manure management

Keeping Fresh Manure management today requires planning and diligence to be able to be a leader in environmental stewardship. Dr. Steve Pohl, South Dakota State University, runs through the types of systems to handle pig manure and what managers and staff need to know for each. Some key message include that the farmer must be a good neighbor, knows the rules, and considers environment before expansion.

SwineCast 0697 Show Notes:

• Research at Manitoba's Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute to lower phosphorus in swine manure prior to application is showing promise.  As Bruce Cochrane talks with Lorne Grieger, the systems under review are removing as much as 50%.

SwineCast 0547 Show Notes:

• USDA Agricultural Research Service ongoing research into low-cost algae-based systems to reclaim nutrients from manures as we talk with Microbiologist Walter Mulby. 

SwineCast 0507 Show Notes:

• Canadian correspondant Bruce Cochrane of Farmscape.ca files this interesting conversation about using glycerol to increase the methane production of swine manure in anaerobic digestion.

SwineCast 0400 Show Notes:

• Bruce Cochrane shares Canadian research on removing solids from manures to lower phosphorus loads in local areas
• NPPC Chief Environmental Council Michael Formica hooks up to share front burner issues at both state and national levels for producers