Project Overview
FNC96-147
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 1996: $9,580.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1996
Grant Recipient:
John Essame farm
Region: North Central
State: Minnesota
Project Coordinator:
John Essame
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Composting efforts took place but a final report was not received.
Commodities
- Animals: sheep
Practices
- Animal Production: manure management
- Farm Business Management: marketing management
- Soil Management: composting
Proposal summary:
Sheep production is a widely accepted ingredient in sustainable agriculture, but producers' efforts to develop group marketing systems are undermined by the absence of alternative offal disposal/utilization technologies.
Solving this problem will help enable successful initiatives in mid-scale and cooperative marketing.
Project objectives from proposal:
Funds provided by this grant would be combined with donated funds and in-kind contributions to support a thorough investigation of current knowledge and experience of animal waste composting, and also develop a feasible system of sheep offal disposal/utilization through composting.
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