Latest equipment, technology at Manure Expo

MADISON — The latest equipment and technology for professional manure management will be on display at the 2017 North American Manure Expo on Aug. 22 and 23 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arlington Agricultural Research Station...

....Statz Brothers, Inc. in Sun Prairie – featuring the manure digester and bedding recycling facility of the Statz Brothers Farm. The tour will go through one of the dairy barns and then stop at the manure digester to hear about the digester design, solids separation for bedding recycling and the use of the gas and energy bi-products of the manure digester system. The last stage of the system takes liquid to the storage lagoon....

...Tours on Aug. 22 require a $20 registration fee. There is no cost to attend any of the Expo events on Aug. 23.

For a complete list of tours, demonstrations, exhibitors, educational sessions, and sponsorships visit the Manure Expo website http://www.manureexpo.com/...

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Ken Notes: If we are serious about Wisconsin we should attend and applaud the efforts of some of the better farms in the State. You get far more attention with a handshake that you do when just pointing...