Dairy Farms Manage Manure With New Microbe Treatment
US - Between tightening regulations and community acceptance, manure management on dairies is becoming increasingly more challenging.
23 July 2007
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“Manure is slow to digest, smelly. We can change that by adding different microbes and growth factors,”
Bill Campion
That is a fact that inspires Bill Campion, who says his company - Pro-Act Biotech Systems - has the answers dairymen are looking for.
“Manure is slow to digest, smelly. We can change that by adding different microbes and growth factors,” he said.
Founder and president of the Warren, R.-I.-based company, Campion was in the Magic Valley recently to demonstrate how his product - Pro-Act Microbial - is working on Bettencourt #3 dairy outside Jerome.
“A year ago, they were plagued with slippery floors and odor problems,” he said, adding that the dairy began using the Pro-Act product one year ago. “Now the odor is way down, the flush system works better, the feed lanes are no longer slick, and there are more solids being collected from the separators.”
Arturo Avilia, herdsman for the dairy, lives with his family on site, and he agrees.
“There's smell now but not like it was,” he said, adding that's a big benefit considering the dairy's neighbors.
Source: The Prairie Star
