Berlin mulls asking EU for derogation on fertilisers https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/berlin-mulls-asking-eu-for-derogation-on-fertilisers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #fertilisers #Germany #manure #nitrate #nitratepollution

Onnu are due to build sixteen hubs in the Wye Valley to produce biochar. A team at Aston University are investigating the use of chicken manure (which has contributed to recent damage done to the River Wye) in the production of new materials for agriculture in combination with biochar.

#GoodNews #Biochar #Manure #Water #Quality #Wye #Valley #River #Chickens #Farming #Science #Research

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66450372

Hopefully many more farmers can be convinced that there's a better way to handle #manure than to spray it in the air. Injecting it into the soil is less expensive and more effective (and less oppressive to those of us in the habit of breathing).

https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/07/06/manure-injections-have-benefits-for-farmers/

#fertilizer #farming

Puh - davor habe ich mich ein paar Tage gedrückt, aber jetzt musste es sein. Umfüllen+durchsieben. Die Tomaten lieben es.
Seid froh, dass es keine Duft-Fotos gibt. 👃 💚 😅

#brennnessel #jauche #garten #nettle #manure

Good to see that the horses are subtly making their feelings on the idea of monarchy known.

#manure #Coronation #CharlesIII

A bit of #fun. My attempt to #map #historic #dialect terms for the #stickleback. Which is your #favourite? What #names are #local to you? When did you last see/catch one? They used of congregate in their millions in #Fenland #ditches and #dykes. #Farmers even used #fresh sticklebacks as #manure, spread straight on to their #fields. I hope you like the #scale. Enjoy! #Fish #Language #Biodiversity #Crisis #River #Stream #Pollution #UK #England #Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #IsleOfMan

"Organic" #nitrogen is often viewed as superior to synthetic N, but the source of #organic amendments is often synthetic: #fertilizer > grain > feed > livestock > #manure > organic farms. "Dirty" N is laundered thru #livestock (at a loss) to become green: https://csanr.wsu.edu/always-follow-the-nitrogen/

One of my little sidelines is recording #Manure for #Sale #signs. See https://manureforsale.wordpress.com/ I particularly love signs that reflect #local #accents and #vernacular (‘Manuare’ in #Cornwall for example!). And signs where the #letter spacing goes awry. This new one is a cracker! #Horse #Muck #Yorkshire #Organic #Free #Gardening #OutsiderArt #Design

It was a #compost kinda day here. I don’t manage to care much about picking up #manure in the winter, and now it’s time for spring cleaning!
The big compost pile is starting to bulge at the seams. It’s about 25 feet long on its longest side. I’m doing an experiment in the front, with old manure layered with old moldy hay. I need to set up the sprinkler there for an hour or so and get that whole pile really well watered.
All the books say that old manure isn’t as good for compost as nice fresh manure, but I still have a lot of it to process. It can hang out over here in the big cold pile for as long as it takes.
The two aerated bins have gotten weirdly in sync and they’re both slowly coming down out of their hot phase. Once they’re cool, I can empty the bins and use or stash the fine compost. The next batch will layer sunchokes in with manure and stall bedding - the contents of the aerated bins cook at 140° for weeks before it starts to decline.
The stuff that comes out of the aerated boxes is really lovely, generally quite fine textured, and bacterially cold, but it hasn’t had much time for fungal decomposition, which is why it’s so light colored. Fortunately, at that point it’s totally fine to use - it just needs another six months alone in the dark to grow loads of mycelium.
Anybody else doing #livestock #manure #composting on #compostodon ?

You cannot mistake the blatant #autocratic #theocracy being spread like #manure by #tennesseefascists

If you want democracy you don't vote #republican

Playing with my banner, the #cover of my #Manure Matters book. I will never get over the sheer #beauty of #dunghills and #slurry when up close and personal. Cold Newton #Leicestershire. #DMV #Medieval #EarlyModern #EnvHist

I love it when my professional life and #Wordle life align! From yesterday, obviously. Never reveal the daily answer. #Manure #Fertilizer

Spring may not be for another 50 minutes or so but on the drive home, the smell of spring was certainly in the air! #manure

@irolita with a yard that big you could fence into quarters. Grow #green #manure #covercrops like #vetch #clover #peas and mix with other quick growing plants such as #radishes #kale #mustard. If you planted three sections at the same time and selected the right mix for growth, you could rotate most of the way through summer. The forth and first section would be planted after the first was eaten up.

This is a different thing, it's spontaneous.. it's called wit.

#Wit #Manure #AltText

RT @AFP_HU
Do you know the slurry tales? Check out this exciting new paper by our PhD candidate Astrid Artner-Nehls (with Sandra Uthes @ZALF_leibniz) on thematic emphases and changes in newspaper coverage of livestock slurry #topicmodelling #manure #textmining

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-023-01798-w

Germany: Pungent slurry leak floods lake, streams near Essen

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-pungent-slurry-leak-floods-lake-streams-near-essen/a-64780723?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Germany #Essen #slurry #manure #leak

@eric_normandeau a big shout out to our neighbors that rack leaves!

This fall I used cow #manure from free range cattle. On my trip home, I would fill up a bag or two from alongside the road.

You must know about hot #composting as your piles are the size needed.

Don’t you just love to #compost ?

Among the biggest challenges that face #agriculture are the production and use of #nitrogen (N) #fertilizers. The production and use of synthetic N fertilizers represent approximately 2.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The production and use of #manure represent about has much. Together, N fertilizers in agriculture account for approximately 5% of global #GHG which set this industry as a key sector if we want to mitigate #climatechange.

Source: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00698-w

What are #Gluons? : Space.com

#BrownGold: the great #American #Manure rush begins : Guardian

Salient #Trends for #2023 : Medium

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