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<blockquote data-quote="CDavidLance" data-source="post: 8079501" data-attributes="member: 154325"><p>The energy for making fertiliser doesn't have to come from Fossil Fuels. The reason it has done historically is because Fossil Fuels were cheap. The energy can be renewable and the reagents can be recycled. The fertisilser industry just needs to put thinking caps on. It hasn't had to in the past. It does now. Ammonia production only requires energy, air and water. Simples.</p><p>The nutrient budget of farms needs to be replenished by recycling what goes off the farm to restore the budget over time. This is mostly bringing back Phosphate and Potash and occasionally trace elements. Nitrogen can be fixed on the farm by legumes (usually Clover) and that is what we did at Yalland when we held the Soil Association Standard. Productivity per acre was up with the best of the Hill Farms without Nitrogen fertilisers.</p><p>FYM went out on the silage fields in August to recycle that. With the high rainfall at Yalland (Avr 72 inches) the muck was used best from that time into the autumn and vanished by spring.</p><p>Thinking in cycles and budgets is the sustainable approach. Not trying to push things to unsustainable extremes goes with that mindset. Most Rural Minded people know that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CDavidLance, post: 8079501, member: 154325"] The energy for making fertiliser doesn't have to come from Fossil Fuels. The reason it has done historically is because Fossil Fuels were cheap. The energy can be renewable and the reagents can be recycled. The fertisilser industry just needs to put thinking caps on. It hasn't had to in the past. It does now. Ammonia production only requires energy, air and water. Simples. The nutrient budget of farms needs to be replenished by recycling what goes off the farm to restore the budget over time. This is mostly bringing back Phosphate and Potash and occasionally trace elements. Nitrogen can be fixed on the farm by legumes (usually Clover) and that is what we did at Yalland when we held the Soil Association Standard. Productivity per acre was up with the best of the Hill Farms without Nitrogen fertilisers. FYM went out on the silage fields in August to recycle that. With the high rainfall at Yalland (Avr 72 inches) the muck was used best from that time into the autumn and vanished by spring. Thinking in cycles and budgets is the sustainable approach. Not trying to push things to unsustainable extremes goes with that mindset. Most Rural Minded people know that. [/QUOTE]
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