News - Phosphorus

The Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative has issued a request for proposals for literature reviews in areas related to the use of livestock manure as a fertilizer source and to the techniques and technologies to achieve manure phosphorus balance.

A southeastern Manitoba based livestock manure applicator is encouraging hog producers to focus more on what goes into the animal to better manage what comes out.

The province is implementing comprehensive new rules for livestock waste management in response to recommendations made by the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) and the auditor general, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced.

To improve water quality in Lake Winnipeg Prairie farmers are being urged to balance crop nutrient applications with crop removal and to avoid winter application.

Researchers with the University of Manitoba are confident a chemical process used to remove struvite from municipal waste streams for sale as phosphorus fertilizer can be applied to livestock manure.

A researcher with the University of Manitoba says the management of phosphorus applications to crop land will vary according to the source of the nutrient.

New measures were announced by Conservation Minister Stan Struthers as part of an aggressive plan to reduce phosphorus that promotes growth of algae blooms that threaten the health of Lake Winnipeg.

Research conducted on behalf of the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council has found gravity based solid liquid manure separation offers a potential low cost approach to phosphorus management.

Research conducted at the University of Manitoba has confirmed the availability of phosphorus for loss into the environment varies according the source of that phosphorus.