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| Author(s): | Anonymous |
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| Title: | Direct application of grass clippings |
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| Source: | BioCycle, The Journal of Waste Recycling. Vol. 34, No. 7, July 1993, p. 54. |
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| Publishing Information: | Emmaus, PA: The JG Press, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Clipping utilization; Fertilizer types; Soil fertility; Fertilization
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| Abstract/Contents: | Reports on the use of grass clippings from well fertilized suburban lawns as a fertilizer source for farmland. Mike Brubacker, president of Brubacker Agronomic Consulting Service, Inc. has been involved in several projects where grass clippings are being applied directly to farmland as fertilizer. Brubacker reported, "Much to our surprise, we learned that grass clippings from suburban lawns whose owners habitually fertilize their grass well, have just as much nutrient value for crops as poultry manure." Futhermore, "Farmers charge to take the grass clippings. The cost to landfill them would be about $60 a ton, and the original thinking was that farmers could get paid half that. But farmers are now competing against each other for them, and prices are getting as low as $5 to $8 a ton to a high of $18 to $20 a ton." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: CLIP |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Anonymous. 1993. Direct application of grass clippings. BioCycle. 34(7):p. 54. |
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