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LPES Curriculum
The LPES Curriculum CD available from MWPS contains all lessons at print quality resolution, is searchable, and includes an index and PowerPoint presentations for each lesson. A full, printed version is available as is a 2-CD set of the lessons in PageMaker format. For more information or to purchase LPES materials, contact MWPS by phone at 1-800-562-3618, by fax at 1-515-294-9589, or by e-mail at mwps@iastate.edu
View Lesson 21 (PDF file). Individual sections can be accessed below.
Intended Outcomes
The participants will
- Understand the factors involved in sizing manure storage facilities.
- Understand the meaning and function of the various volume fractions in manure storage facilities.
- Identify important levels in manure storage facilities.
- Understand the nutrient loss and retention characteristics of different types of manure storage.
Contents
- Introduction
- Considerations in Sizing Manure Storage Facilities
- Pumpdown Volume for Slurry and Liquid
- Nutrient Concentrations in Manure Storage Facilities
- Nutrients Available After Losses in Manure Storage Facilities
- Examples: Sizing a Manure Storage Facility
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- APPENDIX C
- APPENDIX D
Activities
The participants will
- Estimate the size of a manure storage facility.
- Calculate the volume fractions of a manure storage facility.
- Based on the loss and retention characteristics of the selelcted storage, estimate the nutrients available for land application.
- Assess own storage for proper size, volume, and storage period.
Authors: Charles Fulhage and John Hoehne
