NEW YORK
Name of Institution: Cornell University: Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE)
Contact: Norman Scott
Links: http://www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu/
Fact Sheets:
Composting:
- Composting: Centrally Located Manure Composting and Waste Recycling : This summary provides information about an experiment with building a central composting facility and the outcome of this experiment.
- Manure Treatment: Composting : This site provides online resources on composting, including papers, case studies, and links to NYSERDA projects.
- Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide from Biogas Using Cow-Manure Compost : This is a thesis written by Steve Zicari, who did a study to determine current H2S removal technologies suitable for farms with biogas systems and to test the use of cow-manure compost as an H2S absorption material.
- Farm-Based Composting: Manure and More : This site features a video that highlights 15 farm operations and six different composting technologies, with special emphasis placed on retrofitting farm equipment to perform compost tasks.
- Using Organic Matter in the Garden : This publication discusses the uses and effects of some of the more familiar organic matter on soil, plants, and soil life.
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Name of Institution: Cornell Waste Management Institute(CWMI)
Contact: Ellen Harrison
Links: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/
Fact Sheets:
Compsting:
- Co-Composter : This site provides an Excel spreadsheet model for the planning of co-composting systems for mixtures of dairy manure and other organic wastes. Co-Composter gives calculations for things such as mass and volume balances, area estimations, and a cost analysis of alternate composting systems.
- Agricultural Composting: A Feasibility Study for NY Farms : This site provides a reprint of the final report of the project, titled “Agricultural Composting: A Feasibility Study for NY Farms”.
- Weed Composition and Cover After Three Years of Soil Fertility Management in Central Brazilian Amazon: Compost, Fertilizer, Manure, and Charcoal Applications : This is a research paper that investigates the effect of applying soil amendment techniques on weed composition and cover.