摘要：Manure is an important resource for agricultural production. Differentiation of production and concentrationof manure on particular livestock farms and in certain regions have raised a concern over its sustainableuse. Policy programmes state that we need to use manure in a more resource-efficient way. We cannot,however, assume that a change in practice or the introduction of new technologies would be simple orpainless. These always require establishing new relationships between different practices, actors, mattersand concerns. New links between agricultural and environmental policies should also be established. In thisarticle I examine how farmers and other concerned actors deliberate upon these demands. The explorationis based on workshop discussions and interviews carried out along Paimionjoki, a river in south-westFinland. In the analysis I draw attention to three qualitatively different ways of coordinating the sustainableuse of manure, which all translate manure as a different matter of concern. Depending on which matters areemphasised the spatial and temporal scale of coordination changes, as does the role of technology within.The results call for critical scrutiny of these entanglements. Alternative ways of co-ordinating manure usedo not only react to agricultural change, but take part in its development.
