Project — suscon.org/project/managing-dairy-manure
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Project SDGs:
Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the project and its locations.
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Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4)
Water Quality (SDG 6.3) |
| Services Needed: | No services needed/offered |
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Business
Business Association Government NGO / Civil Society |
| Language: | English |
| Start & End Dates: | Jan. 01, 2015 » Ongoing |
| Project Website: | suscon.org/project/managing-dairy-manure |
| Project Source: | Admin |
| Profile Completion: | 56% |
Dairy manure is a valuable by-product that producers traditionally use to fertilize the crops they grow to keep their cows happy and healthy. However, with few export options and limited on-farm management strategies for this “black gold,” farmers end up using more manure nutrients on their fields than their crops can absorb. This can lead to nitrate pollution of local groundwater aquifers that supply communities and agriculture. Water supplies are also under threat as Calif…
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