Oct 1, 2015 · The aim of this study was to assess the potential of the newly designed strategies for integrated pig and dairy cattle manure management, as designed by De Vries et al. (2015), to reduce
Apr 19, 2020 · Among the numerous manure processing technologies, composting can be an adequate proposal to optimize management of solid livestock manure or fiber fractions of slurries (solid manure of cattle and pig; cattle, pig, and poultry deep litter).
Dec 12, 2023 · Composting requires a certain balance of carbon-rich materials (“browns”), such as dry leaves and untreated wood chips, to nitrogen-rich materials (“greens”), such as food scraps. The ideal ratio is roughly three parts browns to one part greens by volume. (This translates to roughly 30:1 in terms of elemental carbon to nitrogen or C:N.)
Nov 1, 2013 · Composting is considered to be a primary treatment method for livestock manure and rice straw, and high degree of maturity is a prerequisite for safe land application of the composting products.
Aug 1, 2020 · Results from this study will provide valuable insights to the synergistic management of livestock manure and tobacco wastes in practice. 2. Materials and 2.1. Composting materials. Chicken manure obtained from a local, industrial-scale chicken farm (Beijing, China) was used in this study as typical livestock manure.
Feb 1, 2024 · The GI of IM group was 81.58 %, which was higher than that of CK group (74.13 %) (data not shown), revealing that inoculation accelerated the compost maturation. Therefore, in industrial-scale cow-manure composting, inoculation with B. subtilis and A. niger effectively accelerated the temperature rise, extended the period above 50 °C
Jan 1, 2021 · Besides the direct use of livestock manure for the production of bedding materials, vermicomposting is also used as a suitable bioprocess to stabilize manure combined with crops straws and husks [157], or combined with traditional composting forming an integrated composting-vermicomposting process treating livestock manure and other
May 3, 2022 · In the present investigation the effects of biochar and hyper-thermal inoculum on the heavy-metal-resistant bacteria (HMRB) during livestock manure composting were studied. An experiment was performed on composting livestock manure and wheat straw amended with biochar and hyper-thermal inoculum. Physicochemical properties, enzyme activity, heavy metals (HMs), and bacterial activities were
Jun 1, 2007 · The optimized livestock herd holding and sugarcane cultivation area resulted in 88.7% increase of the return from livestock and 62.5% from crops in the small farm size, 25% from livestock and 9%
This review article presented the current status and traditional agricultural waste (livestock manure and crop straws) utilization , the art of aerobic fermentation process including ultrahigh temperature fermentation and composting. The selection of livestock manure and crop straws as agricultural waste for this review article is due to
Apr 1, 2020 · E-mail: chunyanli@neau.edu.cn; ayousyf@yahoo.com. Key words: manure composting, cold-adapted microorganisms, biochar, low-temperature. 1. This review investigates the signi cant challenges of the
Jan 1, 2022 · In this chapter, we reviewed recent studies on the composting of organic manure as sustainable technology for integrated solid waste management. Although much progress has been made in understanding organic manure composting, there are still many unknown factors and mechanisms on the complex interactions between a substrate, physicochemical
Grades and Standards. Soil Building - Manures & Composts. Organic producers must “maintain or improve the physical, chemical, and biological condition of the soil and minimize erosion.”. The application of raw manure to organic crops and the process of making of composts from animal manures are both regulated under organic production.
Dec 22, 2022 · The global increase in population will result in increased global food production which can, in turn, lead to excessive food waste. Although composting is widely adopted for the conversion of organic waste into value-added products, there are several limitations, such as its lower efficiency in composting food waste without co-composting, the loss of nutrients, and the emission of greenhouse
Composting Animal Manures: A guide to the process and management of animal manure compost. Composting and utilizing compost are advantageous tools in nutrient management plans that, when managed properly, reduce the potential to pollute and benefit crops. Mary A. Keena Extension Specialist/Livestock Environmental Management Carrington Research
