APPROXIMATE FERTILIZER NUTRIENT VALUE OF ANIMAL MANURE AT TIME APPLIED TO LAND - LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEMa

-------------Nutrient Content-------------
Type of Bedding vs. Dry Total
Livestock No bedding matter Nb NH4c P2O5d K2Oe

(%) --------(lb/1,000 gal)
Swine Liquid pit 4 36 26 27 22

Lagoonf 1 4 3 2 4







Beef Liquid pit 11 40 24 27 34
cattle Lagoonf 1 4 2 9 5







Dairy Liquid pit 8 24 12 18 29
cattle Lagoonf 1 4 2.5 4 5







Veal calf Liquid pit 3 24 19 25 51







Poultry Liquid pit 13 80 64 36 96

a Application conversion factors: 1,000 gallons = about 4 tons; 27,154 gallons = 1 acre-inch.
b Ammonium N plus organic N, which is slow releasing
c Ammonium N, which is available to the crop during the growing season.
d To convert to elemental P, multiply by 0.44.
e To convert to elemental K. multiply by 0.83
f Includes feedlot runoff water and is sized as follows: single cell lagoon - 2 cu ft/lb animal wt; two-cell lagoon - cell 1, 1-2 cu ft/lb animal weight and cell 2, 1 cu ft/lb animal wt.

Refer to OSU Extension Bulletin 604, Ohio Livestock and Manure Wastewater Management Guide


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