Officialdom’s eyebrow-raising answer to rising fertilizer prices

Skyrocketing prices for chemical fertilizers have sent officials looking to other valuable, if unappetizing, resources that ...
The Conversation

Human manure or ‘nightsoil’ makes great crop fertiliser – but attitudes to poo‑grown produce differ drastically

Would you eat potatoes grown in human poo? And how would you feel if the marigolds in your local park sprouted from human manure? In the midst of climate crisis, human manure offers significant ...
Phys.org

As prices soar, Japan returns to human waste fertilizer

It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe" or "fertilizer from a person's bottom" is finding new favor in Japan as Ukraine's war hikes the price of chemical alternatives. As in ...
Grand Forks Herald

This fertilizer makes its way from toilet to table

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Guess who is fertilizing the food you eat? You are. Every time someone flushes a toilet in the Twin Cities, chances are the contents will end up on a farmer's field. In that way, the ...
AG Week

More livestock, more manure, more tools for farmers to manage

Manure and/or commercial fertilizers have been applied to millions of farm acres across the upper Midwest this spring, if they were not already applied last fall. Fertilization is necessary for crops, ...
newswise

China’s Nitrogen Tipping Point: How Smarter Fertilizer and Manure Management Can Feed the Nation While Protecting Air and Water

Newswise — Analysis of a reconstructed 1961–2018 nitrogen budget shows current use exceeds food and environmental limits. Integrating manure recycling, balanced fertilization, and improved soil–crop ...