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Treating Swine Manure with Aluminum Chloride

Published: May 15, 2008
Summary
Liquid aluminum chloride can be added to swine manure at most types of production facilities. This may occur in the pit inside the production facility or in a retention pond or lagoon. This may occur on a regular basis or prior to application of manure as a fertilizer.The aluminum chemically binds phosphorus tightly enough to reduce potential losses to surface water through runoff. Purposes: ...
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Paul Groenewegen
Alltech
15 de mayo de 2008
What are the environmental impacts of added equal molar weight (Al:P) aluminum on ground aluminum levels and potential aluminum content of grains and forages grown on this soil? Would we not then be concerned about Al toxicity in the soil?
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