Building the Future from the Ground Up
Fact Sheet: Biochar Improves Manure Management

Biochar in manure management is good for the animals. Good for the environment.

Farm animal manure can be a useful amendment to build soil organic matter and provide important nutrients for crops. Yet too much manure could be problematic and become a source of excess nutrients and odors. 

Various benefits come from using biochar to manage manure:

•    Creates a nutrient rich soil amendment
•    Reduces odors4
•    Improves animal health5
•    Controls nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) in runoff
•    Stores carbon in ground as soil amendment
•    Reduces greenhouse gases by as much as 84%

 

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