Melissa Wilson is many things: a soil scientist and water quality specialist, a UMN professor, an educator and a mentor. But her real expertise is in manure.
“I cannot say that growing up, I thought I would be a manure specialist,” Wilson says. “But I’m known as the Manure Prof at the University of Minnesota, and I have the number 1 research program in number 2.”
Valuing manure as a resource matters tremendously to both farmer profitability and the environment, Wilson says.
“A lot of people just want to get rid of manure. They still consider it a waste,” says Wilson. “But it's a natural fertilizer source. It should be used before we apply fertilizers, because we want to recycle as much as possible,” she says.
Source : umn.edu