Thanks to sustained nitrogen leakage over time, the fertility of the land in such systems gradually depletes. They are very far from being a closed loop, whatever some advocates claim.
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Isn't it a question of balance and economics? Overproducing for profit?
mar 21, 2025, 12:12 pm • 0 0 • view
No. It's just impossible however it's done. There is always N leakage, and it's higher from manure than from Haber-Bosch N, due to lack of synch between N release and crop growth.
mar 21, 2025, 12:32 pm • 1 0 • view