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yes, however now, we have soil turned to sand and really aggressive nitrogen run off because it doesn't pay to manage the soil properly. In the Netherlands, th
by KaiserPro 3y ago
yes, however now, we have soil turned to sand and really aggressive nitrogen run off because it doesn't pay to manage the soil properly.
In the Netherlands, they have so much shit, that its limiting how much cattle they can produce (because of laws about nitrogen runoff.)
Now the soil is fucked, it doesn't absorb water. That means that not only does it dry out quicker, it means that it can't generate rain as much, which means more drought, and higher temperatures. Worse still, because it can't absorb as much water, you get worse flooding.
Farming needs swales, ground cover, mixed planting and shite. lots of shite.
- belinder 3y agoI'm not sure I understand, you're saying in the Netherlands they have a lot of it, but then for farming you need a lot of it - so is it bad or good?
- eppp 3y agoYou can absolutely have too much of it in one place even though it is useful. Large hog farms produce so much manure that they have problems getting rid of it all. The big problem is that it costs too much to haul and the feed is trucked in. Ideally the feed trucks would leave with manure to take back to where the feed comes from to use as fertilizer but of course that isn't in any way economical. It does work in some situations though like a lot of dairies where they pump the storage pits into tanks and spray or inject it back into the feedstock fields.
- bluGill 3y agoManure is a hazardous material and must not be hauled in the same trailer that hauls animal food. You can truck manure around, but it can't use the same trucks and trailers as was used to get the food to the animal.
- carstenhag 3y agoIt's useful, but at some point it becomes dangerously high and contaminates drinking water.