NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
Title: Alternative Litter Materials for Poultry
Format: PowerPoint presentation
Description: Shavings from pine or other soft wood has historically been the bedding of choice for poultry production. Other materials also have been tested as a bedding material such as rice hulls, straw, corn cobs, corn stalks, sugar cane stalks, peat moss, peanut hulls, wood shavings, oat hulls and several others. Poultry producers are under pressure to find alternative litter materials as sawdust and pine shavings become less available. Litter type can significantly affect carcass quality and bird performance. Several factors help determine if a material is a good bedding source. This presentation will discuss alternative litter materials for broilers and turkeys.
Time: 30-45 minutes
Audience: Poultry Producers, Flock Supervisors, Production Managers, Extension Agents
Equipment: Digital projector and screen
Contact: Dr. Jesse Grimes, 919-515-5406
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Title: Alternative Uses for Litter
Format: PowerPoint
Description: On-farm and centralized burning and electrical generation options: advantages/disadvantages, feasibility, cost, examples. Pelleting.
Time: 30 minutes to one hour
Equipment: None
Contact: James E. Cochran, 910-671-3276
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Format: PowerPoint presentation
Description: As options for mortality disposal decrease, the handling of daily poultry mortality is becoming a concern for many poultry producers. Although composting has been around for a relatively long time, it has fallen out of favor with some because it requires some hands-on management. In addition, if not done properly, composting of mortality can become the source of nuisance complaints. This presentation will cover the advantages composting can provide the poultry producer. It will also discuss the proper facilities and methods for the composting of daily poultry mortality.
Time: 30-45 minutes
Audience: Poultry Producers, Flock Supervisors, Production Managers, Extension Agents
Equipment: Digital projector and screen
Contact: Dr. Jesse Grimes (919-515-5406) and Dr. Mike Wineland (919-515-5529)
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Title: Dry Litter Nutrient Management Planning
Format: PowerPoint, handouts
Description: What goes into and is required for developing a dry litter nutrient management plan including regulations, record keeping and permits for larger operations.
Time: 1-2 hours
Equipment: None
Contact: James E. Cochran, 910-671-3276
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Format: PowerPoint, Excel Spreadsheets
Description: Review of records poultry growers and litter applicators should be keeping - demonstration and Q & A. Will also include the new litter applicator third party "broker" regulations in 2006.
Time: 1-2 hours
Equipment: None
Contact: James E. Cochran, 910-671-3276
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Title: Methods to Minimize Environmental Impact Due to Nitrogen Excretion from Poultry
Format: Lecture and PowerPoint Presentation
Description: Nitrogen excretion and air emissions from poultry farms are becoming regulated by some governmental institutions. Poultry growers should be aware of the production concomitant benefits of complying with these environmental laws. In this presentation, some data related to those benefits will be presented, as well as several possible management practices to minimize current dry and air emissions of nitrogen from poultry houses.
Time: 35-50 minutes
Audience: Poultry growers, extension agents, poultry service specialists
Equipment: Digital projector and screen
Contact: Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo, 919-515-5391
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Title: Nutrient Management in NC
Format: PowerPoint
Description: Poultry litter is an excellent source of fertilizer and soil amendment in fields across NC. This presentation focus’s on litter applications, soil sampling and analyzing litter for nutrient content. This program also summarizes the regulations which regulate poultry farms in NC.
Time: 45 minutes
Audience: Flock supervisors, growers, integrators
Equipment: LCD projector
Contact: Jody Smith, 704-283-3801
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Title: Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool for North Carolina: The Whys and Wherefores
Format: Meeting - PowerPoint slides and script
Description: Presentation describes the reasons that PLAT was developed, the details of each loss pathway and case studies.
Time: 2 hours
Audience: Growers, Service people
Contact: Dr. Deanna Osmond (919-515-7303) and James E. Cochran (910-671-3276)
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Title: Poultry Farm Regulations
Format: PowerPoint
Description: Litter and/or Air Emissions. Federal and/or State. Can include background on PLAT (Phosphorous Loss Assessment Tool), and air emission measurements quantified, and literature review.
Time: 1 hour
Equipment: None
Contact: James E. Cochran, 910-671-3276
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Title: Poultry Litter Spreader Calibration
Format: Training with class and field components
Description: The need for, and the fundamentals of, poultry litter spreader calibration are discussed with emphasis on getting the correct overlap between passes. The field component consists of calibrating a poultry litter spreader for both correction swath width and application rate.
Time: 6 hours
Audience: Poultry producers, contract applicators, industry people, state agency personnel, Extension personnel.
Contact: Dr. Sanjay Shah, 919-515-6753
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Title: The Use of Trees Around Poultry Facilities
Format: PowerPoint
Description: As urbanization is on the rise in NC, planting trees around poultry facilities may be a best management practice that need not be overlooked. This program will focus on planting trees and shrubs around the poultry houses as a means of a windbreak, an aesthetic value, and to provide shade. Taking care of only a couple of these issues could be a valuable asset to your farm and your neighborhood.
Time: 30-45 minutes
Audience: Flock supervisors, growers, integrators
Equipment: LCD projector
Contact: Jody Smith, 704-283-3801
