Stockpiled manure is typically spread in the spring and summer, but experts are urging dairy producers to find ways to get manure out in the summer. Deborah Jeanne Sergeant shares recommendations from experts to help reduce greenhouse gases from manure, curtail methane production and adjust diets to lower emissions.
Manure and the gases that come from it represent 52 percent of emissions from dairy farms.”
Source: American Agriculturist, August 7, 2024. Link.
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- Put your manure storage on a diet following wet season, Progressive Dairy, August 14, 2024. Link. The Midwest’s exceptionally wet spring and summer are pushing the limits on manure storage capacity for many producers.
- Celebrating the history of the manure spreader, Successful Farming, August 14, 2024. Link. Manure spreaders played a significant role in advancing animal agriculture’s efficiencies and mechanization.