Dairy manure is often readily available in the area where the processed red raspberry industry is concentrated. The successful transformation of raw dairy manure waste to a valuable organic-derived fertilizer could alleviate environment threats and provide multiple soil health benefits. The value of raw dairy manure could be enhanced through new technologies that composts, blends, and pelletizes manure into a concentrated form. However, the potential benefits of this alternative manure-derived fertilizer have not been characterized in any commercial crop. The objective of this project is to evaluate the effects of composted, blended, and pelletized manure (i.e., CBP) on raspberry growth and production. Treatments of urea and CBP fertilizers blended with 10% and 20% (w/w) canola meal were surface applied at low and high rates (56 and 90 kg N ha⁻¹, respectively) to an established ‘Meeker’ raspberry field 2020 and 2021 in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Plant growth and productivity variables were analyzed. The utilization of CBP with 20% or 10% canola meal enhanced fruit weight and leaf magnesium concentration compared to urea, respectively. CBP fertilizers decreased leaf manganese concentration more than urea. There were no other fertilizer source treatment effects for all other measured variables. Additionally, there were no fertilizer rate effects for total yield, fruit quality, plant growth, and leaf nutrient concentrations. Based on the results, CBP fertilizer did not compromise plant growth and productivity relative to urea and could be an alternative to conventional fertilizer .

在红树莓加工产业集中的地区，奶牛粪通常很容易获得。将未加工的奶牛粪便成功转化为有价值的有机衍生肥料可以减轻环境威胁并提供多种土壤健康益处。可以通过将粪便堆肥、混合和颗粒化成浓缩形式的新技术来提高生奶牛粪的价值。然而，这种替代性粪肥的潜在好处尚未在任何经济作物中得到体现。该项目的目的是评估堆肥、混合和颗粒化粪肥（即 CBP）对覆盆子生长和生产的影响。以低和高速率（56 和 90 kg N ha^-1分别）到已建立的“Meeker”覆盆子田 2020 和 2021，采用具有三个重复的随机完整区组设计。分析了植物生长和生产力变量。与尿素相比，CBP 与 20% 或 10% 双低菜粕的使用分别提高了果实重量和叶片镁浓度。CBP 肥料比尿素更能降低叶片锰浓度。对于所有其他测量变量，没有其他肥料源处理效应。此外，施肥量对总产量、果实品质、植物生长和叶片养分浓度没有影响。根据结果​​，与尿素相比，CBP 肥料不会影响植物的生长和生产力，并且可以替代传统肥料。