The disclosure relates generally to a synthetic agricultural product and methods and systems for producing a synthetic agricultural product or composition. The method of producing a synthetic agricultural product may comprise providing an effective amount of fertilizer and/or other agricultural product sufficient to effectuate a response in a plant, an effective amount of a mineral substance having a high cation exchange capacity, and an effective amount of water sufficient to effectuate a desired result in a plant. The fertilizer and/or other agricultural product and mineral substance may be added into the effective amount of water, thereby creating the synthetic agricultural product. Known ions, such as fertilizer ions, and native ions in the native mineral substance may be exchanged to produce a synthetic agricultural product.

Calcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles are combined with ammonia control materials (e.g. alum, aluminum chloride, ferric chloride, ferric sulfate, and/or sodium bisulfate) to create a phosphorus-binding composition. In the preferred embodiment, the composition is applied to poultry litter, poultry bedding or other non-aqueous substrates that are at least partially comprised of animal manure. The composition binds with phosphorus to at least reduce the amount of phosphorus in runoff water or in leachate from fields fertilized with treated manure. The combining of the calcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles with the ammonia control products has a surprising and unexpected result. The calcium silicate hydrate-ammonia control material mix reduces soluble phosphorus more than either component of the mix alone.

Calcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles are combined with ammonia control materials (e.g. alum, aluminum chloride, ferric chloride, ferric sulfate, and/or sodium bisulfate) to create a phosphorus-binding composition. In the preferred embodiment, the composition is applied to poultry litter, poultry bedding or other non-aqueous substrates that are at least partially comprised of animal manure. The composition binds with phosphorus to at least reduce the amount of phosphorus in runoff water or in leachate from fields fertilized with treated manure. The combining of the calcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles with the ammonia control products has a surprising and unexpected result. The calcium silicate hydrate-ammonia control material mix reduces soluble phosphorus more than either component of the mix alone.

The disclosure relates generally to a synthetic agricultural product and methods and systems for producing a synthetic agricultural product or composition. The method of producing a synthetic agricultural product may comprise providing an effective amount of fertilizer and/or other agricultural product sufficient to effectuate a response in a plant, an effective amount of a mineral substance having a high cation exchange capacity, and an effective amount of water sufficient to effectuate a desired result in a plant. The fertilizer and/or other agricultural product and mineral substance may be added into the effective amount of water, thereby creating the synthetic agricultural product. Known ions, such as fertilizer ions, and native ions in the native mineral substance may be exchanged to produce a synthetic agricultural product.

The disclosure relates generally to a synthetic agricultural product and methods and systems for producing a synthetic agricultural product or composition. The method of producing a synthetic agricultural product may comprise providing an effective amount of fertilizer and/or other agricultural product sufficient to effectuate a response in a plant, an effective amount of a mineral substance having a high cation exchange capacity, and an effective amount of water sufficient to effectuate a desired result in a plant. The fertilizer and/or other agricultural product and mineral substance may be added into the effective amount of water, thereby creating the synthetic agricultural product. Known ions, such as fertilizer ions, and native ions in the native mineral substance may be exchanged to produce a synthetic agricultural product.

The disclosure relates generally to a synthetic agricultural product and methods and systems for producing a synthetic agricultural product or composition. The method of producing a synthetic agricultural product may comprise providing an effective amount of fertilizer and/or other agricultural product sufficient to effectuate a response in a plant, an effective amount of a mineral substance having a high cation exchange capacity, and an effective amount of water sufficient to effectuate a desired result in a plant. The fertilizer and/or other agricultural product and mineral substance may be added into the effective amount of water, thereby creating the synthetic agricultural product. Known ions, such as fertilizer ions, and native ions in the native mineral substance may be exchanged to produce a synthetic agricultural product.

The disclosure relates generally to a synthetic agricultural product and methods and systems for producing a synthetic agricultural product or composition. The method of producing a synthetic agricultural product may comprise providing an effective amount of fertilizer and/or other agricultural product sufficient to effectuate a response in a plant, an effective amount of a mineral substance having a high cation exchange capacity, and an effective amount of water sufficient to effectuate a desired result in a plant. The fertilizer and/or other agricultural product and mineral substance may be added into the effective amount of water, thereby creating the synthetic agricultural product. Known ions, such as fertilizer ions, and native ions in the native mineral substance may be exchanged to produce a synthetic agricultural product.

The disclosure relates generally to a synthetic agricultural product and methods and systems for producing a synthetic agricultural product or composition. The method of producing a synthetic agricultural product may comprise providing an effective amount of fertilizer and/or other agricultural product sufficient to effectuate a response in a plant, an effective amount of a mineral substance having a high cation exchange capacity, and an effective amount of water sufficient to effectuate a desired result in a plant. The fertilizer and/or other agricultural product and mineral substance may be added into the effective amount of water, thereby creating the synthetic agricultural product. Known ions, such as fertilizer ions, and native ions in the native mineral substance may be exchanged to produce a synthetic agricultural product.

The disclosure relates generally to a synthetic agricultural product and methods and systems for producing a synthetic agricultural product or composition. The method of producing a synthetic agricultural product may comprise providing an effective amount of fertilizer and/or other agricultural product sufficient to effectuate a response in a plant, an effective amount of a mineral substance having a high cation exchange capacity, and an effective amount of water sufficient to effectuate a desired result in a plant. The fertilizer and/or other agricultural product and mineral substance may be added into the effective amount of water, thereby creating the synthetic agricultural product. Known ions, such as fertilizer ions, and native ions in the native mineral substance may be exchanged to produce a synthetic agricultural product.

A non-dispersible granular substrate is formed of a plurality of granules, each granule being a mixture including an inert mineral component, a mineral cement, and optionally a light weight additive. The granular substrate could be used, for example, as carriers for pesticides or soil amendments, and as animal bedding (e.g. cat litter). A method of making a non-dispersible granular substrate includes forming a batch mixture including an inert mineral component, a mineral cement, and water, and co-pelletizing the batch mixture to form a plurality of non-dispersible granules.