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Re:European bird populations decrease by a quarter, farming ... by biorach on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @08:35AM (#35960986)
I have no idea why you are taking about coffee.

You said

> Only a small percentage of manure is reused as fertiliser because transporting it is expensive, and messy

That's straight up false, for Northern Europe anyway.

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Re:European bird populations decrease by a quarter, farming ... by 2000UltraDeluxe on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @01:59PM (#35965423)
Can confirm. It's the norm up here. Wikipedia says the practice was imported from the US after WW2.
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