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2. Chicken manure - Wikipedia

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   In 1986, a master's thesis study in the Philippines compared the effects of using various fertilizers to enhance milkfish production in brackish water ponds. [7] The study compared the use of using chicken manure only, cow manure only, 16-20-0 fertilizer only, a mixture of cow manure and 16-20-0 fertilizer, a mixture of chicken manure and 16-20-0 fertilizer, and a control group that used no ...

3. Poultry litter - Wikipedia

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   A severe problem with litter moisture will result if large areas of the house floor surface are caked. The more common issue, however, is having localized areas of caking near leaky watering cups, nipples, troughs or roofs. Watery droppings caused by nutrition and/or infectious agents can also be a cause of excessive moisture in poultry litter.

4. Organic fertilizer - Wikipedia

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   Therefore, manure is required to be composted which will ideally kill any seeds or pathogens and reduce the ammonia content. [9] A large commercial compost operation. Chicken litter, which consists of chicken manure and bedding, is an organic fertilizer that has been proposed to be superior for conditioning soil for harvest to synthetic ...

5. Manure - Wikipedia

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   Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Most manure consists of animal feces ; other sources include compost and green manure . Manures contribute to the fertility of soil by adding organic matter and nutrients , such as nitrogen , that are utilised by bacteria , fungi and other organisms in the soil .

6. Poultry farming in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Illinois River, which flows between Arkansas and Oklahoma, has had a high level of pollution due to water runoff contaminated with chicken manure. [57] The incineration of poultry wastes has been shown to have dangerous levels of a number of airborne pollutants, including heavy metals, arsenic, and halogens such as chlorine.

7. Liquid manure - Wikipedia

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   Joskin brand liquid manure spreader at Belgium's Werktuigendagen trade show in 2009. Liquid manure is a mixture of animal waste and organic matter used as an agricultural fertilizer, sometimes thinned with water. It can be aged in a slurry pit to concentrate it. Liquid manure was developed in the 20th-century [1] as an

8. Phosphate rich organic manure - Wikipedia

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   Phosphate rich organic manure is a type of fertilizer used as an alternative to diammonium phosphate and single super phosphate.. Phosphorus is required by all plants but is limited in soil, creating a problem in agriculture In many areas phosphorus must be added to soil for the extensive plant growth that is desired for crop production.

9. Anaerobic lagoon - Wikipedia

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   An anaerobic lagoon or manure lagoon is a man-made outdoor earthen basin filled with animal waste that undergoes anaerobic respiration as part of a system designed to manage and treat refuse created by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Anaerobic lagoons are created from a manure slurry, which is washed out from underneath the ...