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Originally Posted by jamesqf
And dung beetle poop! Though in my experience (grew up around dairy farms) cow poop in a pasture can last for months. And longer in open range grazing in the west.
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Dung beetle poop is a perfectly healthy additive to a pasture and is delivered right to the plant's root zone. I said "healthy pasture", overuse of many of the wormers used to control parasitic worms in livestock has killed off the dung beetle populations in many pastures. A thriving dung beetle population can bury a fresh cow pie in 4 hours. The dung beetles on my farm bury cow, sheep, and chicken manure within a couple of days.