Manure Treatment
Manure treatment is used to reduce mass, control pathogens, concentrate or reduce nutrients, or produce byproducts such as bedding or energy.
Options of manure treatment are:
- Composting
- Solid-Liquid separation
- Anaerobic digestion
- Nutrient partitioning
Manure Treatment Planning and Implementation
- Manure Basics - Timothy Terry and Peter Wright (2020)
- Advanced Manure Treatment - Timothy Terry and Peter Wright (2020)
- Feasibility of Reducing a Dairy Farm's Manure Enterprise Costs Using a Wet Gasification Technology - Peter Wright and Curt Gooch (2018)
- Manure Treatment. Is it in your future? - Curt Gooch and Peter Wright (2016)
- Financial Planning for Manure Treatment Systems - David Belcher (2005)
- Feasibility Studies of Dairy Waste Treatment Systems - Curt Gooch and Amanda Van Blarcom (2005)
- Evaluating the Need for a Manure Treatment System - Brian Aldrich and Curt Gooch (2005)
- Choosing a Manure Treatment System: Questions to Ask - Curt Gooch, and Brian Aldrich (2005)
Archived Resources
- An Assessment of Technologies for Management and Treatment of Dairy Manure, in California’s San Joaquin Valley
- Lagoon and Wetland Treatment of Dairy Manure
- Establishment of a Dairy Wastewater Treatment System Integrating a Lagoon Wetlands and Vegetative Filter Strips
- Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion of Dairy Waste
- Treating and Handling Manure on Dairy Farms to Protect the Environment: - Part 2: Biodrying System
- Strategies for Increasing Implementation and Fostering Innovation in Dairy Manure Management
- Comparing Odor Control Treatment Methods on New York Dairy Farms
- Lagoon treatment Of Dairy Manure
- Energy Recovery from Animal Wastes Anaerobic Digestion Pyrolysis Hydrogenation
Composting
Composting can produce an environmentally stable soil amendment using oxygen-consuming bacteria and fungi. Good management of the following four elements will produce compost with significant pathogen kill and a benign product that may be sold.
- Carbon: Nitrogen ratio
- Moisture content
- Aeration
- Time
Manure Composting
- A How-To on Livestock Composting - Jean Bonhotal, Ed Staehr, and Mary Schwarz (2008)
- Poultry Waste Composting at Brey Egg Farm - Jean Bonhotal (2006)
- Compost EquipmentJean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2006)
- Marketing Composts and Meeting Consumer Needs - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2006)
- Compost Equipment - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2006)
- Compost Pads - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2005)
- A Compost Turner Suited to You - Jean Bonhotal (2005)
- Marketing Composts and Meeting Consumer Needs - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2004)
- Regulation and Certification of Composts - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2004)
- Improving and Maintaining Compost Quality - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2004)
- Testing Composts - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2004)
- Compost Bulking Materials - Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Z. Harrison (2004)
- Composting at Kreher's Poultry Farm - Pete Wright and Kristen Graf (2004)
- Co-Composter - A Planning Tool to Determine the Space it Takes to Compost - Cornell BEE and Waste Management Institute (2004)
- Resource List for Composting Equipment:
- Size Reduction Shredders, Chippers & Tub Grinders
- Monitoring & Process Control
- Mixing
- Screeners
- In-Vessel Systems
- Agricultural Compost Marketing Project - 2003
- Ace Farm Poultry Composting Case Study - Dairy Environmental Systems Group (2003)
- Moisture, Density, and Porosity Changes as Dairy Manure is Biodried - Peter Wright and Scott Inglis (2002)
- Computerized Control System for Static Pile Composting of Dairy Manure - Scott Inglis, Peter Wright, and Curt Gooch (2002)
- On-Farm Composting Handbook. NRAES-54 - NRAES (1992)
Mortalities Composting
- Composting Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste - Cornell Waste Management Institute (2019)
- Composting Animal Mortalities - Jean Bonhotal, Mary Schwarz, and Robert Rynk (2014)
Vermicomposting
- Resource List for Composting Equipment: Vermicomposting
- Value-Added Processing of Dairy Manure Using Vermicomposting
Related Links
- UM Extension - Compost-bedded pack barns for dairy cows
- Cornell Waste Management Institute
- NRCS - Composting Dairy Manure
- Aerobic Composting Affects Manure's Nutrient Content
Solid-Liquid Separation of Manure
The system of solid-liquid separation processes slurry manure to be divided into a material that can be handled as a solid and effluent material that can be handled as a liquid. The system removes the larger particulates from the liquid. There are three types of solid-liquid separation systems: Sedimentation, Bar Screen, and Mechanical Separation. The most common form of solid-liquid separation for dairy manure in the northeast is the mechanical screw press separator. Farms may utilize this manure treatment system for ease of pumping, nutrient partition, volume reduction, or to reclaim the solid components as cattle stall bedding.
Sand-Manure Separation
- Economic Analysis of Mechanical Sand-Manure Separation of Flushed Sand-Laden Dairy Manure - Curt A. Gooch, A.W. Wedel, and Jason Karszes (2003)
- Sand-Manure Separation for Anaerobic Digestion Pretreatment
- Economic Analysis of Mechanical Sand-Manure Separation of Scraped Sand-Laden Dairy Manure
- Effective Means of Handling Sand-Laden Dairy Manure
- Handling Sand-Laden Dairy Manure from Barn to Storage
- Sand Laden Manure Storage and Transfer
Solid-Liquid Separation
- Screw Press Solid-Liquid Separation - Jennifer Bockhahn, Peter Wright, and Curt Gooch (2020)
- Use of Post-Digested Separated Manure Solids as Freestall Bedding: A Case Study - Curt Gooch, Joseph Hogan, Nancy Glazier, and Robert Noble (2009)
- Using Manure Solids as Bedding - Ed Harrison, Jean Bonhotal, and Mary Schwarz (2008)
- Mechanical Solid-Liquid Manure Separation: Performance Evaluation on Four New York State Dairy Farms - Curt A. Gooch, Scott F. Inglis, and Karl J. Czymmek (2005)
- Resource Recovery Animal Waste Treatment - Wiliam J. Jewell and Peter E. Wright (July 1999)