Type of animal waste, type of food fed to animals, percentage of solids in the effluent product and how the effluent is utilized (injection vs. The N-P-K value of your effluent is determined by Lagoon Pumping helps you broker or sell your excess effluent at no extra cost whenĪnimal waste contains valuable macro and micro nutrients that are easily used to offset or replace the purchase of commercial fertilizers. To pay a percentage of the N-P-K value depending upon what they normally would buy through their local co-ops. If an operation is a producer of manure effluent but does not have farm land to utilize the economic savings you can export the product and sell it to the farmer. In addition, one can spread out the cost from year to year so the ongoing costs are never overwhelming. Nutrient rich effluent to offset ones commercial fertilizer costs. By pumping every year or every few years you can use the However, by postponing the pumping you are actually spending more than taking care of the pumping on a regular or frequent basis. This could be due to lowerĬommodity prices, market slaughter prices, or due to repayment of capital costs. Many producers want to postpone the cost until it is mandatory to do something about it. The cost of pumping is often a deterrent to having a lagoon pumped. How long one waits is determined by existing solid levels, availability of land to applyĮffluent to, and the avoidance of regulatory fines. These regulations are often a real reason to get lagoons pumped sooner rather than later. There is often huge fines for manure overflows or The EPA and state DEQ's are increasingly putting more restrictions on CAFO’s on how and where animal waste is stored and disposed of. The critical time to pump is when the lagoon can no longer hold the liquid between pumping events due to loss of capacity by solids. When to pump a lagoon is determined by regulatory, economic, cost saving benefits of the nutrients to the producer and/or farmer, and the seasonal availability of land to incorporate the effluent
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