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the year of application. It's the
organic form of phosphorus that is
mobile and susceptible to leaching.
Phosphorus isn't likely to leach into
the ground water unless the soil is
saturated with high levels of P.
Phosphorus is not dangerous in
drinking water and so it's not an
environmental problem until the
ground water reaches the surface.
There, the phosphorus promotes
algae growth that can deplete oxygen
in the water and affect fish and other
aquatic species.
The greatest danger to surface
water is from phosphorus carried in
run-off or erosion into streams or
drains. Most of the problem for
waterways comes from a relatively
small part of the field near the stream
or drain and buffer areas can prevent
much of the problem.
potassium is not very mobile in
soil, Coelho said. However the
potassium in liquid hog manure
may not be enough to meet the needs
of a corn crop and soil testing and
potash fertilizer application on areas
where potassium is low may be
required.
There was good news from Dr. Ed
Topp, a microbiologist with
Agriculture and Agri -food Canada's
London research station on the
subject of the repercussions of use of
pharmaceuticals and hormones in
agriculture. The good thing about
farm waste, Topp said, is that you
can intervene in the process at any
point to reduce the problem, from
cutting back on pharmaceutical use
to treatment of waste such as through
biogas digestion. A greater problem
is with biosolids from human sewage
treatment because you're unsure
what's in that cocktail mix, he said.
Still there is a public concern over
the use of veterinary antibiotics,
Topp said and there is support for the
concern. A University of Guelph
study showed there was a higher
level of anti -biotic resistant bacteria
in the guts of pigs treated fed
antibiotic -enhanced feed and a
higher proportion of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria in litter from
poultry fed antibiotics.
The good news is that when
manure from these animals is applied
to the land there does not seem to be
a consistent pattern of an increase in
antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the
soil, he said.