Manure Solids As Bedding - Manure Management
Manure Solids As Bedding - Manure Management
Manure Solids As Bedding - Manure Management
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
<strong>Manure</strong> <strong>Solids</strong> <strong>As</strong> <strong>Bedding</strong><br />
Cornell Waste <strong>Management</strong> Institute<br />
Ellen Z. Harrison,<br />
Jean Bonhotal, Mary Schwarz<br />
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu
Cornell Cooperators:<br />
• Quality Milk Promotion Service<br />
Ynte Schukken, Francis Welcome<br />
• Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine<br />
• Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences<br />
Quirine Ketterings, Caroline Rasmussen<br />
• Dept. of Biological and Environmental<br />
Engineering<br />
David Belcher
Funding Sources<br />
• NYS Energy Research<br />
Development Authority<br />
• NYS Farm Viability Institute<br />
QuickTime and a<br />
TIFF (LZW) decompressor<br />
are needed to see this picture.
Six Farm <strong>Bedding</strong> Profiles<br />
• Separate Bed<br />
• Separate Compost Bed<br />
• Digest Separate Age Bed<br />
• Digest Separate Compost<br />
Bed<br />
• Digest Separate Compost<br />
Bed<br />
• Separate Compost Bed<br />
Bed
Side-By-Side Trial<br />
• Sand <strong>Bedding</strong><br />
• <strong>Bedding</strong> with DMS from<br />
Separator<br />
• Separated DMS Partially<br />
Composted
<strong>As</strong>sessments<br />
• Sampling & Analysis<br />
• Herd Health Records<br />
• Economics<br />
•Energy<br />
• Nutrient Balance
<strong>Bedding</strong> Sampling &<br />
Analysis<br />
Sample- March, May, July,<br />
August, September, October,<br />
December & February<br />
Monthly on Side-By-Side Farm
Sampling
Labs & Samples<br />
• QMPS & Johnes -<strong>Bedding</strong><br />
Ready to go into Stalls<br />
• Brookside and QMPS-<br />
Samples before <strong>Bedding</strong><br />
Change
Organisms of Interest-QMPS<br />
Env. Streptococcus Gram-negetive Bacillis<br />
Env. Staphlococcus Gram-positive Bacillis<br />
Staphlococcus aureus Corynebacterium sp.<br />
E. Coli A. pyogenes<br />
Klepsiella<br />
Prototheca sp.<br />
Enterobacter sp. Molds<br />
Pseudomonas sp. Yeasts<br />
Serratia<br />
Other<br />
Proteus
Herd Health<br />
• Mastitis Records<br />
• Teat-end Damage<br />
• Somatic Cell Count<br />
• Hoof Problems<br />
• Milk Samples
Milk Samples<br />
• Mastitis Testing<br />
Up To 20% of the group<br />
can be tested
Teat End <strong>As</strong>sessment<br />
• Farm With Side By Side<br />
Teat end scoring of 20%<br />
of group
Economics<br />
• Cost savings of not<br />
importing bedding<br />
• Less field spreading<br />
• Will it Affect Milk Price?<br />
• Will Herd Health Suffer?
Energy Savings<br />
• Less <strong>Manure</strong> Hauling<br />
• Less Importation of <strong>Bedding</strong><br />
• Option for Use
Nutrient Balance<br />
• Account For Imports<br />
•Export<br />
•Recycling
Questions?
Cornell Waste<br />
<strong>Management</strong> Institute<br />
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu
Change language