Sentences with phrase «fertilizer use on»

The Delta Institute was presented with the Innovation award for the registration on ACR of the first U.S. fertilizer management project, a Michigan pilot currently in verification for reducing nitrogen fertilizer use on corn.

Among other findings, the authors said that fertilizer use on corn in northern China could be cut in half with no loss of production.

LONG - LASTING FERTILIZER Nitrogen fertilizer used on crops such as winter wheat (shown) can remain in soil for decades.

As fertilizer used on Midwestern corn and soybeans runs off fields and into nearby streams, it ends up, eventually, in the Mississippi River.

Plus, salt and deicers can be toxic, along with a number of fertilizers used on grass and in feilds.

Not exact matches

Kelly hopes that in the next 10 years he can inspire enough homeowners and businesses to come on board that 50 percent of America's 40.5 million acres of lawn will be switched to organic care, reducing by half the 3 million tons of synthetic fertilizers and 30,000 tons of pesticides used annually.

Farmers are earning huge profits on their wheat, soybeans, cotton and other crops; strong demand for (and relatively tight supplies of) grain, oilseeds and other key food inputs encouraged them to use large volumes of fertilizer (notably potash, phosphate and nitrogen) to boost their crop yields.

Today, the company operates an online marketplace that helps farmers lock in fair prices on seeds, fertilizers and other costly «inputs» they use to grow healthy crops, as well as sell their crops to buyers.

If you get a chemical engineering degree, you'll focus on the chemical processes and equipment used in the manufacturing of everything from plastics to fertilizers.

Proteak's wood comes from Latin America and is cultivated without the use or irrigation or fertilizer, thereby producing top - quality teak with minimal impact on the environment.

Not only will they have a dramatic effect on the mood and productivity of your employees, as well as on overall aesthetic impression in your offices, but plant waste can be used as an organic fertilizer.

The difference is currently being made up with fertilizers made from oil production that eventually kill the land on which they are used.

Maybe as fertilizer to help others grow, or for use in the annual Alaskan Moose Poop Festival (I have just put this on my Bucket List.

On the other side of the coin, there are some disadvantages to the use of organic fertilizers.

Nutiva is focused on regenerative agriculture so it can sequester carbon from the atmosphere and oceans, putting it into the soil so the soil can hold more water, use less fertilizer and enhance nutritional elements in foods.

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On top of it, the use of fertilizers and pesticides are adding to the problem.

The trees grow wild on their property, so there is no need to use harmful, chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

That's a huge shortfall that needs to be met with a nutritional source that doesn't add to fossil fuel, fertilizer or pesticide use or place excessive demands on freshwater consumption.

Synthetic fertilizers, almost 973 million pounds of which were used on U.S. upland cotton in 2015, [23] are considered detrimental to the environment, causing leaching and runoff affecting freshwater habitats and wells.

All of these practices have reduced the farm's electricity use by 50 percent and generated significant savings on fertilizer and water.

«We created flexible food packaging that looks, feels and has the same properties as conventional plastics on one hand, but on the other hand — post consumption — degrades biologically and becomes a fertilizer that can be used to fertilize the soil again.

I'll water regularly as needed, be attentive to any signs of insect infestations and disease (I will be especially watchful for the newly arrived basil downy mildew), and fertilize the bale on a monthly basis throughout the growing season (for organic growers like me, Karsten recommends using foliar fertilizers like fish emulsion or kelp emulsion).

No pesticides, fertilizers, or composts are used on this crop which is all weeded by hand.

Crops like the organic buckwheat we're using in our hot cereal mixes are easier on the planet because they're grown with natural fertilizers and no chemical pesticides.

By the 1970s and 80s, Bill's son, Albert, had joined his father in managing the dairy and the use of pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers was eliminated on the farm.

In addition, two byproducts — separated solids and leftover liquids — are used as organic fertilizer on pastures.

The ban on soluble and purchased fertilizers makes nutrient - conserving crop rotations and the sparing use of organic fertilizers to reduce losses, economically worthwhile.

Bacteria are the most abundant organisms on earth, and Jan Vester is looking for bacteria that can be used to produce enzymes or sustainable fertilizer.

As the battle over genetically engineered food and the use of chemical fertilizers rages on, many people are choosing to opt for organic food where possible, to avoid the risk, despite the fact that there is no significant evidence to date suggesting GM foods are dangerous.

Biodynamic farmers allow livestock to graze freely on lush fields, and don't use any toxic fertilizers or pesticides.

No pesticides or fertilizers are used on the fields where the sheep graze, and no chemicals are used to wash the wool.

The system requires the district to use alternative forms of pesticides and fertilizers on its 7,000 acres and only use toxic chemicals as a last resort.

For one, the company really places an emphasis on using quality materials like organic cotton grown without the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

Dr. Opuni subsequently wrote to Seidu Agongo, informing him that his fertilizer had been certified for use on cocoa plantations, after which a certificate was issued by CRIG.

In addition to paying a fine, Wal - Mart chose to halt sales of phosphorus - containing fertilizers intended for use on lawn or other non-agricultural turf at Wal - Mart and Sam's Club stores in New York.

The 2010 state Nutrient Runoff Law requires stores to display lawn fertilizers containing phosphorous separately from those that are phosphorus - free and to post signs notifying consumers about the legal restrictions on using lawn fertilizers that contain the chemical.

The amount of Ghc570 million for cocoa roads, Ghc380 million for fertilizers, the use of $ 20,000 for the renting of a venue for a signing ceremony, and $ 88,000 for legal fees, were aspects of the spreadsheet of COCOBOD that came up for discussion on the floor of the house.

If tobacco growers are using fertilizer on their plants, it obviously works, even though it is made from uranium - rich phosphate rock and results in polonium 210 — a decay product of uranium — being inhaled with cigarette smoke.

You could argue [on] the climate change [one], but [on nutrient] pollution we have used so much [fertilizer] and so much nitrogen compounds are loose in the environment, it is hard to recognize our coastal oceans anymore; of the species that are gone [and] that kind of thing.

Scientists have recently used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) to evaluate the effects of various sources of supplemental nitrogen fertilizer on the chemical composition of soil organic matter.

The trend, he noted, is for a focus on single rather than rotated crops, an increased use of organic pesticides and herbicides and the importing of manure - based fertilizers from other locations.

And Cornell University researcher David Pimentel found that organic farms use 63 percent of the energy used by same - size conventional farms, which rely on large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer produced synthetically with large amounts of energy.

«They can help determine how much fertilizer to apply based on fertilizer cost, grain value, and money available for fertilizer use,» says Wortmann.

There hasn't been much research on optimal levels of fertilizer use for intercropping sorghum and peanuts in these areas.

Normally, Ortner said, farmers use about 200 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre, but now he's down to about 135 pounds per acre on the test plot.

For this reason, it's important to figure out where — and by how much — farmers can afford to cut back on their nitrogen fertilizer use.

Trimming the use of fertilizer on Midwestern cornfields like this one could slash nitrate pollution in the Mississippi River.

Eating meat from animals grazed on land treated with commonly - used agricultural fertilizers might have serious implications for pregnant women and the future reproductive health of their unborn children, according to a new study involving sheep.