Poultry Manure Management

The recent demand for low-cholesterol meat products has led to tremendous expansion in the poultry industry. In several states this rapid and concentrated growth of the industry has caused increasing concern about the disposal of poultry wastes with respect to nonpoint source pollution. Although poultry litter is one of the best organic fertilizer sources available, excessive applications of litter (as with any fertilizer source) can cause environmental problems. Nitrate leaching into the groundwater, nonpoint source P runoff into surface water bodies, and release of pathogenic microorganisms are three of the main problems encountered with improper management of this resource. The objective of this chapter is to give an overview of the current state of knowledge on the agricultural use of poultry litter and the options available to integrate litter into economically and environmentally sound management systems.

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