TAILORED MANURE APPLICATION
The fertilization with manure is a biological help for crops and it allows to lower the use of chemical fertilizers, but it can be a potential perturbance of the “soil-crop” system and it can lead to negative effects on the environment (soil, water and air) when it is not properly performed.
This practice can minimize the side effects of the agronomic interventions and maximize the benefits. What do you need to do? (1) First of all, you have to identify real needs through SOIL ANALYSIS (general characteristics, concentration of nutritional elements, metabolic profile. At least each 5 years) and LEAF TEST (each year). (2) Then you can define the quantity of effluents to be applied on the soil or used for fertirrigation. The precision of this step can be further improved by analysing the effluents of your farm, avoiding useless inputs. (3) Then you have to chose the right moment to make your distribution: the soil must be in the right condition, in order to avoid structural alterations with consequent decrease in fertility (e.g. avoid applications with wet soil!). (4) And you have to minimize the length (time) of the application of fertilizers and their drift, by
using machinery that minimize trampling, that bury fast and that implement foliar application avoiding drifts. Be careful, because if all the previous 4 points are not fulfilled, soil fertility is damaged and the potential risk is desertification! This kind of agronomic management allo
Resilience for Dairy
Completed | 2021-2024
- Main funding source
- Horizon Europe (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Spain, Slovenia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland