If you keep cattle alongside farming and let their dung go to waste, this piece of advice from agriculture experts is worth acting on right now. Experts say this is the most suitable time to add cow dung manure to fields, because the soil already carries moisture from the monsoon rains. If dung is spread over the field and ploughed in properly during this season, it mixes into the soil quickly and turns fully into organic manure within a short time, sharply raising the land's fertility.
Less dependence on chemical fertilizer
Adding organic cow dung manure to fields brings farmers several major benefits. The biggest one is a reduced need for expensive chemical fertilizers, which brings down the overall cost of farming. At the same time, dung that would otherwise go to waste gets put to proper use. Mixing it into the soil while ploughing during this season leaves the land far more fertile than before.
Dig a pit in the shade for better manure
According to experts, most farmers in rural areas simply leave cow dung out in the open under the sky. Intense sun and heat destroy many of the beneficial microbes and bacteria present in the dung, and these very microbes and bacteria play the key role in boosting soil fertility and feeding nutrients to plants. The correct method is to dig a pit in a shaded spot, collect the dung there, and make sure it stays lightly moist at all times.
How to tell the manure is ready
If digging a pit isn't possible, the dung can instead be piled up in a shaded location, but it must be sprinkled with water from time to time to keep the moisture level up. Over time the dung decomposes and turns crumbly. Once the dung at the bottom of the heap turns fully crumbly and black in colour, it means high quality organic manure is ready. Manure prepared this scientific way is the most effective at improving soil quality and increasing crop yield.
