MANURE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP/FIELD DAY

See Alternative Manure Management Technologies in Action

Illinois State University will host a Livestock Manure Management Field Day on Tuesday, September 22 at the ISU Farm – Lexington, Illinois.  Funding for this workshop/field day is provided by Illinois State University, Department of Agriculture; Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR); University of Illinois Extension; and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.  Registration for the days activities will begin at 8:30 a.m.  The ISU Farm is located near Lexington, north of Bloomington just off Interstate 55 and can be reached by taking exit 178 and following the signs.  For more information telephone the ISU Department of Agriculture (309) 438-5654 or (309) 438-3881.

The morning workshop will consist of mini-seminars (20 – 30 minutes in length) providing information regarding optimizing the fertilizer value of manure, new manure resources on the internet, an update of NRCS/EQIP regulations and discussions of innovative economical technologies for control of liquid manure odor, manure processing, and low and no odor methods for land applying processed liquid manure.  Participants will have an opportunity to inspect two manure solid-liquid separation systems, the Enercon Engineering Smart Earth system for controlling pit odor, the AGREM, LLC system for underground irrigation of processed liquid manure and the ISU Compost Facility for composting livestock manure and separated biosolids.

Livestock and Urban Waste Research Team investigators have been conducting research regarding the benefits and detriments of composting the combination of livestock manure and landscape waste.  These researchers have developed a demonstration model of a commercial scale IEPA approved compost operation.  Livestock manure produced from beef, sheep and swine herds, both solid and liquid, is mixed with landscape waste and composted.  The landscape waste used in this research/demonstration project includes all of the leaves, all of the grass clippings and yard waste and a large portion of the wood chips collected or produced by the town of Normal.  The compost is then utilized as fertilizer for corn and soybean production.  Those attending the field day will be able to view composting equipment, including turners and screeners.

The ISU Farm includes a 220 sow farrow to finish operation for which all of the liquid manure is separated into its solid and liquid components.  Each year over two million gallons of liquid manure is separated and the liquid portion is irrigated as a nitrogen fertilizer.  Field day attendees will be able to tour 40 acre fields of soybeans fertilized with separated effluent, composted biosolids, unprocessed swine slurry and inorganic fertilizer.

Advanced registration is not required.  There is no charge to attend the field day and lunch will be provided.  If you want to learn more about economical alternatives to traditional manure handling you should attend this field day.

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MANURE MANAGEMENT
WORKSHOP/FIELD DAY
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY FARM
 – LEXINGTON –
Tuesday, September 22
9:00 a.m.

Featuring the latest in liquid manure processing, odor control of stored slurry, composting, low and odorless land application of processed manure.

SCHEDULE OF MINI SEMINARS AND FIELD DAY ACTIVITIES

8:30 a.m.
Registration (Donuts, coffee, softdrinks)

9:00 a.m.
ISU, CFAR Welcome

9:10 a.m.
Optimizing the Fertilizer Value of Manure
(featured speaker – John Lory, University of Missouri)

9:40 a.m.
Manure Resources on the Web
(Randy Fonner, University of IL. Ext.)

10:00 a.m.
What is new in Regulations
(Kent Bohnoff – NRCS)

10:20 a.m.
Solid-Liquid Separation of Liquid Manure
(Paul Walker, Illinois State University)

10:40 a.m.
Break

10:55 a.m.
Composting as a Manure Management Alternative
(Allan Dale – Midwest Bio Systems)

11:15 a.m.
Underground Irrigation / Odorless Application of Processed Manure
(Robert Meiners, AGREM, LLC)

11:35 a.m.
Using Smart Earth Technology to Control Pit Odor
(William Frederick, Enercon Engineering)

11:55 a.m.
Biocovers for Control of Manure Odor
(Ted Funk, University of IL. Ext.)

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch (provided)

1:15 – 3:00 p.m.
On-Site Demonstration of Alternative Manure Management Technology
(solid-liquid separation, Smart Earth manure treatment, center pivot irrigation, composting, underground land application of processed slurry)

1:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Plot Tours

Directions:  Interstate 55 to Exit 178 at Lexington, follow signs to ISU Farm.  For information telephone (309) 438-5654 or (309) 438-3881