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Manure Value and Economics

Manure Treatment

Value of Manure in Energy Production focuses on technologies currently available to produce energy from manure and economic considerations in evaluating these technologies. The presenters are Bill Boyd from USDA NRCS, and Kelly Zering from North Carolina State University. This presentation was originally broadcast on September 21,2007 More...

Video Segments and Power Point Slides

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• Boyd Basic Concepts: Capturing the Energy Value of Manure (10 minutes) Power Point Slides
  
• Boyd Examples of Technologies Being Used to Capture Energy from Manure (18 minutes)
  
• Question and Answer Do these technologies conserve nutrients? (2 minutes)
  
• Zering What is Value? How Do We Begin to Analyze a System and Its Impact on Profitability? (11 minutes) Power Point Slides, Links to additional information
  
• Zering Economic Calculations with an Anaerobic Digestor: A Case Study (20 minutes)

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Certified Crop Advisers (CCA)

CCAs can receive 1 CEU in Nutrient Management. View the entire webcast and complete the quiz. Visit the CCA continuing education page for additional CEU opportunities.
Note: The CCA program charges a fee to administer CEUs.

American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS)

ARPAS members can receive 1 CEU. View the entire presentation, complete an evaluation, the contact the ARPAS headquarters to have the CEU applied to your balance. Visit the ARPAS continuing education page for additional CEU opportunities.

Additional Resources and Links

• Zering additional information file
• Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc. (FPPC)
• University of Florida digester feasibility calculator
• Economics of Poultry and Animal Waste Management