Innovations in natural fertilizers in agriculture Jaap Uenk, chairman Section manure distribution CUMELA

CUMELA NEDERLAND

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Interest Group of 2.000 companies Companies are farm contractors, companies for land development (infrastructure) and distribution of manure Located for 90% in the rural area, 30.000 employees Average annual turnover € 1,3 miljoen / company

Key figures Netherlands

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16,6 million inhabitants 1,85 million ha agricultural area 975.000 ha grass-land; 240.000 ha silage maize 642.000 ha arable land Of which 194.000 ha cereals With average yield of 8.900 kg wheat per ha

Key figures live stock production

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2,4 million cattle, 12,2 million pigs, 85 million poultry Production 73 million ton manure; 20 million surplus Destinations for the manure surplus:

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15,6 million ton transported to other farms as fertilizer

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2,0 million ton to treatment facilities of manure

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2,4 million ton for export (Germany, France)

Innovations in manure distribution

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Specialized companies with trailers and tank-cars for long distance transport of manure to cropfarmers Storage facilities at the farms of crop farmers Manure spreading equipment with injection of manure Tracking and tracing the transports of manure, Sampling and analysing the manure per transport

Long distance transport of liquid manure

Unloading liquid manure into a container

Injection of liquid manure

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No smell No emissions of ammonia No losses of minerals (N) Precisely farming (fertilizing) Maximum profit of the minerals in manure Saving costs for chemical fertilizers

Manure injection in arable land

Loading of manure out of the container

Specialized equipment

Protection the structure of the soil

Spreading out of solid manure

Development use of chemical fertilizers NL Period, million kg 1984/1985 2000/2001 2009/2010 Reduction 25 years N 505 300 239 - 53% P₂O₅ 86 55 24 - 72% K₂O 117 68 35 - 70% Total 708 423 298 - 58%

Mineral value of 24 t pig manure per ha (170 kg N) Minerals Nitrogen (N) Phosphate (P₂O₅) Potassium (K₂O) Magnesia (MgO) Total Total in € / ha kg/ha WC % HUF/kg 168 96 75 100 235 324 Total HUF / ha 29.610

31.104

168 43 100 100 169 297 28.392

12.771

101.877

342

Advantages natural fertilizers

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Organic matter for better soil structure More biological soil activity Better quality crops and higher yields Reduce of chemical fertilizers and costs For Dutch crop farmers also the price: “for free”

New natural fertilizers for export Dry matter Organic matter Nitrogen (N) Phosphate (P₂O₅) Potassium (K₂O) Magnesia (MgO) Dimension % % Kg/ton Kg/ton Kg/ton Kg/ton Manure pellets 90 65 40 30 27 11 Struvite (vegetable) 45 0 22 126 0 75

Possibilities for cooperation

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New natural fertilizers are avaiable for Hungarian market Hungary is big country of crop farmers (cereals) Netherlands is big market for cereals for feed production Shortage of imported non-genetical manipulated cereals in the EU Business of substainable recycling of fertilizers and raw material feed

Thanks for your attention

Jaap Uenk, CUMELA Nederland Owner/director DOFCO BV, www.dofco.nl