MSU Extension Dairy

Manure Management

• New resource available for winter manure application decisions – Erica Rogers and Shelby Burlew, Feb. 2018
• The dangers of manure gas and strategies for mitigation– Erica Rogers, Sept. 2018
• Now is the time to plan for spreading manure in the winter – Christina Curell, Dec. 2017
• Michigan releases new nutrient management tool – Shelby Burlew, July 2017
• When is the best time to spread manure to optimize crop production and minimize nutrient losses? – Shelby Burlew, April 2017
• Minimize negative impacts of winter manure spreading – Christina Curell, Feb. 2017
• Emergency response to manure spills – Are you prepared? Part 1 - ShelbyBurlew,  April 2014
• Emergency response to manure spills – Are you prepared? Part 2 - Shelby Burlew, June 2014
• Emergency response to manure spills – Are you prepared with a manure spill kit? - Shelby Burlew, July 2014
• Weather impacts make manure storage monitoring very important - Shelby Burlew, Feb. 2014
• Manure structures should be monitored in extreme wet weather conditions - Jerry May, April 2013
• Storing manure on small farms – deciding on a storage option - Shelby Burlew, Aug. 2014
• What is your winter manure strategy - Shelby Burlew, Jan. 2014
• Reducing the risks associated with winter manure application - Jerry May, Jan. 2014
• Resources available for winter spreading - Shelby Burlew, Feb. 2014
• Farmers should delay spring manure applications until field conditions improve - Jerry May, April 2014
• Technology makes sidedressing crops with manure easier - Jerry May, April 2014
• Productivity and economics of nurse tanks for manure transport - Tim Harrigan, July 2011
• Efficient liquid manure transport and land application - Tim Harrigan, April 2011
• Economics of liquid manure transport and land application - Tim Harrigan, Oct. 2011
• Time is money when hauling manure - Tim Harrigan, April 2011
• Grassland renovation with slurry-enriched seeding of red clover - Tim Harrigan, April 2012
• Managing the farming system to feed our crops and protect our water - Tim Harrigan, April 2015
• Keeping nutrients in the field and out of the water - Marilyn Thelen, Oct. 2015
• Keeping nutrients in the field and out of tile lines - Marilyn Thelen, July 2014
• Reducing nutrient loss - Christina Curell, Sept. 2015
• Do nitrification inhibitors help retain manure N in the rootzone? - Gerald May, March 2014
• Sand is great for cows, but other challenges exist - William Bickert and Dana Kirk, Oct. 2011
• Things your dad never told you about manure - Natalie Rector, July 2009
• Manure Management - Sediment and Contaminent Runoff (WO1036) - Tim Harrigan
• Manure Management - Spreading on Frozen and Snow Covered Ground (WO1038) - Tim Harrigan
• Manure Management - Tile Drained Land (WO1037) - Tim Harrigan
• Manure and soil organic matter - Christina Curell, May 2016

Air Quality

• What factors influence the odors in manure? – Erica Rogers, April 2018
• Update on air emissions reporting for CAFOs under EPCRA - Faith Cullens, May 2011
• Evaluating livestock air emissions using the National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool - Gerald May, March 2012
• National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool helps farmers learn about air emissions from their farms - Jerry May, June 2014

Feed Management

• Managing corn silage harvest and feed bunk for nutrient retention - Faith Cullens and Craig Thomas, Sept. 2011
• Managing nutrient losses in the dairy cattle diet - Faith Cullens, June 2011
• Water use on dairy farms - Faith Cullens, Oct. 2011
• Environmental Stewardship: Controlling Silage Leachage (E3099) - Natalie Rector and David Stroud

Milking Center Wastewater

• Milking Center Wastewater Management - Bark Filter Mound - Stephen Davis, et al April 2009
• Comprehensive Manure & Milking Parlor Wastewater Management - Steven Safferman, Hope Croskey, and Dawn Reinhold, Jan. 2010
• Treatment of Milk House Wash Water - Steven Safferman, Lloyd Rozema, Jan. 2012

Other Web-based Resources

• eXtension - Animal Manure Management Resources
• North American Manure Expo Information & Resources

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Resources

• MDARD Michigan Right-to-Farm and GAAMPs Information - Includes all of the Generally Accepted Agriculture and Management Practices (GAAMPs)
• Livestock Production Facility Siting Request Application and Information Checklist  - updated Nov. 2015

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)

• What does it take to be a CAFO? - Gerald May, Oct. 2013
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) CAFO Resources