If you’re a livestock producer or crop farmer, you won’t want to miss the 2008 Great Lakes Manure Handling Expo July 9 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio. Experts from throughout the Midwest will discuss multiple facets of this year’s theme. “The Economics of Recycling.”

The one-day event will include commercial field demonstrations, educational demonstrations, educational sessions and commercial vendor displays. Participants can look forward to learning about calculating the value of manure nutrients; the benefits of proper equipment calibration; the importance of accurate record keeping; how communication among applicator, producer and regulatory agency can improve application and the bottom line; safety precautions in manure application and storage; and case studies of farmers who will share their stories about manure management. Demonstrations will focus on solid manure application rates, liquid manure application rates, preferential flow, calibration of manure application equipment, stockpiling best management practices, compaction, slurry seeding and equipment safety.

To learn more, visit ohio-environmental.org, or contact Tami Combs at (614) 292-6625 or combs.155@osu.edu; Jon Rausch at (614) 292-4504; or Mary Wicks at (330) 202-3533.

This article is from the May 2008 issue of The Scoop. To read the rest of The Scoop click here.