Sentence examples for quantity of manure from inspiring English sources

The incomprehensible quantity of manure produced by these cattle — also often containing E. coli — is deposited on the land, sometimes seeping into the water supply; that's how you wind up with E. coli in vegetables.

Because of the difficulty in obtaining recent information for all regions of the world, we did not revise Bo (the amount of CH4 produced per quantity of manure volatile solids).

Removing stock from the fields earlier in the grazing season will reduce the accumulation of high concentrations of potentially leachable nitrate in the soil of grazed pastures but will increase the quantity of manure produced by housed animals and the need to recycle this effectively.

Another plus is that biogas plants can devour vast quantities of manure that would otherwise pollute the air and could affect water supplies.

Thus, farm households that have and apply sufficient quantities of manure would not apply inorganic fertilizer.

The vast quantities of manure [68] produced by centralized pig farming, for instance, are a case in point.

Results show very high levels of soluble organic P leaching, particularly where excessive quantities of manure have been spread over a small land area.

For example, the organic farms applied large quantities of manure compared with conventional farms but conducted mechanical weeding (harrowing), whereas conventional farms applied herbicides.

Heifers achieving similar rates of gain from diets differing in forage, grain, and by-product content excreted widely varying quantities of manure.

Industrial-scale farms that raise animals for food called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), in the parlance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have a number of documented impacts on the environment, mostly from the massive quantities of manure they produce.

The line also began to carry large quantities of manure from London to the area's farms, carrying 3,200 tons (3,300 t) in 1872.