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Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

A custom hauler spreads dairy manure on hay ground using a Husky Farm Equipment 18000L Slimline Liquid Manure Spreader on a farm in Wallenstein, Ontario, U.S., in the spring of 2018. Husky Farm Equipment Ltd./Handout via REUTERS
A custom hauler spreads dairy manure on hay ground using a Husky Farm Equipment 18000L Slimline Liquid Manure Spreader on a farm in Wallenstein, Ontario, U.S., in the spring of 2018. Husky Farm Equipment Ltd./Handout via REUTERS

For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere.

 by P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek, Bianca Flowers – Reuters

 

The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard to woo farmers on its benefits for their crops.

Now, facing a global shortage of commercial fertilizers made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more U.S. growers are knocking on his door. Sandquist says they’re clamoring to get their hands on something Old MacDonald would swear by: old-fashioned animal manure.

“In Canada, Husky Farm Equipment Ltd built its first contraption back in 1960 as a way to make collecting and spreading manure more efficient – today it is sold out of honey wagons and can’t keep up.
 
 
 

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