Organic Farm and Handling/processing Certification Standards and Administrative Procedures: Appendices V-XNortheast Organic Farming Assoc. of New York, Incorporated, Organic Certification Program, 1999 - Natural foods |
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What To Compost Any plant or animal material can be composted . ... Example of C / N ratios : sawdust : 250/1 ; cow feces , w / o bedding : 5/1 Manures of farm animals blended with bedding materials present a source of very readily ...
What To Compost Any plant or animal material can be composted . ... Example of C / N ratios : sawdust : 250/1 ; cow feces , w / o bedding : 5/1 Manures of farm animals blended with bedding materials present a source of very readily ...
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The question is often asked about the possibility of residues contained in manure from animals treated with antibiotics or other medicines . Antibiotics are short lived and quickly absorbed , rarely in manure and never in finished ...
The question is often asked about the possibility of residues contained in manure from animals treated with antibiotics or other medicines . Antibiotics are short lived and quickly absorbed , rarely in manure and never in finished ...
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Forage should be animal - harvested from permanent pasture whenever possible , which nearly eliminates the cost of machine planting and harvest ... Too many animals concentrates too much manure , feed , flies , rodents and disease .
Forage should be animal - harvested from permanent pasture whenever possible , which nearly eliminates the cost of machine planting and harvest ... Too many animals concentrates too much manure , feed , flies , rodents and disease .
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