Covers for Long-Term Dairy Manure Storages Part 1: Odor Control and More
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Author
Shepherd, Tim
Gooch, Curt
Czymmek, Karl
Description
Liquid manure, when stored long-term, has no oxygen (anaerobic conditions) resulting in the development and release of a number of manureborne gases including various odorous compounds and methane (a greenhouse gas). With favorable economics, many farms with long-term manure storages could reduce odor and other air emissions by installing a storage cover. Cover products area available for earthen, concrete and steel storages. When properly designed and managed, covered storages can greatly reduce farmstead odor emissions. However, when manure is recycled to cropland, odor emissions will occur, though injection or immediate incorporation can reduce field odor emissions.
Date Issued
2009-04-22
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fact sheet