[Zuriel]

The farmer I help in Lawrence county, TN, doesn’t apply any manure or fertilzer more than 4” deep. The second application of liquid nitrogen happens at about 2-3 weeks after crop emergence, and is laid right on top of the ground, next to the plant row on each side. Some of that is surely lost if there’s a heavy downpour.

[blackdog]

Waupaca County Wisconsin we entrained liquid manure at sub-soiler depth during snow-pack. Then after chisel plowing in spring, again at a shallow depth. Alfalfa and hay fields right on top in early spring and after each cut into the early fall. The big aim was to keep the manure in the soil, not allowing the opportunity for run-off.

The real risks are when the mega corporate farm goes bankrupt. Then all the smaller farms are gone. Better to have 500 farms in a county with busy bulk milk tankers running the roads, than two farms in a county with 50 bulk tank semi's parked by the holding tanks.