January 25, 2013 Composting Manure Easier To Transport, Boosts Carbon Farmers applied manure on six percent of cropland in Manitoba in 2010, five percent in Alberta and three percent in Saskatchewan, according to Statistics Canada. The low numbers didn’t surprise Agriculture Canada researcher Frank Larney. The specialist in composting and soil reclamation said they are …
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September 16, 2013 No Bull — Composted Manure Benefits Row Crops It makes economic and environmental sense for feedlot operators to start composting their manure, says a soil conservation researcher at the Lethbridge Research Centre. “I think a lot of feedlots are now realizing that they should look at composting because you can only rely …
(Photo: Jan Shepel) August 23, 2017 Farmer Discovering “Energizing Effect” of Compost On His Soil After four years of experimenting with composting on his dairy farm near Waunakee, Jeff Endres believes “there’s a lot of upside to composting that we don’t know about yet.” He told a large tour of attendees from the North American …
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August 13, 2019 Potato Producer And Feedlot Take Organic Approach The Kasko Cattle Company feedlot is proof that integrating cows and crops can protect the environment while boosting the bottom line. The 14,000-head feedlot near Taber is surrounded by 10 quarter sections owned by Ryan Kasko, and Harold and Chris Perry. While Kasko owns and …
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August 13, 2019 Soil From Scratch Hummus cooked up from farm scraps is the secret ingredient to boosting soils. Read the full article on The Furrow… Sign up for our newsletter
August 13, 2019 Sea Change A “noble transformation” is taking place in Marin County. Read the full article on The Furrow… Sign up for our newsletter
August 13, 2019 Half of Nitrogen From Feedlots Is Lost To Ammonia Emission Feedlots have come a long way in reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But a new federal research study has found that nitrogen losses in feedlots are still significant — and can significantly affect the bottom line. “We’re losing about …
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August 13, 2019 Biochar Soaks Up Ammonia Pollution, Study Shows A new Cornell-led study shows that pyrogenic matter, also known as biochar, is chock-full of potential as a fertilizer because of its ability to soak up nitrogen from the air pollutant ammonia. And it does so in a surprising way: through a chemical reaction that …
August 13, 2019 Study Evaluates Antibiotic Degradation in Manure Composted manure is a good slow release fertilizer with the added benefit of breaking down common antibiotics. It is estimated about 1.6 million kilograms of antimicrobials are used every year in Canadian livestock. Thirty to 90 percent of the products may be excreted as original compounds …
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August 13, 2019 Direct Evidence For Microbial-derived Soil Organic Matter Formation And Its Ecophysiological Controls Soil organic matter (SOM) and the carbon and nutrients therein drive fundamental submicron- to global-scale biogeochemical processes and influence carbon-climate feedbacks. Consensus is emerging that microbial materials are an important constituent of stable SOM, and new conceptual and quantitative SOM …
