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Good Afternoon List Friends, This is a snip from the AnimalNet clipping
service from the University of Guelph. It tells of a series of
publications on manure management available a Perdue University web
site, in cooperation with Michigan State. Actually the
link: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/ageng.htm#13 contains a
whole
lot more Ag Extension publication links, including:Agricultural Air
QualityBuilding EnvironmentBuildings, Storages, Equipment Systems, and
Farmstead PlanningDrainage and IrrigationEnergy ConservationFarm
Machinery, Tractors, and Field OperationsFarm Safety and
HealthForagesGrain QualityLivestock - including best management
practicesSeptic SystemsSite-Specific ManagementSmall GrainsWatershed
Protection and Soil ConservationWater Quality and Supply It looks like a
source of a lot of interesting information for people involved in
livestock production, and farming in general. RegardsRoss Gould, P.Ag.
(Retired)Calgary, Alberta Manure publications available online
February 6, 2004
Field Crop Advisory Team Alert Vol. 18. No. 18
Michigan State University
Charles Gould
Nutrient Management Agent for
Allegan, Barry, Kent, Muskegon and Ottawa counties
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/CAT03_fld/FC02-06-04.htm#5
Recently 12 publications entitled Best Environmental Management
Practices: Farm Animal Production have been added to the MSU Extension
bulletin system and are available on the Internet. This project was a
joint effort between faculty and staff at Michigan State University and
Purdue University and was funded through a USDA Special Needs grant.
These publications can be accessed on the web in PDF format at:
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/ageng.htm#13 The list of
titles are
as follows:
- Inspecting Your Confined Feeding Operation (E2823)
- Emergency Planning for the Farm: Livestock Operations (E2575S)
- Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (E2819)
- Manure Nutrient Recycling (E2826)
- Odor Control Options for Confined Feeding Operations (E2828)
- Building Good Neighbor Relations (E2818)
- Manure Applicator Calibration (E2825)
- Land Application of Manure and Environmentally Sensitive Field
Characteristics (E2821)
- Feeding Strategies to Lower N and P in Manure (E2822)
- Disposal of Farm Medical Wastes (E2829)
- Land Application Records and Sampling (E2824)
- Mortality Management (E2827)
