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Bedding matters in manure efficiency

Oct 15, 2020
Oct 15, 2020 Updated Oct 16, 2020

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The bedded beef pack (right, compared to turkey litter on the left) released the least amount of nitrogen of the six manure sources in year one.

Photo courtesy Melissa Wilson/University of Minnesota Extension

Graphic courtesy University of Minnesota

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Paul McDivitt, University of Minnesota Extension communications specialist, for the Minnesota Crop News website.

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