6. Composting Manure For Value-Added Products
By The Editors Of BioCycle
This new report provides significant data on how composted manure fulfills soil needs for microbial vitality as well as nutrient management. Composting Manure for Value-Added Products describes the new driving forces to turn manure from a disposal headache into a productive resource. Options for composting run the full gamut of windrow techniques, and extend into agitated bays, in-barn systems, hoop structures, high-rise buildings and in-vessel methods. Materials handling techniques are equally versatile — with many options to dewater, utilize carbon sources, aerate, screen and apply. The report also shows that anaerobic digestion makes “dollar sense” at more and more manure generating facilities.

A special section features case studies which analyze costs and revenues, as well as the synergies between composting and other farm activities. Other sections of the report cover: Specialty markets — nurseries, landscapers, erosion control as well as compost use for increasing farm yields and suppressing disease; Materials blending methods; Picking the right system that serves a farm’s special needs.
85 Pages, Price: $45