Why are earthworms valuable to a farmers?

Answer 1

Earthworms play an important role in the creation of healthy, productive "living" soils. Without them, we couldn't eat vegetables and fruits!! Or even breathe! Because they help trees!

The early ancestors of the earthworms were partly responsible for ending the global ice age billions of years ago. The relentless burrowing deep in the ocean floor, where the wastes & fossils of organisms accumulated within the sediments, spawned the recycling of carbon nutrients and the formation of carbon dioxide gas. The collective release of CO2 into the Earth's atmosphere generated a greenhouse effect which inevitably warmed the planet to habitable temperatures for later descendants.

Answer 2

The earthworms are called the farmer's best friend because they turn and loosen the soil and humus to it. I addition the decompose dead plants and animals in the soil. in this way, various nutrients held in the dead organisms are released back into the soil. These nutrients are again absorbed by plants. In this way the farmer has a better yield of crops and thereby loves earthworms!

Answer 3

Plants need air for their roots. Without worms, if the soil is waterlogged, there is no space between the soil particles for air, and even if there is naturally space, there is not much. Secondly, when worms burrow through the soil, they spread it around, equalizing the areas of the soil and moving nutrients and water through the soil. Third, they consume decaying things and remove all that bad stuff from the soil. Fourth, they release the good stuff in that bad stuff when they excrete, fertilizing the soil. That's why plants need worms.

Answer 4

They have a symbiotic relationship to most plants, they get their nutrients from the soil and as a byproduct make it more fertile.

Answer 5

Earthworms eat soil and excrete soil quite quickly. What the earthworm excretes fertilizes the soil and helps the farmer for planting and growing crops.

Answer 6

Earthworms do the following: turn over the soil, aerate the soil, fertilize the soil.

Answer 7

Yes because they help the soil

Answer 8

They loosen the soil and add nutrients.