manure
Spread the Wealth
You can call it manure, guano or dung, but most farmers call the excreta from livestock ‘money in the bank’ for its significant value as a fertilizer. As long as humans have practiced agriculture, livestock manure has been used to improve crop production. In fact, Webster’s defines manure as “material that fertilizes the land” first, followed by a secondary definition referring to livestock excreta. Well-managed land application of the high value fertilizer nutrients in manure can increase crop yields.
Waste Not – Want Not: Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Opportunities Create New Revenue Streams and Increase Sustainable Practices
Is it economically viable to create energy from waste at your location? For dairy farmers and others, the answer is increasingly ‘yes’. In recent years, major players in the dairy industry have announced sustainability initiatives promoting anaerobic digestion (AD) of manure to create biogas for renewable energy on the farm. Led by the Innovation Center for US Dairy, the 2008 US Dairy Sustainability Initiative presents a roadmap to increase business value for the dairy industry supply chain while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gases.
Bedding Recovery Unit from Bauer Group Turns Cattle Manure into High-Quality Bedding Material
Now, manure is more than an important source of plant nutrients—it can also be recycled into comfortable bedding for livestock with the patented Bedding Recovery Unit (BRU) from FAN Separator and the BAUER Group.
