Source: Katie Pratt, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 3/20/14
 
Farmers often use poultry litter as an alternative to chemical fertilizer. It provides good nutrients and organic matter for plants and soil. Surface broadcast application of it, though, leave unpleasant smells and pose environmental concerns. In Kentucky, a subsurface method is being tested for no-till corn.

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