AUBURN, Ala. — Each year, the Alabama poultry industry produces two fully loaded Nimitz-class aircraft carriers’ worth of poultry litter, or about 3.6 billion pounds. Poultry litter is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and much of the waste product is applied to farmland as a low-cost fertilizer. However, when applied improperly, the resulting runoff can be disastrous for the environment.
A team of soil scientists from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University and Oregon State University were awarded $1.3 million by the National Resources Conservation Service to study nutrient runoff from manure fertilizer. The research will. . .
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