What major compound is both a animal waste product and a major fertilizer?

Question

What major compound is both a animal waste product and a major fertilizer?

Answer 1

As indicated by the previous answers, animal waste products can be a significant source of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, as well as a variety of micronutrients.  

However, P2O5, and K2O are absolutely insoluble and biologically unavailable products that are not found significant amounts within animal wastes or commercial fertilizer.  These products, and the numbers agronomists in the US are required to utilized, were generated from the "wet" chemistry that was prevalent at the beginning of the 20th century.  Basically, all the phosphorus or potassium in the compound and/or plant were converted to P2O5 or K2O and this was what the scientists at the time could measure and document.  The laws regulating fertilizer sales forced the commercial entities (fertilizer companies) to guarantee the amount of N, P2O5 and K2O in a fertilizer so the farmer would feel comfortable purchasing the product.  Which kinda proves the good old days had their problems also.

Answer 2

What do you mean major compound? I think it's ammonia? NH3. Need more info to be sure...

Answer 3

Manure makes good fertilizer because of the large amounts of nitrogen (N), potassium (K2O), ammonium (NH4) and phosphorus (P2O5) contained in it.

Answer 4

Animal waste is highest in nitrogen compounds and they will be found in different configurations depending on how much composting or aging has occurred. Ammonium nitrates/ urea go to a nitrite and then to a non-ammonium form of nitrate (generally) courtesy of our bacteria, especially the gut bacteria of the ruminates (multi-stomached animals). Phosphorus is the next predominate material especially with bird guano followed by potassium. They form a great balance in ruminate animals but the meat eaters are lowest in phosphorus and potassium, making a poor and not too safe fertilizer.

Answer 5

Major fertilizers contain Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P2O5), and potassium (K2O). Animal manure will also contain N, P2O5, and K2O. The animal manure will also supply a lot of minor nutrients as well organic matter which is helpful to crops and soil.

Answer 6

Nitrogen and Potassium

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Answer 7

Ammoniac nitrogen, from bird or bat droppings [[I think].

Answer 8

Nitrogen