ATTRA

APRIL 29, 2024

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have developed a bioplastic pellet made from marine polysaccharide (chitosan), eggshells, and wheat straw that absorbs phosphate nutrient pollutant from water. The biodegradable pellets can then be applied to agricultural land as fertilizer.

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Fertilizer Nutrient Pollution Straw Production 75

Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Lessons From Mushers and Others Composting is the controlled breakdown of organic matter into humus, a rich soil amendment many prefer over chemical fertilizers. Mississauga, Ontario, which in 2019 began processing dog poop at waste-to-energy facilities, turns some into fertilizer.

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Compost Manure Processing Fertilizer 124

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Much of the wool was saturated with organic matter such as manure, straw and leaves. The solution didn’t appear until some time later, when another member of the wool industry gave her an idea: Turn the wool into pellet fertilizer. Bags of this “waste wool” sat around for a long time, with Maksymiuk unsure what to do with it.

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Processing Fertilizer Nutrient Pollution Ranching 124

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Root crops and tuber beds are generally clean and free of residue after harvest, which make them an easy location to direct seed with any seeder, or broadcast seed, followed by applying a straw mulch. If you live in a high-rainfall climate, I recommend applying straw mulch after seeding to reduce crusting and soil loss.

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Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvest 89

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

Nitrogen helps with greenery, and potassium helps with plants’ stalks and straws Why fertilisers? A crucial use of this in the case of fertilising plants is that it strengthens the roots of the plant. They increase the depth of the roots and the water intake and volume.

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Manure Compost Straw Fertilizer 98

Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

It helps increase yields and the nutrient content of crops, reduce synthetic fertilizer use, and improve soil health and water retention, among other benefits. The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) currently requires compost to be derived from plant and animal materials, such as manure, food scraps, leaves, and straw.

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Compost Manufacturing Food Production 96

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

We reseed with herbal leys in our arable rotation, which is a seven-year rotation moving around about half of our fields: combinable cereals for two years, then a year of oats/peas/barley cut as an arable silage in July and undersown with an herbal ley, which will be fertility building for the next five to six years.

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Farming Farming Straw Meadow 52