Feedyard Fly Ash and Composting Field Day in Carrington on Sept. 12

An informational field day on the use of fly ash to stabilize feedyards and composting to manage feedyard manure will be held at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center Friday, Sept. 12.

The event is sponsored by North Dakota State University, the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota and Power Products Engineering. The NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center Livestock Unit is located 3 miles north of Carrington on Highway 281 and 1/2 mile west. There is no registration fee. For more information or special needs, please contact Karl Hoppe at the Carrington Research Extension Center at (701) 652_2951 or karl.hoppe@ndsu.nodak.edu. 

The field day will start at 10 a.m. (coffee at 9:30) at the livestock unit of the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center. The morning program will provide a discussion and tour of fly ash research results, basics of how to install fly ash into a feedyard surface, and a demonstration of fly ash installation. Research at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center using fly ash led to the approval by the ND Department of Health for allowing fly ash to be used in stabilizing surfaces in North Dakota feedyards.

Speakers for the morning program include Vern Anderson, Carrington Research Extension Center; Deb Hassett, Energy and Environmental Research Center; and Amy Stewart, Power Products Engineering.

The afternoon composting session will begin at 1:30 p.m. with a presentation on making high quality compost. Additional presentations will include a demonstration on monitoring, sampling and testing the composting material and a demonstration of compost-turning equipment. Speakers for the afternoon program will be Charles Linderman, NDSU Livestock Waste Management Specialist and Lyle Planteen, DuraTech Industries. Composting is a new approach to handling a feedyard that reduces volume and stabilizes the composted nutrients.

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