MANURE TREATMENT: COMPOSTING

On-Farm Composting
On-Farm Composting Handbook. 1992. NRAES-54.

How to order the On-Farm Composting Handbook

Co-Composter Model
An Excel spreadsheet for the planning of composting systems for dairy manure and other organic wastes.

NYSERDA Projects in Composting

Resource Lists for Composting Equipment

Papers on Composting

• Moisture, Density, and Porosity Changes as Dairy Manure is Biodried
  Written for presentation at the 2002 ASAE Annual International Meeting
  
  
• Computerized Control System for Static Pile Composting of Dairy Manure
  Written for presentation at the 2002 ASAE Annual International Meeting
  
  
• Comparing Odor Control Treatment Methods on New York Dairy Farms
  Written for presentation at the 2001 ASAE Annual International Meeting
  
  
• Potential for Biodrying Manure
  Presented at the 5th Annual NYSERDA Innovations in Agriculture Conference
  
  

Fact Sheets

• COMPOST FACT SHEET #1: Marketing Composts and Meeting Consumer Needs
  Cornell Waste Management Institute

• COMPOST FACT SHEET #2: Regulation and Certification of Composts
  Cornell Waste Management Institute

• COMPOST FACT SHEET #3: Improving and Maintaining Compost Quality
  Cornell Waste Management Institute

• COMPOST FACT SHEET #4: Testing Composts
  Cornell Waste Management Institute

• COMPOST FACT SHEET #5: Compost Bulking Materials
  Cornell Waste Management Institute

• COMPOST FACT SHEET #6: Compost Pads
  Cornell Waste Management Institute

• COMPOST FACT SHEET #7: Compost Equipment
  Cornell Waste Management Institute

Case Studies

• Case Study C-1: Composting at Kreher's Poultry Farm: Case Study
• Case Study C-2: Poultry Waste Composting at ACE Farm: Case Study
• Case Study C-3: Poultry Waste Composting at Brey Egg Farm: Case Study