Agriculture cannot do without the liquid gold manure

There was a program on television about what 2050 will look like. Several people predicted the future. The producer of vegan food also spoke. He clearly preached for his own parish and stated that our livestock is disappearing. Logical when you have lived with the party leader of the Party for the Animals and produce and sell vegan products yourself.

Another scientist stated that producing vegan food has a very heavy footprint. More and more scientists warn against it. When the youth are now raised vegan, they lack certain basic elements found in meat and dairy products. Imitating all nutrients simply does not work and becomes unaffordable. Man is an omnivore and certainly not a herbivore.

Nobody considers the fact that our livestock produces another important product in addition to producing meat and dairy products: manure. This product is going to be called liquid gold in the future. This fertilizer contains all the basic nutrients (nitrogen, potassium and phosphate) for growing plants in the right composition. We can make nitrogen, but potash and phosphate are extracted from the mines. Within a few decades the mines will run out and the stock of phosphate and potassium will be exhausted. Our livestock produces these nutrients in their manure to help our plants grow optimally. This manure is transported to arable farming so that the arable crops can grow optimally, without claiming the potash and phosphate mines.

Nutrients disappear from the farm
Man is the problem. We take all our food from the farmer and so the nutrients disappear from the farm. The people should return their manure to the farmer, but unfortunately. Humans swallow so many pills that our manure has become chemical waste. We leave the water boards with the waste. Nobody, both politicians and environmental organizations, is thinking about this. But when the animals are cleared, they also indirectly clear up arable farming.

In short, agriculture cannot do without liquid gold, called manure. This manure forms the basis for a good and healthy growth of our crops, without exhausting the soil. In 2050 the energy problem will be solved, but the resource crises will be more numerous and bigger. There will also be a fight for the liquid gold manure.

Politicians be careful with livestock farming.

Jaap Major
Low Zuthem

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