For many farmers, the goodness of manure could not be reduced to a white powder.
Efforts to eliminate waterway dead zones and algal blooms nationwide have focused on pollution from manure.
They clean the living space for the animals, pick up manure and fix the landscaping.
The key additives in Organic Choice soil: chicken manure and yucca plant extract, a wetting agent.
The company captures the biogas from cow manure and converts it into usable energy.
Mr Kilroy-Silk responded by wiping some of the manure over the man who had thrown it.
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"No border agent wants to unload all those horses, shovel out that manure, " he says.
Patrick being transported downtown on a manure spreader, were to wrap up with a parade Saturday.
Methane digesters also control the odor of manure and the release of greenhouse gases.
People down here have spent years digging in their fertilizers and manure, and it's just remote.
Vibrating screens sift out organic particles which are then sold as manure for land in agriculture.
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Less pollution - less manure and less noise - I can't really understand it.
Together, they would build manure loaders and chicken pluckers -- machines Lindsay found fascinating.
We like the idea that they're produced in sterile water instead of dirt and manure.
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Manure from a herd of 500 cows will fuel a new power plant being proposed in Oxfordshire.
Should you still be a bull on fertilizer stocks--or is the bullish case a bunch of manure?
"One of my favorite sayings is 'The best manure on the farm is the owner's footprint, '" he says.
Organic methods, which rely on crop rotation, manure and compost in place of fertiliser, are far less intensive.
The bacteria can contaminate vegetables, meats, and other foods that come in contact with contaminated soil or manure.
Neither a break crop of legumes, nor manure was the answer, since both demanded precious acres to produce.
Many cows are already fed bacteria much like those in yogurt that reduce the amount of O157:H7 in manure.
Another approach is to try to displace O157:H7 in farm animals, whose manure can be spread to nearby farmland.
Still, large amounts of manure and other runoff present risks associated with creating millions and billions of cheap eggs.
They are also adept at direct action, sometimes even blocking the streets by dumping tons of produce or manure.
One scheme is an innovative community biodigester that generates power from cattle manure.
No one ever accused Carl Rosen of not stopping to smell the roses, or, in his case, the horse manure.
"No need to feel like a stinker when you give manure to a loved one, " says Oxfam America on its website.
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First, the hog waste is placed in an anaerobic digester, which contains bacteria that consume the manure and release methane gas.
"This phosphorous, when the manure is applied as fertiliser, actually is too high to be utilised by the crops, " he said.
Solar panels sparkle on the barn roof, and cow manure becomes compost.
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