Coexisting with Neighbors: A Poultry Farmer’s Guide
By Casey W. Ritz, Ph.D. Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia - The farming environment in which we live is continually changing. Several factors stand out as influences of that change in this day and age: the geographic consolidation of...

Evaluation of Litter Treatments on Salmonella Recovery in Poultry Litter
By J.B. Payne and Susan E. Watkins, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Pathogenic bacterial populations can have a negative effect on the production and health of birds if concentrations are too...

Poultry Litter as a Fertilizer and Soil Amendment
By G. L. Mullins, Professor, Crop and Soil Environmental Science and E. S. Bendfeldt, Associate Extension Agent, Agricultural and Natural Resources; R.A. Clark, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Virginia State University - Poultry litter,...

Odor and Air Emissions From Poultry Facilities
By G.T. Tabler, Applied Broiler Research Unit Manager at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - In Arkansas, production agriculture is a $4 billion annual industry, three-fourths of which comes from livestock, mainly poultry (EPA, 1998). Modern...

Broiler Production: Soil and Water Quality Farm Assessment System
By Dr. Mike Lacy, Associate Professor and Dr. Larry Vest, Associate Professor, Poultry Science Department, University of Georgia - This report provides an outline for self-assessing broiler farm operational practices in relation to soil and water qua...

Shelterbelts: Has Their Time Come ?
By G.T. Tabler, Poultry Science Department at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - The increasing urban expansion into rural areas creates numerous challenges for livestock producers to various types of farming operations. A strong livestock...

Practices to Reduce Ammonia
Prepared by Wendy Powers, Iowa State University - Practices to control ammonia emissions associated with livestock production can be applied to animal housing, manure and compost storage areas, and land where manure is applied. This document provides...

Poultry Waste: Georgia's 50 Million Dollar Forgotten Crop
By Larry Vest and Bill Merka, Extension Poultry Scientists & William I. Segars, Extension Agronomist, The University of Georgia - The value of manure as a source of plant nutrients has been recognized for centuries. Poultry manure contains all essential...

Converting manure into crude oil
By Yuanhui Zhang, Kim Ocfemia, and Malia Appleford, University of Illinois - Industrial-scale farming has a serious waste problem, but new technology can convert it into oil

Plant Sanitation a Problem? Check for Overstressed Turkeys
By The Food Safety Consortium - This article is taken from May's issue of the FSC's Newsletter and looks at the effect sanitary conditions have on the stress levels of turkeys.

Manure into Energy and Ash - New Gasification Technology
By Theo van Kempen, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - Animal Science swine waste researchers at North Carolina State University has been evaluating gasification technology. The primary purpose was conversion of animal manure...

Poultry litter banned as cattle feed
By Casey Ritz, Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Published by Poultry Science - In a January 26, 2004, press release, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced several new public health measures to be implemented...

Nutrient Analysis of Poultry Litter and Possible Disposal Alternatives
By G.T. Tabler and I.L. Berry for the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Recent work has shown that a 40 x 400’ broiler house will produce about 105 tons of litter per year (Tabler, 2000). Since there are an estimated 13,000 broiler houses in...

Converting Poultry Litter into Energy in the US
By The Foundation for Organic Resources Management, Inc. - This paper reviews the current status of litter-to-energy activities in the United States from both on-farm and off-farm (centralized) perspectives, and identifies key issues and factors affecting...

Best Management Practices for Storing and Applying Poultry Litter
By Dan L. Cunningham, Casey W. Ritz and William C. Merka1, Extension Poultry Scientists at the University of Georgia - This report looks at the Primary Nutrients of Concern and the best methods for storing and applying poultry litter.