MAINE
Name of Institution: University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Contact: Rick Kersbergen
Links: http://www.umext.maine.edu/
Site Profile:
Fact Sheets:
Nutrient Management:
- Manure: What is it Worth on Your Farm? : This fact sheet looks at the "dollars and cents" of manure as fertilizer. Describes how to estimate values based on analysis, nutrient availability, crop requirements, and application and management practices.
- Getting a Manure Sample : This fact sheet explains when and where to sample as well as equipment and procedures for sampling both solid and liquid manure.
- Understanding a Manure Sample : This fact sheet includes a sample manure analysis and explains what analysis components mean. It also explains manure management and the calculation of application rates.
- Barns and Manure Storage Safety : This fact sheet covers general barn housekeeping, hay storage, dusts, manure pits and lagoons.
- Earthen Manure Storage Design Considerations : This fact sheet covers environmental policies; design standards and planning documents; manure characteristics; storage planning; storage design; construction; management; and liability.
Theses:
- Can Dairy Manure be Profitablly Composted in Maine? : (by Anne Grant, B.S. Nova Scotia Agricultural College, 2001) This thesis examines the profitability of selling compost to the market in Maine.
Tools:
- Nutrient Management Plans : A Powerpoint® presentation put together by Tim Griffin (UMaine).
- Nutrients from Manure : A Powerpoint® presentation put together by Rick Kersbergen (UMaine).