Table 2: Typical total nutrient content of livestock manures from organic systems (fresh weight basis)

Notes:

1)    Value of N and K₂O will be lower for FYM stored for long periods in the open.
2)    Values for typical diluted slurries, pro rata adjustment for nutrient content can be made based on slurry DM.
* based on English data; European data suggests a K₂O content of 8 kg/t.
ND = no data; composting can reduce the N content of manures

Table 3: Speed of manure incorporation required by ploughing to conserve readily available nitrogen