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Handling manure a chore unto itself.(Special Report)
Waste News
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September 29, 2003
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Byline: Jim Johnson
Animal farmers face the never-ending task of manure disposal.
An estimated 500 million tons of the stuff is made each year by the millions of birds, cattle, swine and other animals that help feed a nation.
A typical dairy cow produces 15 tons of manure a year, or about 80 pounds a day. Even an animal as small as a turkey produces about 260 pounds of waste every year.
That's a lot of stuff.
"For livestock producers, it's front and center,'' said Randall E. James, an associate professor at Ohio State University ...
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