Mircle Mineral

[hurleyjd]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-miracle-mineral-the-world-needs?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Thought this might be of interest to some, it is about phosphorus its importance and someday it might not be available. Also how some small countries that most depend on agricultural and how they make compost and use it. Might me more money in making compost if you bought chicken litter and stock piled it and green chopped your pastures and made compost.

 

[greybeard]

Peak Phosphorous...is that like peak oil, nuclear energy too cheap to even meter and the flying cars we all heard about back in the late 50s?

 

[sim.-ang.king]

We need phosphorus redistribution, is that what your trying to say?
Rich racist white man, hoard all magic rock!

 

[hurleyjd]

We need phosphorus redistribution, is that what your trying to say?
Rich racist white man, hoard all magic rock!

Not really trying to say anything just thought some of you might like to learn how some other folks in the world manage.

 

[TexasBred]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-miracle-mineral-the-world-needs?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Thought this might be of interest to some, it is about phosphorus its importance and someday it might not be available. Also how some small countries that most depend on agricultural and how they make compost and use it. Might me more money in making compost if you bought chicken litter and stock piled it and green chopped your pastures and made compost.

Most of our farmers are already doing this to some degree as the plow the crop residue back into the ground to "compost" naturally after harvest each year. No idea how much it would amount to per acre but has to be many tons.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Peak Phosphorous...is that like peak oil, nuclear energy too cheap to even meter and the flying cars we all heard about back in the late 50s?

The Dick Tracy watches are a reality now tho

 

[Bigfoot]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-miracle-mineral-the-world-needs?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Thought this might be of interest to some, it is about phosphorus its importance and someday it might not be available. Also how some small countries that most depend on agricultural and how they make compost and use it. Might me more money in making compost if you bought chicken litter and stock piled it and green chopped your pastures and made compost.

Very interesting article. I’m planting some bin run corn in the spring. My hope is to add some organic matter to the soil. Planting 100 pounds to the acre. Theory is, that just that many roots in the soil will do the trick. Idk. We’l see.

 

[greybeard]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-miracle-mineral-the-world-needs?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Thought this might be of interest to some, it is about phosphorus its importance and someday it might not be available. Also how some small countries that most depend on agricultural and how they make compost and use it. Might me more money in making compost if you bought chicken litter and stock piled it and green chopped your pastures and made compost.

Most of our farmers are already doing this to some degree as the plow the crop residue back into the ground to "compost" naturally after harvest each year. No idea how much it would amount to per acre but has to be many tons.

Wasn't (isn't? ) it required by USDA regs that stalks and other residue from crops like cotton be plowed under after harvest to help control insects and other biological problems?

 

[TexasBred]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-miracle-mineral-the-world-needs?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Thought this might be of interest to some, it is about phosphorus its importance and someday it might not be available. Also how some small countries that most depend on agricultural and how they make compost and use it. Might me more money in making compost if you bought chicken litter and stock piled it and green chopped your pastures and made compost.

Most of our farmers are already doing this to some degree as the plow the crop residue back into the ground to "compost" naturally after harvest each year. No idea how much it would amount to per acre but has to be many tons.

Wasn't (isn't? ) it required by USDA regs that stalks and other residue from crops like cotton be plowed under after harvest to help control insects and other biological problems?

Yes what cotton residue I've seen is usually shredded then plowed in. I've heard there is a calendar deadline for doing it as well but don't know for sure what that date is. A lot of corn is now being cut for silage so on that land there is much less residue to be plowed in some folks are beginning to wonder what the long term affect on the soil will be.

 

[farmerjan]

It amazes me that people cannot get the connection between removing organic matter from the soil, like corn stalks or crop residue, and the depletion of the health of the soil. Years ago, when many/most farms had animals, all the waste was returned to the soil. The manures feed the earthworms, to break down, to return the nutrients back to the soil. You cannot have healthy soil without feeding it. And feeding it with chemical fertilizers will only mask the long term damage that is done to the soil. The organic matter adds to the tilth, and soil structure, which adds to the carrying capacity of the soil, as well as the more important water retention, and distribution of that water. Granted, we are having some crazy weather patterns, but still, the healthier the soil, the better it can deal with what is dropped on it from above.
The manure is a product of the animals digestion of the crop that was taken off the soil. If you strictly crop farm, and keep sending the health of the soil off through the crop, you are losing. You can add back in the basics, but the micro nutrients are often lost.
You have to add back more than you take to continue to feed the soil. If you don't, then there are things that happen like the dust bowl. Land was not intended to be bare. Natures abhors bare ground.