Sentences with phrase «liquid manure»
"Liquid manure" is a term used to describe animal waste, like poop and urine, that has become liquid. It is often used as fertilizer for plants because it has nutrients that can help them grow. Full definition
In Spallumcheen, the Christy Clark government is allowing a farm operation to spray liquid manure on property above the local aquifer, causing a water - quality advisory to be issued for the community.
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The spreading of liquid manure on a dairy farm above the Hullcar aquifer has been identified by the Ministry as the likely cause of high nitrate levels in the drinking water.
So it is not surprising that in contrast to conventional farms where manure and slurry are often a waste problem, organic farmers are forced to develop efficient nitrogen management strategies like intercropping, catch cropping, optimal ploughing - in of legume crops or limiting the use of liquid manure to avoid nitrogen losses.
The owners are constructing a seven - million gallon lagoon to hold liquid manure.
The plant stores and processes energy crops as well as liquid manure.
Both technologies reduced antibiotic residues in liquid manure, but did little to cut down levels in the remaining solid matter.
(4) Liquid manure storage tanks shall be placed on undisturbed soil free of any organic, deleterious and extraneous materials and capable of supporting the superimposed design loads from the tanks.
Through the application of liquid manure or livestock grazing, these medical substances enter the soil, surface - and ground - waters.
«We are calling on the Christy Clark government to test the soil itself and order a moratorium on liquid manure spraying until a plan for safe, clean, drinking water for the people of the Hullcar Valley and Splitsan First Nation can be assured,» said Heyman.
Under the tarp, the liquid manure is transformed by bacteria through the process of anaerobic digestion.
At Sattler, concepts for the storage of biogas, liquid manure, or brewery residues have a long tradition.
Farmers exacerbate these health hazards when they spray the liquid manure onto their fields as fertilizer, volatizing more chemicals and producing an ungodly stench.