NEWARK, Del. - It’s time for
growers who use manure in their
fertilizer programs to consider
getting it analyzed. Using manure
as fertilizer can substantially
reduce overall fertilizer costs. But
the plant nutrient content of
manures varies greatly with
animal species and diet, the type
and amount of bedding or litter
used, and the storage and handling
practices used. Thus knowing the
nutrient value of the manure being
used is extremely important in
determining how much, if any,
commercial fertilizer is needed for
the desired cropping program.
“A manure analysis is just one of
the components of a successful
nutrient management program,”
says Mark Isaacs, University of
Delaware extension assistant for
environmental quality.
He says it’s important to take a
representative sample to ensure a
more valid analysis. The best time
to take this sample is ap
proximately two weeks prior to
application. Since it takes about 10
days for the analysis to be com
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pleted, a sample taken then will
allow the grower to adjust his
fertility program to account for the
nutrients available in the
manure. Samples taken much
sooner than that may not be valid
for calibration purposes, as the
nutrient content changes as
manure weathers.
Isaacs recommends taking a
large composite sample,
thoroughly mixing this, and then
drawing from it a small sub
sample. Place the subsample in an
appropriate container then send it
to an area lab for analysis. A 10-by
-12-inch - 4 mil “Ziplock” plastic
bag works well for the dry forms of
manure such as broiler, while a
wide mouth 1 quart plastic bottle
(not glass) is suitable for the more
liquid forms of hog or cattle
manure.
To determine plant available
nutrient levels in the manure, the
analysis should include nitrogen
(N), phosphorus (P), potassium
(K) and ammonium (NH4). “Such
an analysis generally costs about
operators, agriculture extension
personnel and people who ad
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concerning greenhouse plants.
Scale insects, Stimmel explains,
are “among the most common and
least understood” of the many
pests that infest house plants.
“That’s partly because they’re so
difficult to identify.”
Help in identifying and
eradicating scale insects is
available by calling the Bureau of
Plant Industry at (717) 787-4843.
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$32 and is well worth it,” Isaacs
says, “when one considers the
potential savings associated with
proper nutrient management.”
The Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service offers a
75 percent cost-share program for
poultry manure storage and
analysis to area farmers in
terested in participating in this
program. To qualify for ASCS cost
sharing, participants must have
their soil and poultry manure
analyzed for nutrient content.
They must also develop a manure
management plan for their farms
and calibrate spreaders prior to
applying manure to cropland.
Fact sheets on calibrating
manure spreaders are available at
county extension offices in Newark
(451-2506), Dover (697-4000) and
Georgetown (856-7303). For ad
ditional information on using
manure on cropland, contact your
local extension office or call Mark
Isaacs directly at 302-856-7303.
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