From CAVM@aol.com Mon Dec 6 19:37:57 1999 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:01:31 EST From: CAVM@aol.com To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: wet dairy manure In a message dated 12/6/1999 5:48:47 PM Central Standard Time, owner-sanet-mg-digest@ces.ncsu.edu writes: > > My questions to Sanet. Can a liquid manure slurry be made to compost? > Can slurry be transformed into a stable (or more stable) product so > that there is not the enormous ammonia escape associated with > spreading it? What about injecting it? (I've heard anecdotal evidence > that this is hard on soil fauna) > Liquid manure can be handled in various ways. It can be injected into the soil or surface applied by spraying. It can have the solids separated out and the water portion used as above or recirculated through the barn as wash. Given the right circumstances it could be cleaned enough to make it potable, if you chose. The solid portion, after separation, can be composted, dried for bedding, or land applied as is. If we can help in your endeavors, please do not hesitate to call us. We have other thoughts on the uses of the wet manure including hydroponics and evaporation ponds of duckweed, for example. It can even be used to generate heat and energy. Regards, Cornelius A. Van Milligen Kentucky Enrichment Inc. CAVM@AOL.com To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail