Agricultural wastes definition

Agricultural wastes means wastes normally associated with the production and processing of food and fiber on farms, feedlots, ranches, ranges, and forests which may include animal manure, crop residues, and dead animals; also agricultural chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides which may find their way into surface and subsurface water.
Agricultural wastes means the solid wastes resulting from normal farming operations, the raising and slaughtering of animals, and the processing of animal products, orchard, and field crops, which are stored, transported, or disposed of as an unwanted waste material.
Agricultural wastes means any waste material generated from any agricultural practice including, but not limited to, farming, irrigation, manure or fertilizer spreading, aquaculture, aquatic animal production, livestock and dairy operations. Agricultural wastes may include animal manure, crop residues, dead animals and any agricultural chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides which may find their way into surface and subsurface water.

Examples of Agricultural wastes in a sentence

  • Agricultural wastes include, but are not limited to, agricultural crop residues; fruits and vegetables; orchard and vineyard removal; and crop tree and vineyard prunings.

  • Agricultural wastes are abundantly available globally and can be converted to energy and useful chemicals by a number of microorganisms.

  • This payment, together with the Advanced Funds provided to NOAA for the Chenier Ronquille Component and to DOI for the North Breton Island Component, represents 100% funding for the entire Early Restoration Project.

  • Agricultural wastes including corn stover, wheat straw, and soy straw were rejected because of the difficulty in collection and transportation as well as the need for cellulose conversion to sugars (30-40% cellulose)5, 6.Although chicken litter can be obtained for approximately $8/ton7, there would still be the difficulty of processing the cellulose (about 35% cellulose8).

  • Agricultural wastes, including manures and crop residues that are returned to the soil as fertilizers or soil conditioners.


More Definitions of Agricultural wastes

Agricultural wastes means wastes on farms resulting from the raising or growing of plants and animals including, but not limited to, crop residue, manure and animal bedding, and carcasses of dead animals weighing each or collectively in excess of fifteen pounds.
Agricultural wastes means manure, bedding materials, poultry litter, and spilled feed or feed waste.
Agricultural wastes means solid wastes of plant and animal origin, which result from the production and processing of farm or agricultural products, including manures, orchard and vineyard prunings, and crop residues, which are removed from the site of generation for solid waste management.
Agricultural wastes means waste resulting from the production of farm or agricultural products including manures.
Agricultural wastes means wastes on farms result- ing from the production of agricultural products including but not limited to manures, and carcasses of dead animals weigh- ing each or collectively in excess of fifteen pounds.
Agricultural wastes means wastes on farms resulting from the production of agricultural products including but not limited to manures, and carcasses of dead animals weighing each or collectively in excess of fifteen pounds.
Agricultural wastes means wastes generated on farms resulting from the production of agricultural products including, but not limited to, manures and carcasses of dead animals weighing each or collectively in excess of fifteen (15) pounds but do not include wastes that are classified as hazardous.