In order to prepare third-party manure management plans in Manitoba, you must be registered as a Manure Management Planner. Manitoba Conservation has arranged two meetings so far to help keep Manure Management Planners up to date with changes in regulations and current research. I attended the meeting yesterday so here are some of the highlights [...]
When I begin working with a new operation, they rarely have solid figures for the nutrients in their manure. This makes estimating nutrient amounts for their manure management plan tricky. It usually takes several years to accumulate enough samples to be confident of their accuracy. While waiting to accumulate enough samples for a barn-specific recommendation, [...]
Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative linked to A top 10 list on preparing for fall manure application. It’s definitely worth reading the article in depth, but the short list is: Review manure management plans. Know and follow land application separation distances. Make sure your manure applicator certification is current. Develop an emergency action plan. Take [...]
As November 10th draws near, manure application draws to a close for another calendar year. Given that we’re having some of our nicest weather for the year right now, there are some who are eager to keep spreading. Under section 14(5) of the Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation, an extension may be granted: 14(5) [...]
The Proceedings from the National Conference on Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations are online. There’s some interesting stuff here but nothing too earth-shattering. Most of the current odor-reduction methods are covered here, so if you want an in-depth look at any particular odor reduction strategy for your manure storage, this is a good [...]
The Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation has been amended again this year. I haven’t seen a version that merges the new changes into the existing regulations for easier reading, but from flipping back and forth between the documents, it appears that the biggest change for our clients will be that all operations will be [...]
I don’t know of too many operations that still do winter spreading, but it looks as though winter spreading of manure will be going away soon. The current estimate is that all winter spreading of manure regardless of the size of the operation will be banned by 2013. This isn’t a surprise as it’s in [...]
Want to learn more about Manure Management than you thought there was to know? Check out Extension.org’s Animal Manure Management section. I learn better from reading that from listening or watching someone else, but if those are your preferred learning styles there are webcasts of many presentations. With winter coming on, you can curl up [...]
Two people have called me disappointed with the way their corn crop yielded after manure application. The issue seems to be that some parts of the fields got the nitrogen they needed, other parts were applied with manure that had a lower nitrogen value than average and that left the crop hungry for nitrogen. How [...]
I missed this when it came out in late June, but the Manitoba Conservation Livestock Program Newsletter – Spring 2009 (PDF). Some of the highlights are: Short biographies of the new people Conservation has hired. I’ve noticed that Kristian Stephens and Dianne Smith have been reviewing Manure Management Plans with eagle eyes. If you have [...]
