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EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule®
EarthRenew has developed patented products with concentrated organic matter and nutrients in dense pellets, granules and prills. These products, currently made at the Strathmore Facility utilizing fresh manure without additives, are cooked at high temperatures (over 600 degrees Fahrenheit) using EarthRenew’s patented heat processing technologies. The heat process renders weed seeds, pathogens, and chemical compounds in the manure nonviable. The application of one ton of EarthRenew product, in an easy to apply form, without the weeds, pathogens, rocks, gravel, sand, chemical compounds and water, provides the well known benefits of 9 to 12 tons of cattle manure without the associated costs and problems.
Replacing Current Fertility Practices
In order to increase yields and productivity, current practices in intensive organic and conventional agriculture include green cropping (up to 50% of land) and, when available, manure applications. As a result of limitations and restrictions on crop inputs, until EarthRenew, organic farming has typically had much lower yields than conventional farming, and, where green cropping is used, up to 50% lower production as land is taken out of production for the green crop. Manure supply may often be transported long distances at high costs to provide nutrients for organic production. Also, application of raw manure increases the risks of crop contamination by food borne illnesses and weeds.
EarthRenew products provide an economic advantage by outperforming current practices and provide the grower with a clear value proposition from higher yields, productivity, quality and ultimately higher net returns. EarthRenew replaces green cropping and manure applications with performance proven in research trials.Long Term Soil Health for Long Term Yields
The use of EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® provides residual and cumulative effects by increasing organic matter in the soil as well as slow release fertilizers that enhance the yields of subsequent crops. Current intensive agricultural practices are degrading soils and reducing soil organic matter. EarthRenew products are uniquely positioned to rebuild soils for long term increased yields.
Strathmore Facility, Alberta, Canada
Reduced Costs
EarthRenew products reduce handling and transportation costs thereby increasing customer profitability. Organic Matter in a Granule® holds nutrients within the plant root zone throughout the growing season reducing the need for expensive multiple applications of fertilizers. This results in a significant reduction in labor, fertilizer, transportation and application costs.
More Efficient Than Manure Applications.
EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® has ten times less volume and up to twelve times less weight than cattle manure without rocks, gravel, sand, debris or high water content. As a result, the application of EarthRenew products requires far less fuel, labour and capital cost to apply. It is not economic to transport manure more than a nominal distance, as the benefits are outweighed by the significant transportation costs. In addition, manure requires spreading and immediate incorporation in soils 120 days before harvesting as required by regulation, increasing the expense of using these inputs. As a result, despite the desire and need for the organic matter and nutrients, manure is only landspread on approximately 3% of the combined crop and pasture land in the US. (USDA, 2002)
The reason for the lower volume of EarthRenew products as compared with manure is its low water content of less than 10% on an as applied basis. In contrast, when manure is applied (pre planting and post harvesting) it may contain between 55% to 90% or more water content and 5% to 8% rocks, gravel and debris on an as applied basis. The significant water content in manure and this debris dilutes the organic matter and nutrients contained therein, reducing their effectiveness. (Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, 1994)
Application
EarthRenew products are easy to store, transport and apply and can be applied using traditional farm fertilizer application equipment including broadcast spreaders, subsoil injectors, side banders and air seeders.
Increase Plant Nutrient Uptake
Typically, plant conventional fertilizer uptake averages 30% in intensive agricultural production. For example, 100 pounds of chemical nitrogen application will have about 30 pounds taken up by the plant. There are similar averages of plant uptake for phosphorus, potassium and sulfur.
Raw manure plant uptake, which is equivalent to plant uptake of EarthRenew products, is much higher. With a raw manure application rate of 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre in year one, about 50 pounds would be available in the first year, 25 pounds in the second year, and 12.5 pounds in year three for an total uptake of 86.5 pounds.i This has been the basis of using manure applications to increase fertility plant uptake. There is over 50 years of research on the benefits of manure applications.ii
Organic matter is well known to increase plant fertilizer uptake and also contributes to improving soil tilth, which is important in improving yields. Fresh cattle manure has about 190 pounds of organic matter per ton on an applied basis; EarthRenew product has over 1,000 pounds.
It is the history of this current practice of utilizing manure and its lack of availability for most farmers that inspired the EarthRenew invention - Organic Matter in a Granule®. On an applied basis, EarthRenew concentrated products have approximately 50% concentrated organic matter with the nutrients concentrated right inside of the organic matter. The result is increased effectiveness of the plant nutrient uptake.
Plant nutrient uptake using EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® products
*Not allowed in organic, provided as an example only.
EarthRenew Products in the Fields
Organic Yields Outperform Conventional
Organic producers are typically not able to apply sufficient nutrients to achieve yields equivalent to conventional growers. For this reason, they are usually faced with lower yields per acre of production. As demonstrated over ten years of development and research trials, EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® provides organic growers with 120% to 140% of the yields achieved by using equivalent applications of chemical fertilizers. Quality of production color and texture is superior to equivalent chemical fertilizer usage. Due to the combination of concentrated organic matter and fertilizers in EarthRenew products, organic farmers can expect increased yields and plant nutrient uptake.
EarthRenew Products in the Fields
Organic farmers can use one application of EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® to replace manure and green cropping practices providing organic farmers, for the first time, concentrated fertilizers that mimic granular chemical fertilizers in their properties, density and ease of use. By overcoming the nutrient limitations often faced by organic growers and by allowing organic growers to eliminate green cropping, our all-in-one solution may increase yields and productivity by 200% to 390%.
i. Cornell University and New York State IPM Publication No. 133, 2009
ii. International Fertilizer Association (IFA) Agriculture Committee 2003 Potash & Phosphate Institute
Reduced Risks
High Temperature Cooking Destroys Pathogens, Deactivates Weed Seeds and Chemical Compounds.
EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® is free of pathogens, weed seeds and most chemical compounds such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals inherent in raw manure. The high temperature of our patented cooking process converts our input material at a cellular level to produce our unique concentrated products without burning or charring because of the steam cooking.
EarthRenew's high temperature process:
Eliminates pathogens including Salmonella, E. Coli, Cryptosporidium and Giardia which can cause food borne illness, a significant risk to agricultural producers. The application of raw manure is considered a higher risk practice for the spread of these and other food borne illness.
Kills weed seeds, eliminating an expensive problem associated with the use of manure or green cropping. Manure contains weed seeds, the spread of which is a significant problem because the resulting weeds need to be controlled, typically involving manual removal for organic farmers, at significant expense. Green cropping also risks seed contamination or regrowth.
Deactivates chemical compounds. The high heat of our cooking process breaks down most chemical compounds such as pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics and steroids. The use of manure which often contains pesticides creates the risk of contamination of the soil and damage to the crops.
EarthRenew Product Approval for Use in Organic Agriculture
EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® is approved for unrestricted use in organic agriculture:
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EarthRenew Brand Program – From Field to Consumer
EarthRenew’s brand to be carried through the supply chain from grower to consumer:
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1 Ton of EarthRenew Product Applied Reduces Carbon Emissions by 4 Tons
The EarthRenew Advantage Value Proposition in Practice
In most growing conditions, organic growers increase their yields, quality of production and productivity by replacing current practices with EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® providing growers with higher net revenue. EarthRenew has developed a modeling tool to assess the potential organic growers’ value proposition from using EarthRenew products.
Anticipated Increased Yields, Quality and Productivity*
*Results will vary depending on past and current cultural practices and the initial nutrient status of the soil.
**EarthRenew achieves conventional yields from California State University, Fresno and other research trials. Conventional yields from Statistical Review of California Agricultural Resources Directory 2008-2009. Organic yields from California’s Organic Agriculture 2005 data.
By providing a green cropping substitute, EarthRenew offers more organic matter and nutrients, which increases our customers’ productivity by allowing the customer to use all of their land for cash crops, increasing their revenue and yields.
Example EarthRenew Nutrient Program
To get the yields of conventional crops, organic growers would apply nitrogen, based on the plant nutrient uptake percentage, using EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® as illustrated in the six year rotation example below:
In addition to nitrogen EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® provides on an as applied basis the following beneficial, yield increasing nutrients: phosphorus (P2O5), potash (K2O), sulfur, calcium and micronutrients. For every 100 pounds of nitrogen applied using EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® ~2,500 pounds of organic matter is added to the soil an increase of about 0.25% to the top 6” of the soil or about 160% of what green cropping provides.
100 pounds of nitrogen applied using EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® ~2,500 pounds of organic matter is added to the top soil produces an increase of ~0.25% organic matter.
EarthRenew increases yields and productivity for higher returns.
Organic Approvals
Organic Matter in a Granule® meets the requirements of the USDA’s National Organic Program, permitting our customers to use our products unrestricted and maintain their organic certification.
EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule® in this brochure is produced at Strathmore Facility, Alberta, Canada. Due to organic nature of the products the numbers listed may vary and are intended as a guideline to users.
EarthRenew increases yields and productivity for higher returns.