Soil health is the capacity of the soil to provide an environment for optimum growth and
development of plants, while also ensuring the health of animals and humans. Animal …

The world swine population produces about 1.7 billion tonnes of liquid manure annually. At
an application rate of 20 tonnes per hectare, this could fertilize about 85 million hectares of …

A long‐term manure study was set up in which cattle feedlot manure was applied annually at
four rates to nonirrigated and irrigated land and was incorporated into the soil by plow …

Surface soil samples to 15 cm depth were taken from replicated plots in an ongoing long-
term field experiment involving application of animal manure on three soils in Virginia. The …

Fertilization is an important management strategy for crop yields by mediating soil fertility.
However, rare studies quantitatively assessed the interactions among fertilization, crop …

Manure impacts labile pools of soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N) which can
influence soil microbial composition (MCC) and enzyme activities, and hence soil health …

Animal manure can be utilised as an optimal fertiliser of great value for crops and
grasslands, provided that it is applied with appropriate methods and timing to minimise …

The results from 14 field trials comparing the long-term (20 to 120 years) effects of fertilisers
and manures (farmyard manure, slurry, and green manure) on crop production and soil …

Studies were conducted to evaluate microbial populations and community structures in soils
under different management systems in a long-term continuous winter wheat experiment …

The utilization of chicken manure as an organic fertilizer is essential in improving soil
productivity and crop production. We carried out the study to assess the effects of chicken …