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Is this based on anything other than an gut distrust of "chemicals"? I am, admittedly, a layman as well, but my understanding is that fertilizers are essentiall
by Exmoor 6y ago
Is this based on anything other than an gut distrust of "chemicals"? I am, admittedly, a layman as well, but my understanding is that fertilizers are essentially distillations of the important elements (Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphate) which you would get from manure, but without the risk of food poisoning.
- abakker 6y agoThere are other minerals in manure. Basic multivitamins and active bacteria besides salmonella benefit the soil.
- maxerickson 6y agoIt's a good way to dispose of the manure. It's beneficial to the soil and pretty much any other disposal will cost more than spreading it on fields. Chemical fertilizer is used because it increases yields well beyond crop rotation (and because minerals are depleted over time).
- dtech 6y agoAs long as we have cattle we will have manure anyway. Might as well use it beneficially, also because disposing of the rest is already hard enough.