONCALVES, PEDRO HENRIQUE; LUMASINI, RODOLFO NUSSIO; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA. mmonia Volatilization, Forage Accumulation, and Nutritive Value of Marandu Palisade Grass Pastures in Different N Sources and Dose. ATMOSPHERE, v. 12, n. 9, SEP 2021. (15/16631-5, 17/11274-5, 17/20279-0)

CORREA, DARLENA CAROLINE DA CRUZ; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; FERREIRA, MARIANE RODRIGUES; SINISCALCHI, DEBORA; TONIELLO, ARIANA DESIE; DE LIMA, GILMAR COTRIN; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA. Are CH4, CO2, and N2O Emissions from Soil Affected by the Sources and Doses of N in Warm-Season Pasture?. ATMOSPHERE, v. 12, n. 6, JUN 2021. (17/20279-0, 15/16631-5, 17/11274-5)

FERNANDES, M. H. M. R.; CARDOSO, A. S.; LIMA, L. O.; BERCA, A. S.; REIS, R. A.. Human-edible protein contribution of tropical beef cattle production systems at different levels of intensification. ANIMAL, v. 16, p. 12-pg., 2022-08-01. (17/18750-7, 15/16631-5)

LEITE, RHAONY GONCALVES; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; BOAS FONSECA, NATALIA VILAS; CURVELO SILVA, MARIA LUISA; TEDESCHI, LUIS ORLINDO; DELEVATTI, LUTTI MANECK; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Effects of nitrogen fertilization on protein and carbohydrate fractions of Marandu palisadegrass. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 11, n. 1, JUL 20 2021. (17/11274-5, 15/16631-5, 16/20485-7)

DALLANTONIA, ERICK ESCOBAR; FERNANDES, MARCIA HELENA MACHADO DA ROCHA; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; LEITE, RHAONY GONCALVES; FERRARI, ADRIANA; ONGARATTO, FERNANDO; LAGE, JOSIANE FONSECA; BALSALOBRE, MARCO ANTONIO ALVARES; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Performance and greenhouse gas emission of Nellore and F1 Angus x Nellore yearling bulls in tropical production systems during backgrounding and finishing. LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, v. 251, SEP 2021. (15/16631-5, 17/18750-7, 17/11274-5)

LEITE, RHAONY GONCALVES; HOFFMANN, ALVAIR; ROMANZINI, ELIEDER PRATES; DELEVATTI, LUTTI MANECK; FERRARI, ADRIANA CRISTINA; BOAS FONSECA, NATALIA VILAS; BARBERO, RONDINELI PAVEZZI; CARDOSO, ABMAEL SILVA; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE. Zebu cattle fed dry distiller's grain or cottonseed meal had greater nitrogen utilization efficiency than non-supplemented animals. TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION, v. 54, n. 2, p. 10-pg., 2022-04-01. (15/16631-5, 17/11274-5)

CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA SILVA; LONGHINI, VANESSA ZIRONDI; BERCA, ANDRESSA SCHOLZ; ONGARATTO, FERNANDO; SINISCALCHI, DEBORA; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA. PASTURE MANAGEMENT AND GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS. BIOSCIENCE JOURNAL, v. 38, p. 11-pg., 2022-01-01. (17/11274-5, 15/16631-5, 19/25997-4)

FERNANDES, MARCIA H.; FERNANDES, JALME; REIS, RICARDO ANDRADE; TEDESCHI, LUIS O.. Application of Machine Learning Algorithms to Estimate Tropical Pasture Biomass Based on Satellite Images.. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 100, p. 2-pg., 2022-09-22. (15/16631-5, 17/18750-7, 20/14367-7)