Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Dairy farmers, agribusiness professionals (primarily business consultants and nutrient management planners), and extension educators. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? A Cost of Manure Application was prepared and delivered to extension educators at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Food Systems Inservice in November 2013. The calculator that was used for this study is available for use by anyone looking to evaluate the cost of manure application on a dairy farm. The individual farm summaries and analyses were provided to participating farms and their advisors. Articles for publication in DairyBusiness East magazine and to extension educators have been prepared. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The results from this work have been disseminated to date as an Extension Bulletin, a presentation to extension educators, through a spreadsheet that has been developed and posted online at the PRO-DAIRY website, and articles in mainstream dairy industry media that will reach dairy producers and their advisors more broadly. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During the reporting period, the summary analysis of the cost study for handling and application of manure that was conducted with collaborating farms was completed and an extension bulletin prepared for publication. In addition, a spreadsheet calculator was developed and posted online at the PRO-DAIRY website that enables dairy farms and their advisors to estimate the cost of handling and applying manure. Articles for DairyBusiness East magazine and extension fact sheets prepared.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Steinberg, S., C. Gooch, and K. Czymmek. 2015. Covered manure storage systems: Tangible and non-tangible benefits. DairyBusiness East magazine. DairyBusiness Communications, Syracuse, NY.
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Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Howland, B., and J. Karszes. 2014. Manure Application Cost Study New York State Spring 2012. Extension Bulletin 2014-12. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 40 pages.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Presentation at 2013 Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Food Systems Inservice on Cost of Manure Application
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience:Dairy Industry Professionals including farmers, extension educators, and agribusiness professionals. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Presentation was given to extension educators on the Cost of Manure Application in 2013. The calculator that was used for this study is available for use by anyone looking to evaluate the cost of manure application on a dairy farm. After this presentation we further evaluated the cost of manure storage, in addition to the cost of application. These results will be made available to extensions educators in early 2015. Wewill publishan article titled " Covered Manure Storage Systems: Tangible and Non-tangible Benefits" in DairyBusiness East in January 2015. This, along with a case study on the farm evaluated are available for reference. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Cost of Manure Application Study and Calculator are available at http://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/business-management/resources We published an article titled " Covered Manure Storage Systems: Tangible and Non-tangible Benefits" in DairyBusienss East in January 2015. This, along with a case study on the farm evaluated are available for reference at www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu Information has been sent to extension educators via listserves. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The purpose of this study was toassess different methods of storing and applying manure in the state. We examined several different ways of storing manure such as no storage (daily spreading), storage with covers, and storage with no cover. We studied the costs of these systems along with the cost to apply manure to the field in different manners, both using traditional tractor or trucks and spreaders, and using a drag line system. With the information from this study farms will be able toestimate the cost differences between different systems to help evaluate how changing to a different system than they are currently using may impact their farms cost structure. Some specific achievements are: We discovered that there is a great deal of variability between farms and management systems making cost information very difficult and labor intensive to capture. Review of the Value of Manure Calculator determined that it needed to have actual application costs in order to determine the true value of the manure. Sampled influent and effluent of a covered manure storage system Collected economic data associated with covered manure storage system Compared nutrient data of covered and un-covered manure storage Estimated the annualized cost of the system and compared this to the estimated annual cost benefits associated with the system. Built upon previously completed Cost of Manure Application study by PRO-DAIRY Staff and followed four farms into multiple hauling seasons to try to more accurately capture their costs of manure application and storage Captured the cost of manure storage to get an idea of the cost of both manure storage and application. Published article in DairyBusiness East and Case Study on Covered Manure Storages Developed a spreadsheet calculator tool that has been posted to the PRO-DAIRY website
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Steinberg, S., C. Gooch, and K. Czymmek. 2015. Covered Manure Storage Systems: Tangible and Non-Tangible Benefits. DairyBusiness East magazine. DairyBusiness Communications, Syracuse, NY.
Article available at http://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/about-us/manager
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Howland, B., and J. Karszes. 2014. Manure Application Cost Study New York State Spring 2012. Extension Bulletin 2014-12. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 40 pages.
B. Howland and J. Karszes
This is the introduction. Complete report is 40 pages. Full report available at http://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/business-management/resources.
The collection, storage, and application of liquid manure are important activities taking place on
farms every year. These activities require ever increasing levels of investment and management.
Increasing farm size, bedding availability, environmental regulations, and nutrient
management plans have led more farms to utilize liquid manure systems. The manner in which
these activities are structured and managed can impact the profitability of the dairy farm
through many different avenues. One important aspect of the manure management system is
the cost to apply manure.
The purpose of this study is to identify the costs associated with using tankers to transport and
apply liquid manure, while developing a template that can be used to collect, summarize, and
analyze costs for any manure application system. By knowing the costs associated with
application of liquid manure through transporting and spreading with tankers, one can better
understand the impact that the total manure system has on the farm.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Howland, B., K. Czymmek, C. Gooch, and S. Steinberg. 2015. Cost Comparison of Manure Storage and Application. Extension factsheet. PRO-DAIRY program, Cornell University.
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Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Target audiences during the reporting period included the 5 participating dairy farms in the project. Preliminary results including the data collected during year 1 and year 2 were presented at the 2013 Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Food Systems In-service and the preliminary calculator tool is nearing completion. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? A presentation based upon preliminary results from this project was delivered at the 2013 Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Food Systems Inservice. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The analysis and manure cost calculator will be finalized and made available on the internet through the PRO-DAIRY website. Further characterization of covered manure storage systems will be conducted and included in the analysis.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Reviewed the Nutrient Management Spear Program value of manure calculator. Four of Five farms in pilot project continued to collect data in second year. Data collection is complete for these farms and data analysis is ongoing. Data collection process was not changed from pilot year as farms that did participate were successful in collecting accurate data for the project. Comments and feedback on the cost of manure handling calculator were provided to Quirine Ketterings, Professor, Department of Animal Science Preliminary data analysis of study was presented at Cornell Cooperative Extension In-Service meeting in November 2013 to approximately 20 dairy and related extension staff members. Preliminary results show that the key differences in cost of manure application appear to be spreading capacity in a day, distance travelled to the field and equipment utilization. The factors will be further analyzed in the coming year with multiple years of data from participating farms. One farm realized that when applying manure to fields far from the farm the spreader was idling and thus costing them money. They made a change in the following year making sure that there were enough trucks running when travelling to farther fields to maximize use of their spreader.
Publications
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Several farms were enrolled in a pilot project during year one of the study to develop and test the data collection process, the forms used by the farms, as well as the usefulness of reports back to farms. Year 1 farms were mainly larger farms so that we could make refinements while working with operations that have more management time available. A total of 5 farms were enrolled in the pilot project. These farms included four freestall dairies using varying bedding materials (e.g., sawdust and sand) and one tiestall dairy in which cows are bedded with hay. Storage strategies ranged from longer term storage with either drag hose application or conventional application to daily haul and spread. Enterprise activity economic analysis was conducted on each of the dairies to determine preliminary cost estimates for each of these approaches. Lessons learned will be applied in year 2 of the study as we continue to work with several of the same farms while adding new participants. PARTICIPANTS: T.R. Overton was PI/PD. Karl Czymmek, Curt Gooch, and Betsey Howland are Field Crops and Nutrient Management Specialist, Dairy Environmental Engineering Specialist, and Farm Business Management Associate with the PRO-DAIRY program. In addition, the five participating dairy farms were key participants and involved in data collection. TARGET AUDIENCES: Dairy producers and their advisors in allied industry are the primary target audiences for this work. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Although data are preliminary, it appears that there are significant cost differences between various approaches to handle manure on dairy farms. One freestall dairy in which cattle are bedded with sawdust, manure stored in two manure pits on the farm, and manure application occurs by biannual haul, spread, and injection had an annualized cost of $8.77 per 1,000 gallons of manure hauled. Another freestall dairy in wihch cows are also bedded with sawdust, manure stored in a long-term storage and applied twice per year had an annualized cost of $10 per 1,000 gallons. A third farm is a larger freestall dairy that uses sand as a bedding source and employs daily spreading to manage the manure. Preliminary results of the cost to apply manure for the spring 2012 application period indicate an annualized cost of $9.53 per 1,000 gallons. The fourth farm in the pilot study is a freestall operation with mixed bedding of paper fiber and sawdust.Manure is collected in a smaller manure pit at the farm and is pumped to a larger satellite manure lagoon located one mile from the farm. From that pit, manure is applied through a drag line system and is injected directly into the ground. Preliminary results of the cost to apply manure for the spring 2012 application period indicate an annualized cost of $7.19 per 1,000 gallons applied. farm 5 is a 75 cow dairy located in Central New York. It is a tie stall operation where manure is spread daily with a tractor and spreader and cows are bedded with hay. Manure is spread year round. All farms plus four additional farms are committed to more involved study during year two of the project.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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