RESUMO O uso de resíduos orgânicos, provenientes de sistema de confinamento no modelo ‘Compost Barn’ poderá suprir grande parte da demanda por adubo na propriedade. Além disso, com o aumento do consumo de alimentos oriundos da pecuária sustentável, a utilização de adubo gerado na própria propriedade se torna economicamente viável. Este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar o efeito da adubação orgânica proveniente da cama de confinamento de bovino aplicada em diferentes momentos no cultivo do milho. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados com cinco tratamentos e cinco repetições. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e as médias foram comparadas pelo teste de Scott-Knott a p ≤ 0,05. Os tratamentos com adição de composto fresco e curtido com cobertura nitrogenada apresentaram maior produção de matéria seca da parte aérea do milho quando comparados com os tratamentos sem o uso de composto. Para todas as variáveis analisadas, os tratamentos que utilizaram o composto foram superiores aos demais tratamentos. O solo utilizado no cultivo do milho para silagem melhorou consideravelmente suas características químicas com a aplicação do composto. O aproveitamento do material de cama proveniente de galpões de compostagem, como adubo orgânico, é recomendável como uma alternativa sustentável no reuso e tratamento de dejetos da produção leiteira. Em longo prazo, o material da cama incorpora nutrientes ao solo, aumenta a produção agrícola e agrega valor à propriedade agrícola.

ABSTRACT The use of organic wastes from housing systems in a compost bedded pack barn model could supply much of the fertiliser demand in the farm. Moreover, with the increase in food consumption from sustainable livestock, the use of compost generated in the farm itself becomes economically viable. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of organic manure from bedded cattle confinement applied at different moments on maize crop. The experiment was carried out in a randomized blocks with five treatments and five repetitions. The data were submitted to analysis of variance and the means were compared by Scott-Knott test at p ≤ 0.05. The treatments with addition of fresh compost and mature compost with nitrogen cover had higher production of maize shoot dry matter when compared to treatments without compost. For all variables analysed, the treatments with compost were superior to the other ones. The soil used for growing silage maize has improved considerably its chemical characteristics when the compost was applied. The use of bedding material compost from sheds as organic manure is recommended as a sustainable alternative in the reuse and treatment of waste from cattle confinement farm.

ABSTRACT The success of confinement for dairy cattle in the compost barn model depends mainly on the management of the bed and consists of its turning. This paper characterises the spatial variability of the bed temperature in the compost barn confinement model, as well as verifying whether there was an effect on efficiency from turning the bed with different agricultural implements. The experiment was conducted during the summer and winter of 2016, with 8 days of collection in each period. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics methods and geostatistical modelling with semivariograms and kriging maps. The results of the t-test at a5% significance level indicated that, after turning the bed with the plough or rotary hoe, the temperature values were significantly lower. There was an efficient on bed turning based on different agricultural implements. Spatial dependence was observed on the data, with a better adjustment given by a Gaussian model. Kriging maps allowed the characterization of the spatial variability of bed temperature and the visualization across the compost barn bed at the superficial layer and 0.15 m in depth.