Research innovations will make it more practical and economical for Canada’s beef
industry to turn potential waste into a valuable resource.
“Sustainability” is a concept that can be hard to pin down. For Dr. Xiaomei Li, it’s all
about balance. And right now, that balance is out of whack when it comes to producing
beef and managing manure. Li is on the front line of innovations to do just that. Among several projects in recent
years, Li and colleagues developed a new phosphorous model, to assist operators in
determining manure application rates that are environmentally safe.