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OriginClear signs swine manure treatment contract

OriginClear Inc., recently announced that its licensee in Spain, Depuporc S.L., has signed a commercial contract to supply complete mobile treatment systems to pig farm operators.


Application of livestock manure fertilizer improves soil health

Trails conducted in Saskatchewan have shown the application of livestock manure fertilizer typically improves the health of the soil.


Effects of liquid manure injection into a winter rye cover crop

Winter cereal rye planted as a cover crop has been shown effective in capturing nitrate before it leaches from the root zone.
 
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Click here for more on how soil compaction impacts crop yields.
 
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Options for managing winter manure on beef farms

An over-wintering cow-calf beef herd produces manure – quite a lot of it. In one day, the average 1,250-pound beef cow produces 75 pounds of manure and urine. This manure has approximately 0.31 pound of nitrogen (not all of this is retained), 0.19 pound of phosphate and 0.26 pound of potassium. The feeding method beef farmers use to deal with this nutrient resource can have a positive impact on their forage and other crop production system. Care should be taken to not overfeed in an area. Too great of an accumulation of wasted hay and manure can have a negative impact on forage yield next year. » Read more...
 
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NutrientSmart 2.0

March 23
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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2018 Western United Dairymen Annual Conference

March 28
Location: Modesto, California
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