For more: http://www.extension.org/68188 While most attention about environmental impacts is directed toward large animal feeding operations, small farms cannot ignore proper storage and handling of manure.

1. Siting, Pads & Structures
Jean Bonhotal
Cornell Waste Management Institute
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu

2. Well-drained, at least 200 ft from water courses,
sinkholes, seasonal seeps or other landscape
features that indicate the area is hydrologically
sensitive. Rules vary by state and depth to
Ground water and soil type.

3. Considerations in Siting
• Away from Ground and Surface Water
• Out of fields being grazed
• Rotating Windrows
• Convenience
• Seasonality

4. Soil Pad

5. Compost/storage on
Improved Surface

6. Cloth &Gravel Pad

7. New Pad

8. Prepared Bed of Woodchips

9. Tractor Pulled Straddle Turner

12. Forced Aeration

13. Multi Bin System

15. Storage for sales

18. 4-Sided Bins -removable sides

22. Multi-bin System

23. ¾ Sided Pole Barn with
Vented Roof

25. Block Wall Containment

26. Passive Aeration

27. Heat Transfer

28. Simple Aeration System
Sunset View Acres
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29. Adding Manure Bank
Diamond Hill Custom Heifers
4-5 million BTU/day

30. Cornell Waste Management Institute
Composting Liquids

31. Cornell Waste Management
Institute

32. Rotary Drum
Composter

33. Anaerobic Digester

34. Cornell Waste Management Institute
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu
Jean Bonhotal