Livestock Waste Facilities Handbook

Editor's note
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This handbook emphasizes planning and designing livestock waste facilities. It reports waste data for manure, bedding, feedlot runoff, milking center wastewater, and design criteria.

A worksheet helps producers determine manure application rates. Tables include 1992 data. An appendix includes livestock weight and climate data.

Keywords

Animal waste characteristics
Collection and transport to storage
Handling open lot waste
Liquid-solid separation
Storage
Biological treatment
Pumps
Land application techniques
Waste use

Pages

MWPS18, reviewed November 2001