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TECHNICAL REPORTS

Heavy Metals in the Environment

Trace Element Changes in Soil after Long-Term Cattle Manure Applications

^a Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1
^b Dep. of Soil Science, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
^c Permanent address: Dep. of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

^* Corresponding author (haoxy{at}agr.gc.ca).

Received for publication April 30, 2007. Manure application supplies plant nutrients, but also leads to trace element accumulation in soil. This study investigated total and EDTA-extractable B, Cd, Co, Cu and Zn in soil after 25 annual manure applications. The residual effect of 14 annual manure applications followed by 11 yr with no applications was also investigated. Manure was applied at 0, 30, 60 and 90 Mg ha^–1 yr^–1 (wet weight) under rainfed (treatments Mr0, Mr30, Mr60, and Mr90) and at 0, 60, 120 and 180 Mg ha^–1 yr^–1 under irrigated conditions (Mi0, Mi60, Mi120, and Mi180). The manure applications had no significant effect on soil B, Cd and Co content under both rainfed and irrigated conditions, but significantly increased total Cu and Zn content under irrigated conditions with Zn in Mi120 and Mi180 reaching the lower maximum concentration (MAC) level set by the European Community. Manure application also significantly increased EDTA-extractable Cd and Zn content in soil. Up to 27% of the total Cd (0.156 mg kg^–1) and 21% of total Zn (38 mg kg^–1) are found in EDTA-extractable form (Mi180 at 0–15 cm). EDTA-extractable Cd and Zn content was also significantly elevated in the irrigated residual plots due to the higher manure rates used. Thus, the impacts of cattle manure application on trace elements in soil are long lasting. Elevated Cd and Zn are a concern as other studies have linked them with certain types of cancers and human illnesses.