Exempel på manure

• A plant doesn’t know whether the nitrogen it receives comes from manure or is artificial. 

• Crops were fertilized using animal manure and compost. 

• Utilizing the nitrogen content of organic manures on farms-problems and practical solutions.

• Improved manure management: a systems approach than in the past.

• One of the reasons that systems thinking is both important and difficult is the complexity inherent in manure issues.

• Though more costly, the more sustainable option is the use of green manures.

• The ammonium transported in runoff from the composted dairy manure was somewhat consistent for the 10-week study.

• The dairy farm covered the costs of forage storage and manure-spreading.

• Digestion by cattle, and storage within a manure heap for 6 months or longer, further reduced seed germination.

• Organic potato production is typically characterized by extended rotations involving leguminous crop green manures sometimes combined with organic amendments.

• Nevertheless, the results from manure samples must be interpreted with appropriate caution, as newly introduced, low-level infections may evade detection.

• For example, in our trial, more farmers were interested in comparing hedges with manure than were interested in the with- and without-hedges comparison.

• Households living in the hills are therefore understandably reluctant to use manure, and to a somewhat lesser extent crop residues, for fuel.

• Potatoes and silage corn both received manure-nutrient credits.

• Profitability may also be improved by lower fertilizer costs if nutrient credits are taken for applied manure.

• Manure is usually in short supply, bulky and heavy, and it can introduce weeds and pests.

• Both ruminants and non-ruminants provided manure for the maintenance and improvement of soil fertility.