The Soil Association Videos 24d ago

Liam McNulty is a Soil Association Ambassador and he says "Dung beetles are absolutely vital and fascinating creatures. But they are under threat from our modern chemical, grain and shed dependent farming systems. Without them animal dung would just accumulate on the pasture, as they found in Australia where there are no native dung beetles interested in recycling the European poo. Not only do they recycle waste and enrich the soil, they also encourage earthworms and other soil life, reduce parasite burdens in livestock by making the dung less hospitable to their eggs, and their tunneling allows air and water to penetrate over a meter deep. We need to learn to love them and not take them for granted. Thanks to Dung Beetles for Farmers for their brilliantly informative website." DUNG BEETLES are awesome!