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Poultry Manure Handling Systems Face Odor and Cost Issues
The article reviews Pennsylvania methods for manure disposal on layer farms including deep pits, shallow dropping pits with scrapers, holding tanks, lagoons, and drying or electro-osmosis. It notes odor, fly and rodent problems, equipment corrosion, and high costs, while highlighting a promising virus of using insects to reduce moisture and odors and vented systems yielding usable fertilizer. It also mentions incineration, digestion, and Canada’s aeration approach, with forecasts of future controlled environment housing.
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