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Western
Ohio Manure Application Technology
Field Day July 31st
Livestock
producers and others interested in
learning more about manure application technology are encouraged to
attend the
Western Ohio Manure Application Technology Field Day being held on
Wednesday
July 31st (rain date August 1st) at the corner of Stelzer and Olding
Roads in
Mercer County.
This
field day is being organized by the Mercer
County Extension office, the Grand Lake St Mary/Wabash River Watershed
Alliance, and the Mercer County Soil & Water Conservation
office.
Participants will have an opportunity to see cutting-edge manure
application
equipment being demonstrated.
The
newest manure application tool being
demonstrated will be the Nutrient Boom. This tool has been developed
for the
application of dairy manure to standing corn. The toolbar is pulled
across the
field by a Cadman hose while manure is being pumped through the system.
Manure
can be applied multiple times during the growing season to increase
silage or
grain yields while making excellent use of the dairy manure nutrients.
The tool
could also be used to apply manure to wheat in the spring or to forages
during
the summer with minimal crop damage.
Several
farmers in Ohio have started
sidedressing corn with livestock manure using a manure tanker and
incorporation
toolbar. Manure tankers can be adapted for corn rows by utilizing
narrow wheels
and wheel spacers. At this field day corn will be sidedressed using a
tanker
and Dietrich toolbar.
The
field day will also discuss Cover Crops as
a 2nd Forage. Presenters
will discuss
cover crops that livestock producers can utilize that make great use of
the
nutrients in livestock manure and can be also harvested later in the
season.
While cover crops are great for soil erosion control, they can also be
a good
source of additional livestock feed.
The
field day has been approved for Certified
Crop Advisor Credits (one in nutrient management and two in soil
& water)
and three Certified Livestock Manager credits.
There
is no cost to attend the Western Ohio
Manure Application Technology Field Day and preregistration is not
necessary.
Participants are asked to sign-in upon arrival to the site. Feel free
to bring
a lawn chair.
For
more detailed information, visit the Darke
County OSU Extension web site at www.darke.osu.edu,
the OSU Extension Darke County Facebook page or contact Sam
Custer, at 937.548.5215.
For
more information contact the Mercer County
OSU Extension office at 419-586-2179 or the Mercer County SWCD office
at
419-586-3289. A flyer can be found here
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