Swine waste management

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2022

Zonggang Li, Post Doctoral fellow, Agricultural Systems TechnologyGilbert J Miito, Post Doctoral fellow, Agricultural Systems TechnologyTeng Teeh Lim, Extension Professor, Agricultural Systems TechnologyOn-farm manure treatment can be challenging for ...

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

Tim CanterExtension Specialist, Agricultural Systems ManagementTeng Teeh LimExtension Professor, Agricultural Systems ManagementTroy ChockleyEnvironmental Engineer, USDA-NRCSMany small dairy farms have limited practical and easy-to-operate options ...

Publication date: April 1, 2020

Ray MasseyAgricultural Business and PolicyJohn LoryPlant SciencesManure has value on a field only if it offsets the need to purchase other nutrients or soil amendments. The worksheet on page 2 allows users to calculate the fertilizer value of the ...

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2018

Charles D. FulhageDepartment of Agricultural EngineeringUsing manure to supply nutrients in a crop fertility program requires that manure be applied at the proper rate in terms of pounds of nutrients per acre. In addition, the manure must be applied ...

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2018

Charles D. FulhageDepartment of Agricultural EngineeringLand application is the primary means of using livestock wastes in Missouri. Properly spreading manure on cropland is an environmentally acceptable means of managing wastes and, at the same ...

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2018

Donald L. Pfost, Charles D. Fulhage and John A. HoehneDepartment of Agricultural EngineeringComplaints about livestock odors have increased as growth in the number of large livestock operations, especially swine operations, increases the ...