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Manure

This article is about organic material used as soil fertilizer. For animal dung used for other purposes, see feces.
Not to be confused with Compost.
"Animal waste" redirects here. For other types of animal waste, see metabolic waste.

Animal manure is often a mixture of animal feces and bedding straw, as in this example from a stable.

Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Most manure consists of animal feces; other sources include compost and green manure. Manures contribute to the fertility of soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen, that are utilised by bacteria, fungi and other organisms in the soil. Higher organisms then feed on the fungi and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web.

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