Final Report for LNC06-275

LNC06-275 (project overview)

Project Type: Research and Education

Funds awarded in 2006: $150,000.00

Projected End Date: 12/31/2008

Region: North Central

State: Minnesota

Project Coordinator:

Jeffrey Reneau

University of Minnesota

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Project Information

Summary:

No final report submitted to date.

Project Objectives:

Objectives/Performance Targets

•To assess by surveying farms using CDB what their needs are and experience has been in managing these facilities;
•To determine using a micro-composting laboratory which crop residue materials possess the necessary chemical and physical characteristics to be prime candidates for use in the CDB;
•To conduct a pilot study at the Morris West Central Research and Outreach Center with the most promising crop and wood byproduct residues identified by the micro-composting experiments;
•To extend the use of the most successful alternative bedding to be used by cooperating CDB farms to determine the effectiveness in a commercial setting;
•To explore the use of the CDB end product as a value added media source for the commercial composting industry;
•To develop an Extension education program to provide this information to the general dairy farm public.

Research

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