Farm Basics

Brian and Darren explain why farmers are using more compost instead of manure to supplement their fertility programs.

[@organicfertilizercompostpr8613]

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[@ElitePropertyCare]

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[@mattanzelc778]

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[@padmag5303]

😊 nice information thankyou so much

[@briannyabuto1332]

Which specific nutrients are found in manure/compost? At the time of its availability to the soil will it reduce certain fertilizer use?

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your questions on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/03-29-21-soybean-inoculants#t=31:38

[@nanakwame8226]

Hello AgPhd, I just watched your video on Manure v Composting and I am wondering if it is possible to first use the manure to generate energy, by means of Anaerobic Digestion, and then compost what is left afterwards?

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your question on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/11-15-21-building-and-managing-ca-and-s?si=4f071d7a4c394707896c2e70ad6e6072#t=54:32

[@Fjarninger]

The problem is that the carbon will be used at anaerobic digestion to create methane.

[@nazmulhuda5615]

@@Fjarninger, What will be the problem if methen created? Methen gas can be used as source of energy. Later, slurry will turn into best compost. Its my opinion.

[@Fjarninger]

@@nazmulhuda5615 ah sorry, maybe I missunderstood you. Sure you can use the slurry in a biogas plant and the digested residue as fertiliser. But to create compost you also need a certain amount organic mass (carbon) too. Furthermore it might be a problem if you use anerobic digested material if you want to create aerobic compost. (But I am not sure, because a lot of bacteria are fakultativ anaerob and might work aerob too) But it might be a good option to activate a carbon rich compost after the composting process.

[@gursahibsekhon5150]

Heat in the manure kills any seeds if it’s aged well.

[@PennsylvaniaFarming]

Couple of manure questions coming at you. How should I handle my pen pack beef manure in a no-till situation? You guys often say to incorporate is best. How would you best incorporate it to minimize soil disturbance. With 42in of annual rainfall should I still try and incorporate at all? Should I do my spring burn down first and then spread the manure or can I spread throughout the winter and spray before I plant? Sometimes I'm spreading on alfalfa grass hay going to corn and sometimes corn on corn. How can an N stabilizer help in my system?

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren replied to your comment on Ag PhD Radio recently: soundcloud.com/agphd/01-09-19-tips-for-higher-yields-in-soybeans#t=51:37

[@PennsylvaniaFarming]

I listened to it this morning. Thanks guys!

[@rocksandoil2241]

I know where a composter has sit for 10 years...seems a Canadian owns it and wasn't paid...sent me out to find it. It was a commercial size . Any takers?

[@lakinthomsen2232]

Where are you located i would be interested

[@ambertracks]

what about mixing the two together ?

[@AgPhD]

Darren responded to your question recently on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/01-22-19-grain-marketing-and-mailbag#t=57:40.

[@agrienergyofindiana9942]

Have you tried the AgriEnergy Solutions product called MT-17?

[@AgPhD]

Darren addressed your question on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/08-24-21-whats-new-in-2022#t=56:18

[@randymaylowski2485]

Well yeah that's why it's always a better thing to do then spreading it out when you first clean it up fresh especially when it looks like a goldich tent to it. Wish all of the farmer's would compost there animals waste. But that's my opinion. So good video.

[@JohnSmith-fs4dx]

How is it possible that the water/liquid components of the manure are "a waste" to haul out onto the land?

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your question on Ag PhD Radio: on.soundcloud.com/tLfpv

[@lukecraft5774]

Thanks for the video agphd I'm buying 20 acres soon and I'd like to plant quite a few veggies and trees no where near a farm size scale but quite a bit more then the average person would have in there back yard for example enough to have my own veggies/fruits to eat and enough to give 10-20 neighbours free veggy boxes and fruit boxes mabey a few cheeky plants of my own too😂😂 I was thinking about boxing out my gardens in rectangles say 25 meters long and 3 meters wide for the veggies and have the wood around 400-450mm and I'll have about 3-4 of them Do you think I could just use plain cow poo that I can get for free of the farms the cows only eat grass here as far as I know even over 2 months I could easily collect enough to fill the boxing up ?? Just worried because the last vid I watched said using cow shit will destroy my plants but I've grown weed and tomatoes perfect with it before? Sorry for the very long message I subscribed for payment 😂😂😂

[@lukecraft5774]

Shit I forgot to mention the veggies will be things like cherry tomatoes, roma tomatoes, squash, zechanni or however it's spelt.., pumpkins, sweet potatoes, beans, broccoli if it grows here.., onions, lettuce and fruits I don't think I will really need to put in the boxing but, apple trees, mango trees, heaps of blue berrys, apricots, a few lady finger banana trees, strawberrys, a few coconuts down the back of the property away from everyone's head, watermelons and pineapples

[@bobnewhart4318]

It's better to Use compost you make off the land and plant mary right into it. Then top dress with more compost and different amendments mixed in for later feedings all the way through flower.. Some manures will be too hot that's why compost is better. The compost process will cool hot manures off.

[@kimzgunplauniverse4950]

In my understanding..if you combine the 2 it's result..is a good aeration and holds water long ..

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your comments on Ag PhD Radio: on.soundcloud.com/NK29i

[@RAJ-Jamcal]

Hello. Please is this product ready and how can I obtain some to quicken my composting process?

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your comments on Ag PhD Radio: on.soundcloud.com/HdZxX

[@anatoliiholub9298]

did you think about treating the manure by electromagnetic nano-mill? it can fasten the process, disinfect even from bird flu and turn manure into organic fertilizer

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your comments on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/04-22-21-corn-herbicides#t=57:45

[@thetransplanter3337]

Not a word about what D-comp is made from...

[@AgPhD]

Darren addressed your comment on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/12-15-21-iron?si=d8743b5f886d4ff7a45b73cde442d339&#t=49:33

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

compost is life its not a fertilizer. a half ton every several years of a quality compost will replace your purchased fertilizer if you have a healthy soil system to support. if you are doing full tillage monocropping the point of compost is going to waste. if you are looking at compost with an analysis of whats the N,P,K levels your missing the whole point and don't understand soil web of life. next comes dealing with weed of the week. if you are spreading compost and then going to use chemicals to provide weed control you are hurting the compost you just put down. your soil is talking to you just need to listen.

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren responded to your comments recently on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/01-28-19-building-new-farm-ground#t=56:27

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

@@AgPhD if they're just going to keep looking at my comments and creating radio shows around it I'll just become a third member of the radio show! LOL

[@AmishWebmaster]

I thought it was all about composted manure.

[@5stardave]

The cattle and goats will graze the weeds too.

[@EUPHORiCKiD]

Why skip over talking about cold composting and just focusing on thermal? Fungal breakdown of organic matter vs bacterial will retain more nutritional value instead of partially degrading it thermally. Also, depending on material composted, thermal composting can be done in as little as four to six weeks with often turning

[@Dollapfin]

Nick Underwood I agree and if you inoculate it with a specific fungi you can get mushrooms off of it yay. You also will be breaking those lignins down and making a more soft compost that is higher in humates.

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your comments on Ag PhD Radio recently: soundcloud.com/agphd/08-29-18-fertilizing-winter-wheat#t=48:48

[@shaydenisreallyc00l66]

is anyone from loyola

[@zinosarreje4173]

I want to do this f

[@infiniteadam7352]

Kill the smell with lactobacillus, you can make it yourself really cheap, would love to see someone use it on dairy slurry to see if it works on something so strong.

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your comments on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/06-10-22-farmer-friday?#t=3:28

[@brianjonker510]

Compost is not realistic for many farms. It would take far too much organic material.

[@constancelovejoy7308]

Vermicompost is even better than manures and hot composting 😊

[@Dollapfin]

Constance Lovejoy much slower and more wasteful tho. The field should produce its own vermicompost. I’m thinking fungal compost would be best. You get a manure source with lots of straw and grow fungi on it harvest them and make the compost. Biodigestion is possible but it reduces added SOM but increases nutrient availability and as a plus you get lots of energy from biodigestion.

[@deborahgrantham7387]

Constance Lovejoy…. These people have animal waste they must deal with. Vermicomposting is great for some areas and climates. It would have to be a entire indoor industry in northern climates. You would need heated buildings in winter, equipment, and labor. Not sure if it would be cost effective to deal with cow manure in that manner for most farmers.

[@losclaveles]

And fungal dominated compost from a Johnson Su bioreactor beats all. Its been five years since you made that comment, Constance, hopefully there will be something even better in another five years!

[@BjkxeDKjsje]

What's the big deal about hauling extra weight! Classic case of scientists and commercial interests complicating things.

[@oby-1607]

Compaction. Water is heavy.

[@rickmatz4456]

Yes. Compaction. If you spread on stubble not as bad. If you spread on worked land, best run half loads of wet manure. Or you will see every track in your crop.

[@BjkxeDKjsje]

Might as well apply dry manure and if applied on stubble, will act as insitu composter.

[@AgPhD]

Brian and Darren addressed your comment on Ag PhD Radio: soundcloud.com/agphd/01-28-21-balancing-soil-fertility#t=42:44

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