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When sugar beets
are processed, the "tare" soil adhering to their roots
adds up to millions of tons worldwide and creates a difficult disposal
problem. Bulky and infested with nematodes and disease organisms,
it cannot simply be spread back onto production fields. At the University
of Idaho, nematologists and agricultural engineers have developed
composting formulations that incorporate dairy manure with the sugar
beet tare dirt, resulting in a nematode--and disease-free marketable
compost.
For more information
contact: Saad L. Hafez
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