INMS Guidance Document on Improving Nitrogen Management Using Nitrogen Budgets for Dairy Farms
Dairy production is a crucial source of food and income for millions of farmers worldwide. Nitrogen is a primary nutrient input in dairy systems, enhancing feed and milk production, but inefficient nitrogen use and cycling results in environmental pollution. Standardizing nitrogen budgets, performance indicators and reporting frameworks can benchmark dairy systems and enable the identification of best practices and environmental improvements. This INMS Guidance Document offers guidance on sustainable nitrogen management and nitrogen use efficiency indicators for the global dairy industry.
Authors
- Cameron J. P. Gourley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-2752)
- Cecile A. M. de Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7840-0934)
- Yoshitaka Uchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-7842)
- Karl G. Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3703-3450)
- Sharon R. Aarons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9156-9352)
- Tom H. Misselbrook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4594-3606)
- Tapan Kumar Adhya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-1793)
- Shabtai Bittman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9999-0758)
- Tommy Dalgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-0034)
- Khem Raj Dahal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7116-6559)
- Zhaohai Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7685-5441)
- Robert Martin Rees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1348-8693)
- Nicholas John Hutchings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-5549)
- John Lory
- Claudia S C Marques-dos-Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8864-2611)
- Mizanur Rahman
- Lin Ma
- Karin Groenestein
Institutions
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (CA)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (IE)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Gazipur Agricultural University (BD)
- Scotland's Rural College (GB)
- Rothamsted Research (GB)
- AgResearch (NZ)
- Universidad ISA (DO)
- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (NP)
- KIIT University (IN)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23931920
- Primary Topic
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00