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LV SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE SOIL MAINTENANCE AND PLANT NUTRIENT CYCLE
On February 26, the association "Farmers' Council" organized a seminar “Sustainable soil maintenance and plant nutrient cycling”, which took place at the Ozolnieki Community Center, Rīgas Street 23, Ozolnieki.
In the first part of the seminar, the Head of the Engineering Department of the Latvian Agricultural University Jānis Kažotnieks informed about the evaluation of liquid manure acidification technologies in the Baltic Sea region. Subsequently, Valters Zelčs, a policy expert of the association “Zemnieku saeima”, spoke about the market evaluation of manure acidification technologies, while Gints Jakubovskis, a representative of SIA “Lauku Agro”, spoke about the results of demonstrations and practical experience of manure acidification technologies at the farm “Lauku Agro”. The first part of the seminar was concluded and informed about manure emission studies, observations and conclusions in Latvia by Inga Grīnfelde, an associate professor at the Latvian University of Agriculture.
In the second part of the seminar, Raimonds Kasparinskis, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences of the University of Latvia, spoke about soil information in Latvia, problems and possible solutions. Next, Kerstin Berglund, Associate Professor of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, informed about structured liming of agricultural soils. The seminar was concluded by BASF expert, agronomist Ivan Brendstrup with a presentation: Nitrogen stabilizer for liquid manure and digestate “Vizura”.
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SEMINAR ARE AVAILABLE HERE:
- Soil information in Latvia. Problems and possible solutions. Raimonds Kasparinskis
- Studies of manure emissions in Latvia – observations and conclusions.
- Manure acidification technology. Practical experience. Results.
- Manure acidification. Latvia's contribution.
- Organic fertilizer management in Latvia, situation assessment.
- Policy Recommendations
- Facts and results of the Baltic Slurry Acidification project
- Structural liming of agricultural clay soils
