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<blockquote data-quote="J. T." data-source="post: 119530" data-attributes="member: 289"><p>I believe it was our Land Grant Universities that came up with the idea. At the time, BSE was unheard of and it was a way of making use of a product that would've been wasted otherwise. It allowed cattle to make use of spilled grain. The litter was allowed to go through a heat in order to kill the bacteria. It provided another option for getting rid of a waste product because the soil can only take so much litter before nitrates get into surface and ground water. Now producers must have a CAFO plan to dispose of the litter. There is a formula based on the number of houses, capacity of each house, and the tons of litter produced that determines how many acres are required to properly dispose of the litter. If a producer doesn't own enough land himself to dispose of the litter produced by his poultry operation, he must make arrangements with neighbors or others to dispose of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J. T., post: 119530, member: 289"] I believe it was our Land Grant Universities that came up with the idea. At the time, BSE was unheard of and it was a way of making use of a product that would've been wasted otherwise. It allowed cattle to make use of spilled grain. The litter was allowed to go through a heat in order to kill the bacteria. It provided another option for getting rid of a waste product because the soil can only take so much litter before nitrates get into surface and ground water. Now producers must have a CAFO plan to dispose of the litter. There is a formula based on the number of houses, capacity of each house, and the tons of litter produced that determines how many acres are required to properly dispose of the litter. If a producer doesn't own enough land himself to dispose of the litter produced by his poultry operation, he must make arrangements with neighbors or others to dispose of it. [/QUOTE]
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