answersLogoWhite

0

For fertilizer.

User Avatar

Wiki User

17y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Earth Science

Who brought silt to farmers fields?

Silts are naturally brought by rivers and streams when they overflow their banks. This process is a natural way for soil to be replenished and fertilized which benefits farmers' fields.


Why do farmers use quicklime?

Farmers use quicklime as a soil amendment to raise the pH level of acidic soils, improving soil quality for certain crops to grow effectively. Quicklime also helps to break down organic matter in soil and can be used as a disinfectant to treat plant diseases.


How did medieval farmer deal with problem of soil exhaustion?

Medieval farmers often practiced crop rotation by planting different crops in each field each year to help replenish soil nutrients. They also used animal manure as fertilizer and allowed fields to lie fallow periodically to restore nutrients naturally. Some farmers used techniques like terracing and contour plowing to prevent soil erosion and maintain soil fertility.


How do intensive farmers make sure that the soil has ll of the nutriente?

Intensive farmers ensure soil nutrients by using fertilizers tailored to specific crop needs, rotating crops to prevent nutrient depletion, and conducting soil tests to monitor nutrient levels. They may also use cover crops, manure, or compost to replenish nutrients and maintain soil health.


Why do farmers have to plow the fields?

Farmers plow their fields to break up the soil, making it easier for planting seeds, improving soil aeration and water retention, and helping to control weeds. Plowing also helps to incorporate organic matter into the soil, which can improve soil fertility.

Related Questions

How do you use manure in a sentence?

the manure next to the barn smells like crap.


Which manures the farmers prefer to use chemical fertilizer or farm manure?

both


How do farmers make fertilizers?

Ground manure


What is the purpose of a manure spreader?

A manure spreader does exactly what its name implies it does, it spreads manure. It is most useful in larger fields, where spreading manure by hand is not feasible.


What did ancient farmers use to bring water to their fields?

They used levee canals to bring water to their fields.


What technology did the Egyptians farmers use to get water from the Nile to their fields?

irrigation


What is the best way to use manure for fertilizer?

Horse manure needs to be composted for about one year before it is safe to place around plants. You compost manure in mush the same way you would anything else. Once it reaches the consistency of dirt then it's safe to use. Most people seem to have their own 'recipes' for composts.


Why do farmers need manure?

farmers use a mixture of manures and fertilizers so that the nutrients which cannot be fulfilled by the manures can be fulfilled by the plants and the nutrients which are not in the fertilizers can be fulfilled by the manures ex-NPK [nitrogen, phosphate and potassium] fulfill the nutrients which are not present in the manures


What technology did Egyptian farmers use to get water water from the Nile to their fields?

irrigation


What did farmers use back then when they didn't have tractors?

Before tractors farmers used horses, mules, and oxen to till the fields.


How do you compost horse manure?

We scoop it into a manure spreader and spread it across the fields before the hay comes in or between cuttings.


What can farmers add to their crop to help them grow healthily?

Fertilizer or manure.