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 . ... 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 compostable
material .
What To Compost Any plant or animal material can be composted . ... 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 compostable
material .
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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 compost that
...
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 compost that
...
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Forage should be animal - harvested from permanent pasture whenever possible
, which nearly eliminates the cost of machine planting and harvest , the ... 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 , the ... Too
many animals concentrates too much manure , feed , flies , rodents and disease .
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