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Managing Manure - (Storey Basics(r)) by Mark Kopecky (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Anyone who raises livestock or keeps horses must deal with manure.
- Author(s): Mark Kopecky
- 112 Pages
- Gardening, Organic
- Series Name: Storey Basics(r)
Description
About the Book
This guide delivers essential information on using animal waste to improve soil health, prevent nutrient loss, and improve crop quality and yield safely and sustainably.Book Synopsis
Anyone who raises livestock or keeps horses must deal with manure. This Storey BASICS(R) guide shows you how to make this process manageable, useful, and even profitable. Organic dairy farmer and soil scientist Mark Kopecky explains the fundamentals of storing, composting, and spreading manure; the nutritional content of manure from various animals; and how to handle, transport, and market manure for additional income. You'll soon discover that your farm's waste may be its biggest asset.
From the Back Cover
Exactly What You Need To Know Close the nutrient cycle in your small farm or garden by using manure to replenish the soil. Mark Kopecky, an organic dairy farmer and soil scientist, guides you through the safe and effective storage, composting, and spreading of manure-- an age-old solution to the modern problems of waste disposal and chemical fertilizers. Your "brown gold" is about to become your land's greatest asset.Dimensions (Overall): 6.8 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Storey Basics(r)
Sub-Genre: Organic
Genre: Gardening
Number of Pages: 112
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Format: Paperback
Author: Mark Kopecky
Language: English
Street Date: December 9, 2016
TCIN: 1003035127
UPC: 9781612124582
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-0484
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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