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Manure Treatment

Manure Composting

Educational Resources

• Cornell Composting
• National Sustainable Agricultural Information Service (ATTRA)
  • Farm Scale Composting Resource List
  • Soil & Compost
• NRAES – Natural Resource Agricultural Engineering Services On Farm Composting Books
• NRCS - National Engineering Handbook Part 637 "Composting"
• Ohio Composting and Manure Management Program – OCAMM
• Oregon State University – Alternative for Livestock Manure Management and Disposal of Dead Animals
• University of Georgia - Poultry Mortality Composting Management Guide
• University of Georgia - Food Waste Composting, Institutional and Industrial Applications
• University of Nebraska – Composting Manure and Other Organic Residues
• University of Tennessee – On Farm Composting of Poultry Litter
• Virginia Tech University- On-Farm Composting

Commercial Resources

• BioCycle – Compost Industry Specific Monthly Publication
  • BioCycle Directory of Equipment and Systems listing products and services
  • BioCycle Links and Resources page – National and State Organizations
  • Compost Science – Compost industry quarterly, peer reviewed journal
• US Composting Council – Industry professional organization
• Find a Composter in the US – Searchable database of compost facilities in the US

Consulting Resources

• Coker Composting & Consulting, Roanoke VA, provides professional support to the composting industry with experience in planning, designing, building and running compost facilities
• Tetra Tech provides responsible resource management and sustainable infrastructure services, offering innovative and cost effective solutions to complex problems
• Midwest Biosystems offers consulting services to fit the need of any proposed or existing composting operation
• Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. is a national management consulting firm that helps public and private sector organizations find solutions to solid waste management challenges
• CH2M Hill is a global leader in full service engineering, construction and operations, including the environmental market sector (composting facility designers)

Author: Jason Governo, University of Georgia