Soil Health Initiative Newsletter

It used to be that livestock and crops were integrated on a single farm and manure provided an important source of fertility for crop production. However, the advent of commercial fertilizer, increased specialization on farms and more concentrated livestock operations meant that manure is often viewed as a liability rather than as a resource.

I really didn’t like this fungus joke at first. But it’s growing on me. And thank goodness for that, because fungus may just be a key component to addressing another issue ripe for CSANR blogpost humor: cow poop.

Here is an ammonia joke for you: Why do chemistry students like studying ammonia? Because it’s pretty basic stuff!