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Two farmers from Maharashtra share their secrets of making farm yard manure
Boosts plant growth, leaves back no residue in the food and 100% safe for the environment. All these three are USP of farm yard manure. This nutrient rich manure not only saves lot of farmers’ money but also promises good returns. It is packed with all the nutrients essential for the healthy growth of the plants such as nitrogen, phosphates, potash and carbonate of lime. Most important, as it is bulky in nature when it is applied to the soil it pushes the clods as under. It enables the fresh air and water to enter freely in the soil and augment the cultivation process.
The manure is always superior from its chemical counterparts because when the farm waste along with the dairy waste is decomposed or fermented it produces heat that releases carbonic acid. Due to this action varied minerals and metals are rendered soluble in conjunction with lime bringing numerous bacteria into life that enriches the soil. There are many ways in which the manure can be made but the key ingredient remains cow dung. Other ingredients used are cow urine, farm waste and other substances. The cows can be native or hybrid breeds. Farmer can also use buffalo dung. Two farmers from Maharashtra share their secret of making farm yard manure. Excerpts:
Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari
Describes farm yard manure as the foundation of farming
Managing with constraints yet able to have bountiful farm production is the distinctive attribute of an Indian farmer. One such farmer is Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari from Dehani village, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. He grows cotton and pulses in his farm. Water and soil fertility are the two main concerns a farmer always faces! Instead of complaining, Mr. Chaudhari uses farm produced manure based on cow dung to cope with problems. “This manure is the mix of all natural ingredients and has the ability to reduce the water requirement in the soil. Besides soil gets enriched with thousands of microbes present in it,” he adds.
Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari
To prepare the manure farmer needs shade in his farm. “Two tractor trolleys (approximately 2 ton) must be poured in heaps in the farm. Water should be sprinkled on the cow dung heap to ensure the microbes stay alive. In a separate tank 4 kg each of trichoderma, rhizobium, phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) culture must be mixed in 10 liter water. It must be stirred continuously for 7-8 and then mixed with the cow dung heap. The mixture should be made upside thoroughly. It must be then left to dry with the occasional mix. Within 15 days the manure will be ready,” he elaborates.
Ideally the manure should be applied to the fields after 10-12 days of sowing. The mentioned quantity is sufficient for 1 acre farm. “This farm produced manure is extremely important for farming irrespective of the crop cultivated,” he says. Along with the manure, cow urine must be sprayed on the crops to prevent it from the diseases and pest. The problem of water scarcity was further solved by installing drip irrigation. “I invested money but it was the right decision made as with drip every drop of water was used optimally,” he highlights.
Mr. Chaudhari concludes, “Optimum use of water, safeguarding the environment and maintaining good soil health is extremely important in the farming.”
Contact details:
Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari
At Post Dehani, Tehisl Digrash, District Yavatmal 445203
Mobile: 9561589737
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Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore
Produces two kinds of farm yard manure
Natural farming practice is more fruitful than the chemical farming as the expenses are less opines Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore. “I make the liquid manure in the farm itself. In 200 liter water, I mix 10 liter cow urine, 10 kg cow dung, 1 kg jaggery and 1 kg gram flour. It is stirred twice a day, once in morning and evening. It is left to ferment. After 10-12 days the solution is sprayed in the field. In one acre 500 liter liquid manure is required,” he shares. The solution should be applied in the fields 2-3 days before sowing the seeds. “It gives phenomenal results on all crops.”
Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore
Post harvesting the farm waste is used as cattle fodder. The leftover waste is re-processed to make farm yard manure. It takes six months to produce this manure. “In a large pit, at the bottom, cow dung is filled upto one foot. On the top of it all the waste is dumped. To begin the process of composting salt water is sprinkled on the waste. Lastly once again one foot cow dung is laid on the waste. After the dung dries up the pit is covered with the soil. It takes six months for waste to convert into manure. Time taken is long but the manure produced is beneficial for the crop production,” he asserts.
Mr. Kore’s four acre farm is located at Takli village, latur district, Maharashtra. He grows cereals and pulses in his farm along with sugarcane. Presently he has grown wheat, channa and jowar and plans to grow sugarcane in coming June. The land is ploughed with the bulls as it helps the microbes in the soil to stay alive. All these three crops are 120 day old. The harvesting shall be done in February as the seeds were sown in October month. All the produce is sold at the mandi. He uses drip and sprinklers at his farm. “Farming is all about experiments. Every farmer must be proud of his trails and errors on the field as never know when it hits the jackpot with the invention!” he concludes.
Contact details:
Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore
At Post Takli, Devoni Taluk, Latur District, Maharashtra
Mobile: 099215 43251
Boosts plant growth, leaves back no residue in the food and 100% safe for the environment. All these three are USP of farm yard manure. This nutrient rich manure not only saves lot of farmers’ money but also promises good returns. It is packed with all the nutrients essential for the healthy growth of the plants such as nitrogen, phosphates, potash and carbonate of lime. Most important, as it is bulky in nature when it is applied to the soil it pushes the clods as under. It enables the fresh air and water to enter freely in the soil and augment the cultivation process.
The manure is always superior from its chemical counterparts because when the farm waste along with the dairy waste is decomposed or fermented it produces heat that releases carbonic acid. Due to this action varied minerals and metals are rendered soluble in conjunction with lime bringing numerous bacteria into life that enriches the soil. There are many ways in which the manure can be made but the key ingredient remains cow dung. Other ingredients used are cow urine, farm waste and other substances. The cows can be native or hybrid breeds. Farmer can also use buffalo dung. Two farmers from Maharashtra share their secret of making farm yard manure. Excerpts:
Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari
Describes farm yard manure as the foundation of farming
Managing with constraints yet able to have bountiful farm production is the distinctive attribute of an Indian farmer. One such farmer is Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari from Dehani village, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. He grows cotton and pulses in his farm. Water and soil fertility are the two main concerns a farmer always faces! Instead of complaining, Mr. Chaudhari uses farm produced manure based on cow dung to cope with problems. “This manure is the mix of all natural ingredients and has the ability to reduce the water requirement in the soil. Besides soil gets enriched with thousands of microbes present in it,” he adds.
Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari
To prepare the manure farmer needs shade in his farm. “Two tractor trolleys (approximately 2 ton) must be poured in heaps in the farm. Water should be sprinkled on the cow dung heap to ensure the microbes stay alive. In a separate tank 4 kg each of trichoderma, rhizobium, phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) culture must be mixed in 10 liter water. It must be stirred continuously for 7-8 and then mixed with the cow dung heap. The mixture should be made upside thoroughly. It must be then left to dry with the occasional mix. Within 15 days the manure will be ready,” he elaborates.
Ideally the manure should be applied to the fields after 10-12 days of sowing. The mentioned quantity is sufficient for 1 acre farm. “This farm produced manure is extremely important for farming irrespective of the crop cultivated,” he says. Along with the manure, cow urine must be sprayed on the crops to prevent it from the diseases and pest. The problem of water scarcity was further solved by installing drip irrigation. “I invested money but it was the right decision made as with drip every drop of water was used optimally,” he highlights.
Mr. Chaudhari concludes, “Optimum use of water, safeguarding the environment and maintaining good soil health is extremely important in the farming.”
Contact details:
Mr. Omprakash Chaudhari
At Post Dehani, Tehisl Digrash, District Yavatmal 445203
Mobile: 9561589737
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Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore
Produces two kinds of farm yard manure
Natural farming practice is more fruitful than the chemical farming as the expenses are less opines Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore. “I make the liquid manure in the farm itself. In 200 liter water, I mix 10 liter cow urine, 10 kg cow dung, 1 kg jaggery and 1 kg gram flour. It is stirred twice a day, once in morning and evening. It is left to ferment. After 10-12 days the solution is sprayed in the field. In one acre 500 liter liquid manure is required,” he shares. The solution should be applied in the fields 2-3 days before sowing the seeds. “It gives phenomenal results on all crops.”
Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore
Post harvesting the farm waste is used as cattle fodder. The leftover waste is re-processed to make farm yard manure. It takes six months to produce this manure. “In a large pit, at the bottom, cow dung is filled upto one foot. On the top of it all the waste is dumped. To begin the process of composting salt water is sprinkled on the waste. Lastly once again one foot cow dung is laid on the waste. After the dung dries up the pit is covered with the soil. It takes six months for waste to convert into manure. Time taken is long but the manure produced is beneficial for the crop production,” he asserts.
Mr. Kore’s four acre farm is located at Takli village, latur district, Maharashtra. He grows cereals and pulses in his farm along with sugarcane. Presently he has grown wheat, channa and jowar and plans to grow sugarcane in coming June. The land is ploughed with the bulls as it helps the microbes in the soil to stay alive. All these three crops are 120 day old. The harvesting shall be done in February as the seeds were sown in October month. All the produce is sold at the mandi. He uses drip and sprinklers at his farm. “Farming is all about experiments. Every farmer must be proud of his trails and errors on the field as never know when it hits the jackpot with the invention!” he concludes.
Contact details:
Mr. Vishwanath Baswantrao Kore
At Post Takli, Devoni Taluk, Latur District, Maharashtra
Mobile: 099215 43251