Bedding recovery from manure is becoming a popular alternative to more traditional bedding options. This presentation looks at the many benefits of utilizing a recycled manure solids (RMS) or dried manure solids (DMS) bedding.

1. Bedding Recovery
from Manure
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2. Livestock bedding fosters comfortable,
healthy animals. Unfortunately, traditional
bedding options have become increasingly
difficult to find, as well as more costly, forcing
many farms to look for an alternative.

3. Simultaneously, large-scale farming operations
are faced with the challenge of managing
increasing amounts of manure.

4. Simultaneously, large-scale farming operations
are faced with the challenge of managing
increasing amounts of manure.
This has led many to discover that their manure
problem might just be the solution they need
to their bedding challenges.

5. Manure as a
Solution

6. Manure can be processed into a bedding
product known as Recycled Manure Solids
(RMS).

7. Manure can be processed into a bedding
product known as Recycled Manure Solids
(RMS).
Recycled manure solids can be further
processed into Dried Manure Solids (DMS) –
a product with reduced moisture and
pathogen content, ideal for use as a
bedding product.

8. While dried manure solids can be
produced through other methods, a
controlled drying approach such as a
rotary dryer can be designed to heat treat
the material in a more controlled setting,
without drying it to the point that it
becomes dusty.

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STORAGE LAGOON/
IRRIGATION
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DRIED MANURE SOLIDS
(DMS) BEDDING
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A common approach to producing Dried
Manure Solids (DMS) bedding from manure:

10. Benefits to Bedding
Recovery from
Manure

11. The recovery of bedding from manure offers
numerous benefits, both economically, and
environmentally…

12. Reduced Costs
The hauling and land applying of manure
is extremely costly. Transportation is also
limited because of the high moisture
content of manure.

13. Reduced Costs
The hauling and land applying of manure
is extremely costly. Transportation is also
limited because of the high moisture
content of manure.
Using manure on-farm would reduce
these costs, as well as the costs associated
with purchasing additional bedding.

14. One study found that dairy farms using
dried manure solids for bedding were
saving between 1 and 26 cents per
hundred weight of milk (cwt) sold per year.1
1. Harrison, Ellen, Jean Bonhotal, and Mary Schwarz. Using Manure Solids as Bedding.
Rep. Cornell Waste Management Institute. N.p., 2008. Web. June 2016.

15. One study found that dairy farms using
dried manure solids for bedding were
saving between 1 and 26 cents per
hundred weight of milk (cwt) sold per year.1
Recovering bedding from manure would
allow farms to be more self-sufficient in
supplying their own bedding and handling
their wastes more efficiently.
1. Harrison, Ellen, Jean Bonhotal, and Mary Schwarz. Using Manure Solids as Bedding.
Rep. Cornell Waste Management Institute. N.p., 2008. Web. June 2016.

16. Additional Source of Revenue
In addition to reduced costs, farms that
produce more bedding than what they
can use may benefit from selling their
excess supply.

17. Waste Recycling
Recovering bedding from manure also
allows a “waste” to be reused in a
beneficial way, avoiding the potential
environmental impacts that it could have
otherwise caused.

18. Waste Recycling
Recovering bedding from manure also
allows a “waste” to be reused in a
beneficial way, avoiding the potential
environmental impacts that it could have
otherwise caused.
This creates a closed-loop, sustainable
solution to livestock bedding and manure
management.

19. Conclusion
Bedding recovery from manure offers a
number of benefits, including the opportunity
to alleviate the pressure on farms to handle
increasing amounts of manure, while
simultaneously solving their bedding issue.

20. Additionally, processing recycled manure
solids into dried manure solids provides a
product with reduced moisture and
pathogen content.

21. has been a leader in transforming wastes into
value-added products since 1951. In addition to
feasibility testing, process design, and more, we
offer custom rotary dryers for the creation of
Dried Manure Solids (DMS) bedding.

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