ABSTRACT
Cattle manure is considered a good "shotgun" fertilizer. Liquid beef cattle manure is produced in beef cattle confinement buildings at the rate of.6 to 1.0 cu ft/hd/day depending upon ration and live weight. Crop yields resulting from application of liquid beef cattle manure have been studied by many researchers. Cattle manure supplies nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and essential micronutrients to plants. When manure is applied annually at normal agronomic rates to supply plant nutrient needs, changes in soil physical properties may be difficult to measure initially but are significant over many years of continued manure application. The fertilizer value of manure can be measured as the cash value of increased crop production resulting from its use, less the application costs. Animal manures added to soils tend to increase soil porosity, permeability, and water holding capacity and to decrease bulk density and modulus of rupture.
