Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
Technologies for Nutrient Management
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Study Shows Rising Risk to Waterways From Fertilizer
Nitrogen-based fertilizers, which came into wide use after World War II, helped prompt the agricultural revolution that has allowed the Earth to feed its seven billion people. But that revolution came at a cost: Artificial fertilizers, often applied in amounts beyond what crops need to grow, are carried in runoff from farmland into streams, lakes and the ocean. New research suggests that climate change will substantially increase this form of pollution, leading to more damaging algae blooms and dead zones in American coastal waters.
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Researchers: Strong, positive trends for Chesapeake Bay cleanup
Researchers laid out a strongly positive assessment
of the latest data from the ongoing cleanup of the
Chesapeake Bay Wednesday, saying things are moving in
the right direction.
Last year's aerial survey
of the bay found more than 91,000 acres of underwater
grasses, beating a target two years ahead of schedule,
they said. The percentage of water quality standards
that have been met accelerated its steady, multi-decade
march up a tracking chart, rising to 37 percent.
Industrial Farms Have Gone Green
There is much to like about small, local farms and their influence on what we eat. But if we are to sustainably deal with problems presented by population growth and climate change, we need to look to the farmers who grow a majority of the country's food and fiber. Large farmers -- who are responsible for 80 percent of the food sales in the United States, though they make up fewer than 8 percent of all farms, according to 2012 data from the Department of Agriculture -- are among the most progressive, technologically savvy growers on the planet.
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The wars of the future will be fought over water not oil
There's a prominent idea in political science known as the resource curse. It refers to the paradox seen time and time again throughout history that a country with an abundance of highly valuable natural resources experiences higher rates of corruption, more conflict, and have less democratic governments.
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FPPC's specific mandate is to oversee the implementation and administration of a Pilot Project Program to demonstrate economically viable innovative treatment technology systems that reduce the nutrient content of the waste stream from AFOs by 75 percent or greater. Funding for approved Pilot Projects comes from monies appropriated by Congress and overseen by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), a division of the United States Department of Agriculture. READ MORE HERE.
Subsurfer at Work
Nitrogen Combined with Poultry Litter and Applied
This subsurfer increases nitrogen use efficiency by maintaining plant available nitrogen in the root zone. The video shows 1) containers for liquid additions on the subsurfer, and 2) spray nozzles for the liquid amendment at the coulters that spray the litter as it is incorporated in the ground. This work is being conducted by the University of Maryland under nutrient management funding from the NRCS.
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Biomass Assessment Study Offers New Opportunity
Five Cumberland and Franklin County dairy farm owners have the opportunity to reduce their waste management costs, through participation in a new biomass energy project funded by the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund.
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Manure Magazine
South Carolina Poultry Litter Gasification Project an Important Steppingstone.
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