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Maatalous, Tilasto
Published 28.1.2022
Agricultural Census 2020: Farmland Management and Irrigation 2020 (provisional)
Published 28.1.2022
- Roughly a million hectares of farmland were fertilised with artificial fertilisers alone. A total of 0.5 hectares were fertilised using the combination of artificial fertilisers and manure, while 0.2 million hectares were fertilised with manure only. A small number of fields is fertilised using other organic or waste-based fertilisers.
- Roughly half of all manure consists of solid manure, with broadcast spreading being its only application method. Broadcast-spread liquid manure (slurry, urine and manure-containing water) accounted for nearly a quarter of all manure, and liquid manure spread using an injector or spreader made by more than a quarter. Manure is usually injected at the depth of less than 10 cm.
- Some 80 per cent of all broadcast-spread manure is covered after spreading, while roughly half of slurry, urine and manure-containing water is covered. More than half of covering takes place within less than four hours after spreading.
- Nearly three per cent, or 64,000 hectares, of farmland in use can be irrigated, if required.
Methods of manure spreading 2020
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