Oregon State University. Extension Service; Gangwer, Michael I.; Wilson, B. (Bruce); Gamroth, M. J. (Michael J.) (Corvallis, Or. : Extension Service, Oregon State University, 1999-01)
The overall objective of manure management should
be to take as many excretable manure nutrients to the
soil and have them used by plants for optimal crop
yield. This reduces the need to purchase feed and
inorganic fertilizer.