ALUM CURBS PHOSPHORUS RUNOFF AND MORE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | November 1, 2006 | Copyright

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following article in Agriculture Today:

Poultry litter--a mixture of chicken manure, feathers, spilled food, and bedding material--is an inexpensive and popular fertilizer because it contains nitrogen and phosphorus. But applying more fertilizer than a crop needs can lead to buildup of phosphorus in the soil. Runoff from these fields can increase populations of blue-green algae and undesirable aquatic plants that rob water of oxygen, causing fish kills and odor and taste problems in municipal water supplies.

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