1. What are the most common ways that manure nutrients get into water supplies? Published: February 04, 2008
2. How much impact can precision feeding have on whole farm nutrient management? Published: February 04, 2008
3. What is the best way to determine the value of the manure that I want to sell to a crop farmer in the neighborhood? Published: February 04, 2008
4. Does aeration tend to increase ammonia volatilization? Published: February 04, 2008
5. Can sand-laden manure on a dairy be composted? Published: February 04, 2008
6. What is biogas? Published: February 04, 2008
7. Do confined cattle have increased risk of shedding E. coli 0157:H7 due to the high grain content of their diet? Are the E. coli 0157:H7 shed by grain-fed animals more likely to cause human illness? Published: February 04, 2008
8. I've read that feeding corn to cattle produces an acidic environment in their digestive systems, leading to the growth of E. coli O157:H7 and that these cattle are the only known source of this bacteria. Is this true, and, if so, should we be re-evaluating a more natural, grass diet for cattle? Published: February 04, 2008
9. Is the waste water from a parlor on a small dairy a pollution problem? Published: February 04, 2008
10. How big does my manure storage structure have to be? Published: February 04, 2008
11. Is a fecal indicator test currently being applied in the food supply industry in the United States? If yes, how effective is it in protecting consumers from manure-borne contamination and infection? Published: February 04, 2008
12. What do you suggest as a lower cost alternative for swine producers in northern states where we don't use lagoons and most manure is handled as a liquid? Most of our swine operations use deep pits beneath barns. Published: February 04, 2008
13. What costs are associated with obtaining and land applying poultry litter? Published: February 04, 2008
14. How does a poultry facility appropriately handle flock mortalities from avian flu? How does composting of mortalities affect pathogens? Is the resulting product a human health concern? Published: February 04, 2008
15. What is a best management practice or BMP for manure management? Published: February 04, 2008
16. What is an agricultural environmental management system (Ag EMS)? Published: February 04, 2008
17. Why store manure? Published: February 04, 2008
18. Do I need to have an easement or contract to sell or apply manure on another farmer's field? Published: February 04, 2008
19. Are all manures created equal? Do they provide the same nutrients? Published: February 04, 2008
20. What is the difference between the "higher heating value" (HHV) and "lower heating value" (LHV) of a biomass fuel, and why is the difference important? Published: February 04, 2008
21. How does the timing of manure application impact nutrient use by plants? Published: February 04, 2008
22. How do I find an anaerobic digester designer? Published: February 04, 2008
23. Why use irrigation instead of honey wagons or liquid tankers (with or without injection) to land-apply wastewater or liquid wastes from an animal waste storage pond or treatment lagoon? Published: February 04, 2008
24. What is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR)? Published: February 04, 2008
25. How much aeration is required to substantially reduce odor in a storage pond or lagoon? Published: February 04, 2008
26. What does poultry litter consist of? Published: February 04, 2008
27. Can the rations that are fed to cattle reduce the odor from feedlot manure? Published: February 04, 2008
28. How will feeding wet distillers grains with solubles change phosphorus inputs into my feedlot operation? Published: February 04, 2008
29. Why is determining the dry matter (DM) of the feeds in the diet important for nutrient management? Published: February 04, 2008
30. From a nutrient management standpoint, what are the best feeds for lactating dairy cows? Published: February 04, 2008

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