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Nottinghamshire estate cuts fertiliser rates with organic manure

Farmers Weekly

Like most large estates and farms, Welbeck, historically known as one of the four “Dukeries” in north Nottinghamshire, aims to farm approximately 1,835ha of in-hand farmland environmentally responsibly as well […] The post Nottinghamshire estate cuts fertiliser rates with organic manure appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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A Washington Cohousing Project Could Help Preserve Farmland

Modern Farmer

This will allow the project to preserve at least 200 acres of working farmland. If successful, this experiment could become a replicable model for farmland conservation. Despite its long tenure as farmland, the former Tillman Dairy was actually zoned residential. It doesnt have to be housing versus farmland, Boehnlein says.

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Putting the power of manure to work

Real Agriculture

On an episode of Real Ag Radio Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson answered a listener question about the best practices for spreading manure on farmland. Johnson emphasized the importance of considering factors such as soil type, weather conditions, and current soil nutrient levels before determining how often to spread manure.

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PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

Civil Eats

Songbird Farm (Photo credit: Jenny McNulty) Maine had been spreading what is called sludge on its farmland and fields since the 1980s. Others have been able to relieve the problem through water treatments and removal of affected hay and manure. The spreading of sludge as fertilizer remains legal in all U.S.

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Precision Ag News 2/19

Agwired

Poultry litter is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and much of the waste product is applied to farmland as a low-cost fertilizer. million by the National Resources Conservation Service to study nutrient runoff from manure fertilizer. billion pounds.

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A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland

Civil Eats

They’ll diversify the farm’s income streams and deposit their nutrient-dense manure across the landscape while pecking at the dirt, stimulating microbes with their beaks. I’d imagine a lot of farmland investors want to see numbers on a spreadsheet about how to maximize yield from acreage,” he says. Graham’s chickens will help here.

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Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution

Daily Yonder

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. The companies produce nitrate-rich wastewater and funnel it into open-air irrigation ditches that water the area’s farmland.