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Lesson 20: Planning and Evaluation of Manure Storage -Charles Fulhage and John Hoehne

Intended Outcomes
The participants will

• Understand the capabilities of and reasons for selecting a particular storage type.
• Understand risk items and identify important considerations in planning and maintaining manure storage.
• Be able to identify the important factors in siting manure storage.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Why do we store manure?
3. Commonly used manure storage facilities
4. Assessment of my manure storage facilities
5. Considerations in planning and managing manure storage facilities
6. Appendix A. Environmental Stewardship Assessment: Siting Considerations
7. Appendix B. Environmental Stewardship Assessment: Sizing Considerations
8. Appendix C. Environmental Stewardship Assessment: Design and Construction
9. Appendix D. Environmental Stewardship Assessment: Operation and Maintenance
10. Appendix E. Regulatory Compliance Assessment: Permit Requirements

Activities
The participants will

• Complete assessment checklist for own manure storage.
• Based on individual conditions and goals, identify possible choices for manure storage.
• Based on own on-site information, complete a site selection checklist/evaluation.
• Considering applicable buffer and/or separation distances required by regulations, complete a compliance checklist for own manure storage.