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Biotech Company Dramatically Cuts Farms’ Fertilizer Use
 

Warren, RI, March 28, 2008 --- Recent on-farm testing has shown that Pro-Act Biotech’s biologically active manure, when compared to untreated manure, has a larger percentage of inorganic nitrogen which is immediately available for plant use. In addition, the top water is significantly lower in phosphorus than in untreated manure storage. This comes down to the farm purchasing much less fertilizer, being able to irrigate more and growing more bountiful crops. This improved fertilizer is groundbreaking news for farms and nutrient planners dealing with high fertilizer prices and more stringent nutrient regulations.

Pro-Act’s manure treatment is known in the agricultural industry for reducing odor and solids and making nutrients more manageable, but the dramatically improved fertilizer value has become another key benefit. Pro-Act converts organic nitrogen to inorganic nitrogen (ammonium) which is more available and ready to use by plants. Under most conditions, ammonium is volatile and normally evaporates to the air where it is lost from the manure lagoon. But Pro-Act’s three-stage digester counteracts this. Much less ammonium goes to atmosphere, allowing farmers to retain more of that valuable nitrogen fertilizer for their crops.

Nutrient stratification makes it easier to access this improved fertilizer. As treated manure stratifies in the lagoon, a majority of the phosphorus settles to the bottom. Untreated manure contains six to ten pounds of phosphorus per thousand gallons. By comparison, manure top water treated by Pro-Act’s system contains less than two pounds per 1,000 gallons. Since treated manure top water has significantly less phosphorus than untreated, farms using Pro-Act can irrigate at least three times as much, supplying their crops nitrogen needs with manure water.

“All manure is not equal,” explains Bill Campion, president of Pro-Act Biotech. “Our customers find they spend much less on fertilizer. So much less, that, in many cases, the savings pays for their Pro-Act treatment.”
 

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