I attended the Soils and Manure Management Field Workshop on Friday and learned quite a bit. A lot of the research that was shown is still in the early stages, so there will be a lot of good stuff to follow in years to come. Here are some of the highlights: Don Flaten and Clay [...]
MAFRI and an alphabet soup of other organizations have arranged a Soil and Manure Management Field Workshop on July 23, 2010. They’re planning on covering a number of manure management issues in a field setting. I attended a similar workshop a few years back and learned a lot from it, so I’m looking forward to [...]
A Nutrient Excretion Model is a way of measuring the nutrients that come onto a farm and accounting for where they leave the farm. We’ve been working on Nutrient Excretion Models for a few years and have had great success with them. The model highlights places where farmers are paying to have too much phosphorous [...]
Extension.org has an article up on Preferential Flow of Manure in Tile Drainage. We’ve done some work with tile drainage and plenty of work with manure application, but no projects so far that overlap the two. A lot of of the advice seems like common sense, e.g don’t apply manure when the drains are flowing. [...]
AgProfessional.com has another story reminding us of The Roots of Nutrient Uptake. It’s not enough to have the nutrient out there on the field, they need to be available for the plants. One of the challenges with manure application for plant nutrition is that the nutrients are broadcast across the field. Even if you have [...]
The Manure Management Advisory Committee met yesterday. The purpose behind this group is to exchange information on current research and extension activities related to manure management. Some of the research that was proposed last year has been taken over by the Achieving Manure Phosphorus Balance In Manitoba Technical Workshop. The Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative [...]
Extension.org has a post on What do I need to know about manure agreements and land application easements for application of manure? that’s worth looking at, especially if you’re selling the manure from your livestock operation. As with any contract have a lawyer review it if you want it to stand up in court, but [...]
There are still a lot of possibilities out there for manure management. 7 Creative Uses for Poop isn’t directly about manure management but it shows that there are a lot of possibilities out there. It wasn’t that long ago that manure was seen simply as a waste product. Many livestock producers would have liked to [...]
Manitoba Pork Council has a checklist of Steps To Take When Closing Down A Hog Barn For An Extended Period Of Time (PDF). Shutting down a barn isn’t something that anyone wants to do, but many producers are finding themselves in that situation. This checklist can help make the shutdown a little smoother.
AIC Notes pointed me to an Ammonia Loss Calculator by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. What I found interesting was not the dollar values themselves, but the way that they are affected by the different factors in the calculation. Change from broadcast to injection and you are suddenly losing half the nitrogen you were before. [...]
