Northeast, Nebraska | jtrees90 - 6/4/2025 16:38
Interesting! I would say that's about as accurate of sampling you'd probably get out of the pit. I was mostly surprised by the difference in nutrients between the two samples. Wouldn't have guessed it to be quite that much of a difference. I assumed the samples were pulled from idle pits
The barns were brand new and when they filled the barns with hogs, they were both filled with the same batch of hogs and they were hauled out the same day as well so both barns were as close to same conditions as possible. The only difference was the pucks. They are actually seeing better nutrient levels on barns that have used the pucks for a couple of years as they never really get completely empty so the biology just keeps building and keeps breaking down the solids and nutrients in the manure, then when the manure gets applied to the soil in the fields, they can survive in the soil and get the nutrients released that are tied up in the soil and also make them more plant available. When the pumpers pump out the pits and apply the manure, they can't believe that our pits with our products don't stink as bad as normal pits. |
Sidedress N after hog manure?
