Handling Manure: A Managers Perspective

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Handling Manure A Managers Perspective

• By Mr. Bob Hibbing
• Manager (Ag Specialist 4), Iowa State University
  Farms
• From Hartley, Iowa

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Home Place


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Automatic Manure Spreader
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Cowpies
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More Cowpies
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Waterway Setback
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The big picture of automatic manure hauling.
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Cobett Waterer
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Cow feeders from a distance.
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Automatic Manure Hauling - Concentrations
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Multiple placement options
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Current Manure Spreading Operations
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Custom Tub Grinder
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Hammer View
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Straight Through Power
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Lower Hopper
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Bale in Tub
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Bale Hoist
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Have Fuel Will Burn
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Gauges Panel
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Pile Forming
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Ground Hay Pile
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Ground Feed Configuration
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Rear View Feeder
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Close Up Feeder
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Minimal Waste
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Ground Hay Pile
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Wheat in Hay
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Fred Ables Schematic
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Ice Mans Fence
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Invasion Part I
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Cows Invading Corn
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Half Gone
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Smile for the camera!
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Cows Grazing
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Aerobic Lagoon
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Anaerobic, Two Stage Lagoon 1965
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Sewer Line Route to E Barn and Beyond
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Crossover Tube Between Stages
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The Geese Love It!
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Gertrude and Heathcliff
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Lagoon _at_ Flood Stage
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How to handle millions of gallons of gray water
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How to hide the fact that youre handling
millions of gallons of gray water! Or, how to
handle gray water politically correctly
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A little over a long time equals a lot.
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Umbilical _at_ .5 MPH
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Umbilical Corner
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Umbilical Corner
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Umbilical Reset
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Umbilical Set
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Umbilical Turn
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Solid Manure on Pasture
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Ah! My bed!
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Manure Paper Bedding
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Manure distribution that works
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Just give the grass a little air and light
itll grow.
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Homemade manure bunker
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The daunting task begins
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Very slightly composted manure
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A muddy mess that must be done.
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Equipment required to make it work
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. . . to capture nitrogen
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Gooey!
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Lift Station
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Swine Sewer Line
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Lets try liquid manure!
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Pit Agitation
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This is the little rig
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Dis is da big one!
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Look mom, it turns!
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Minimal track damage
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The brains of accurate field application
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Set the rate you want
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What would you like to know about this load?
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Flow rate valve
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A clean operation
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A neat operation
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What 5000 gal/ac looks like when injected
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How liquid manure gets covered
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Liquid Manure Application
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Road Ready
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Load Port
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Front View Spreader
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Application
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Good Mix
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Fall Application
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None Gets Away
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When Makin Tracks Aint Good
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Too Wet to Haul
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Mud Roads
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Never do that again!
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Mud on road - could be worse!
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Whooa!! Spilled Some Soup!!
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Pile o Stuff From Campus
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Campus Trash as Carbon Source
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Stalk Bales as Carbon Source
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Horse Bedding
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Nitrogen Source
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Composting Windrows
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Two Point Compost Turner
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Power Train
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Getting All Stirred Up
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Rotor Assembly
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Straddle View
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Wildcat _at_ Windrow Head
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Crumbles (rear view)
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Steam Backside
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Mid-windrow Steam
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Steam Rising Compost
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Two Textures
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Transfer Auger
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The Squeeze
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Critical Management Information

• Water is heavy haul as little as possible. This
  is responsible for winter foraging, umbilical
  application, irrigation, and composting.
• Fall application is far superior to spring
  application need a one-year storage.
• Spring application risks ground compaction and
  delayed planting dates.

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Pit Sludge
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Mixed Compost
Mixed Compost
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Poultry Bedding
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Liquid Poultry Manure
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Swine Liquid Manure
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Second Liquid Sample
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Holding Tank Comparisons
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Grand Summary

• Any application is good that appropriately and
  efficiently distributes nutrients evenly.