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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