Looking for Spreader Options? Take Your PIK (RITE)
Manure Handling Equipment for Versatile Applications Pik Rite has a proud 40-year tradition of pursuing agricultural innovation. Had the company’s origin story been related to manure handling, it might have been named “Spread Rite.” But it started with tomatoes, not manure. In the mid-1980s, farmer Elvin Stoltzfus and welder Joe Yoder set out to create […]
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Safety First: Considerations for Early Fall Manure Removal
Safety First: Considerations for Early Fall Manure Removal AMES, Iowa – As fall approaches, many farmers are evaluating the timing of their manure application. Ideally, ammonium-rich manures are applied when temperatures are cooler (50 degrees Fahrenheit and cooling) to increase the probability that applied nitrogen will still be in the upper soil profile next year […]
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Expert Insights on Manure Management
Expert Insights on Manure Management Each day, livestock produce thousands of pounds of manure. In fact, the estimate for a single dairy cow produces approximately 120 pounds or 14 gallons of wet manure per day. Properly managing that manure production and recognizing that manure is far more of an asset than a liability, is important […]
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