Livestock producers are constantly challenged to improve the way manure is handled to protect land and water resources and maximize its value to farms. More than 900 people attended the North American Manure Expo to learn and discuss modern methods of improving the use and value of livestock waste.
What’s really exciting is how quickly manure applicators and farmers are adopting technological innovations they saw at the manure expo.” – Kevin Erb
Source: AgProud, September 14, 2023. Link. The first separation technology presented in each of the four liquid-solid separation demonstrations encompassed the leading ways manure can be separated, and the byproducts of those processes from biomass to be used as a food source or bedding to an option for liquid fertilizer.
INSIGHTS: We can hope that learning more about how manure is handled on the farm may expose innovations for handling environmental concerns about pet manure <Link>.
. . . pets produce about 30 percent of the amount of feces that humans do.” – Gregory Okin
Also see: Dairy’s role in supplying renewable natural gas, Dairy Herd Management, March 6, 2023. Link. Dairy farmers are collaborating with Clean Energy Fuels which captures methane from manure and converts it to renewable natural gas.