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Brothers Craig and Luke Pothast from Centerline Ag applying swine finishing manure ahead of corn planting. Field conditions are excellent for manure application. Corn will be planted in this field to capture the manure nutrients.
Caught up with Brian Niese as he finished top-dressing his final field of wheat this spring with swine finishing manure. The wheat is about the V-6 to V-7 stage of growth. I will try to get back to this field next month to see what it looks like.
Jamie Otto applying manure as a spring nitrogen source to a wheat field this past week. Jamie has a Grassland Applicator toolbar on his tanker and incorporates the manure as he travels across the field. Guessing this is swine finishing manure at about 4,000 gallons per acre. He had semi-tankers running a loop for refilling the manure tanker using the suction arm.
Wietze and Syb Oenema applying dairy manure to wheat this week. This has been a good week for swine and dairy manure application to wheat. The rain this weekend will halt things but the weather looks favorable next week to begin again. Livestock manure can be used to replace commercial fertilizer when top-dressing wheat in the spring. This field will be harvested for wheat silage and then be planted to silage corn.
Brian Niese applying swine finishing manure as a top-dress nitrogen source to wheat earlier this week. The manure pit was almost empty so the manure it thicker and the flow is diminished. Brian is applying as the pig works through the drag hose. He has done several wheat fields and will probably do some more next week.
14/04/2025
If you missed the 2025 Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference in Ada last month, or missed a speaker due to a conflict, here are all the presentations.
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08/04/2025
Western Ohio has a lot of poultry compost available and here is an article on its nutrient content.
Nutrient Content of Poultry Litter Compost | Agronomic Crops Network The information presented here, along with any trade names used, is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement is made by Ohio State University Extension is implied. Although every attempt is made to produce information that is complete, timely, and accurat...
Sandland Dairy getting some manure applied to cereal rye last week. The frac tank and hauling trucks were from Briskey Brothers Construction. Nice to see the arm extending from the manure tanker.
20/03/2025
Ohio lost a dairy producer last week to a manure storage accident. If you are inclined, here is a go fund me link for this wife and three small children.
Donate to Help Cover Funeral Costs for Reed Hostetler, organized by Luke Truman On behalf of Reed Hostetler and with the blessing of his wife, Abby. We want t… Luke Truman needs your support for Help Cover Funeral Costs for Reed Hostetler
20/03/2025
Ohio Department of Agriculture issues temporary bird movement ban in western counties By Joel Penhorwood, Ohio Ag Net The Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued a proclamation this week imposing a temporary ban on the movement of live birds from non-commercial premises across 13 western Ohio counties. The move is the latest in an effort to contain the spread of Highly Pathogeni
Jason Upell getting some dairy manure applied ahead of the spring planting season using rolling coulters. Applying manure on growing crops or as close to the start of the growing season as possible captures more of the manure nitrogen. This field has a alfalfa/grass hay stand.
Some livestock producers were able to get wheat top-dressed this week with liquid manure. This is unusual for mid-March but a nice opportunity to maximize use of the nitrogen in swine manure..
13/03/2025
The North American Manure Expo in Wauseon, Ohio is coming in July. Visit manureexpo.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVS1X_LE39U
Here is announcement of Foot and Mouth disease in Hungary from the British pork magazine Pigworld.
https://www.pig-world.co.uk/news/breaking-foot-and-mouth-disease-confirmed-in-cattle-in-hungary.html #:~:text=Foot%2Dand%2Dmouth%20disease%20(,50%20years%20on%20Friday%20morning
05/03/2025
Iowa State University is offering these free manure meetings: Emerging Science of Anaerobic Digestion Webinar Series. You can see the series topics and register here. https://iastate.zoom.us/meeting/register/-qNka4fQQoSGktljXBr1XA?fbclid=IwY2xjawI1e7lleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbhjm0TvafEDCIxQXkpBzUptLlrkKjUT_jhFzvz08J5Jw-mUnk01ixSIOg_aem_kDDMAR2OORaMBhwSJFQmhQ #/registration
28/02/2025
Ted Wiseman provided me this info from the federal website. It shows the number of poultry impacted by the high path avian influenza in Ohio since the start of 2025. It shows how devastating this has been on the birds, the families involved, and the companies that produce eggs and meat for all of us.