A commercial livestock outfit needs a manure management plan in place before they spread. An analysis needs to be done and grid sampling needs to be done and proven and manure can be spread using VRT going by the results of the gridding. Grid sampling is required so the soil doesn't build up too much P&K. Farms around here that use only manure for fertilizer have the best yields year after year. There is no denying consistency is harder to obtain with manure, especially solid manure. Some feed yards are composting manure to get better consistency and first year availability to the crops. I have been using composted cattle manure on most of my acres but I haven't used it long enough to tell if it's good or bad. I "have been told" it's good stuff. The jury is still out. A local 5,000,000 bird egg laying outfit close to me composts all of the manure inside of buildings. When they first started this the manure was too chunky and inconsistent but they have been working on getting it better by mixing corn stalks or old hay with the manure to loosen it up. I have not used their composted manure because they think it is gold. We have tons of turkey manure used in this area and the guys really like it but I haven't used any myself to made a judgment on it. In the fall when the turkey manure is being spread everyone for miles around knows it by the smell but the smell doesn't last long.
So, yes manure is more inconsistent, but there is no negative talk about the usefulness of manure as fertilizer in this area after many years of manure used as fertilizer.
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