page_title: Manure
section_title: Compost
hierarchical_section_title: Manure / Types / Compost
caption_attribution_description: Compost containing turkey manure and wood chips from bedding material is dried and then applied to pastures for fertilizer. Benton, Arkansas.
context_page_description: Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Most manure consists of animal feces; other sources include compost and green manure. Manures contribute to the fertility of soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen, that are utilised by bacteria, fungi and other organisms in the soil. Higher organisms then feed on the fungi and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web.
context_section_description: Compost is the decomposed remnants of organic materials.  It is usually of plant origin, but often includes some animal dung or bedding.
caption: Compost containing turkey manure and wood chips from bedding material is dried and then applied to pastures for fertilizer.
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