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How do ruminants add nitrogen to the soil?

• deleted 6y ago
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• function_seven 6y ago
  They pee on it. http://fertsmart.dairyingfortomorrow.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Figure-12.1.png http://fertsmart.dairyingfortomorrow.com.au/wp-content/uploa... (Image hotlinked from https://fertsmart.dairyingfortomorrow.com.au/dairy-soils-and-fertiliser-manual/chapter-12-nitrogen-and-nitrogen-fertilisers/12-1-introduction/ https://fertsmart.dairyingfortomorrow.com.au/dairy-soils-and...)
  • quixoticelixer- 6y ago
    Yeah but where is that nitrogen coming from? It's coming from plants.
    • function_seven 6y ago
      Yeah, hence the “Nitrogen Cycle”.
      • quixoticelixer- 6y ago
        Yes but they do not actually add nitrogen to the soil
        • noselasd 6y ago
          Sure they do, they add nitrogen back to the soil that the plants extracted from the soil.
• Scoundreller 6y ago
  Poop and pee.
  • quixoticelixer- 6y ago
    Nitrogen that they get from plants
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