What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields

August 22, 2025

What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields

By Leslie Johnson - Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

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Seeing net-wrap or plastic just below the surface after spreading manure? You’re not alone—and it’s more than an eyesore. That debris not only shortchanges your fields by diluting nutrient value but also clogs equipment and risks plugging planter wheels down the road. Time to clean it up—because clean manure means more crop-nutrient bang for your spreader buck.

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