Our goal ANTWI FARMS PROJECT Chickens General Economics Management Reproduction Genetic Diseases Nutrition Housing Your feedback is important to us! Please send your comments and suggestions to us using the feedback page. Poultry Layer Production Facility Manure Management : High Rise, Deep Pit Poultry production operations, particularly high-density large-volume units, must be planned as a total system beginning with site selection. With increasing emphasis on a cleaner environment, more attention must be given to methods of manure management. Location, land use patterns, size of operation, labor resources, soil type, land availability, crop scheduling and climate are factors entering into the decision of which waste system is the most efficient and environmentally acceptable. The system that works best for one operator with a particular set of constraints may not necessarily be best for another with different circumstances, management capabilities, or farm objectives. Read more... Poultry Manure Management The recent 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. Read more...

[an error occurred while processing this directive] ANTWI FARMS We believe in a better World Home-- Swine-- Goat-- Sheep-- Cattle-- Poultry-- Contact Us-- Comments-- Classifieds-- Chickens Wast Management Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer Animal manures have been used effectively as fertilizers for centuries. Poultry manure has long been recognized as perhaps the most desirable of these natural fertilizers because of its high nitrogen content. In addition, manures supply other essential plant nutrients and serve as a soil amendment by adding organic matter. Organic matter persistence will vary with temperature, drainage, rainfall, and other environmental factors. Organic matter in soil improves moisture and nutrient retention. The utilization of manure is an integral part of sustainable agriculture. Read more... Poultry Processors: You Can Reduce Waste Load and Cut Sewer Surcharges Wastewater from many poultry processing plants is discharged to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). These treatment plants must remove most of the pollutants (waste load) before the water is discharged to a public waterway. Treating the wastewater costs money, and most treatment works charge according to the volume of water treated. In addition, they commonly charge extra (apply a surcharge) if the waste load exceeds certain preset levels because it costs more to treat water that contains more pollutants. In other words, they charge more to clean up "dirtier" water. Read more... Poultry CEO'S: You May Have a $60 Million Opportunity! Poultry processors in the United States slaughtered more than 4.6 billion broilers in 1986. Assuming that the average plant used 7 gallons of water to process each bird, 1986 water usage by the broiler industry totalled more than 32 billion gallons. Some plants have cut water consumption and now use less than 4 gallons per bird. If all broiler plants reduced water usage to that level, the industry would save about 14 billion gallons annually, enough for a city of 100,000 people. Read more... Broiler Litter, Part 1: A feed ingredient for ruminants Broiler litter has a potential for use as a ruminant feed in addition to its traditional use as fertilizer. It has been shown that broiler litter is more valuable as a feed ingredient than as a fertilizer. In fact, the economic value of broiler litter as a feed ingredient in balanced diets for several classes of ruminants is up to four times greater than its value as a fertilizer. Read more... Broiler Litter, Part 2: Feeding to ruminants Although broiler litter can be used efficiently and effectively as a fertilizer, its greatest potential economic impact is as a feed ingredient for ruminants. When processed by an acceptable method, poultry litter is an economical and safe source of protein, minerals and energy for many classes of ruminants. Broiler litter has been fed successfully to beef cattle, dry dairy cows, sheep, and deer. Read more... Broiler Litter, Part 3: Storage With the introduction of new environmental regulations, poultry producers are being challenged to develop environmentally friendly means of utilizing broiler litter. Broiler litter has value as a fertilizer source, as a stock material for compost production, or as a feed for ruminants. Read more... Components of a Complete Manure Management Plan For new producers or those anticipating significant expansion, site selection is probably the most important single consideration associated with the entire operation. Adjacent land use should remove from consideration those sites near residential developments, commercial enterprises, recreational areas, or other prime areas for non-agricultural uses. Wind direction probability diagrams will help to locate facilities downwind of warm season prevailing winds. The strategic planting of hedge rows or tree barriers at property boundaries serves to shield the production and manure management facilities from direct sight and to reduce wind speed across the facilities allowing any emitted gases more opportunity to rise vertically and dissipate into the atmosphere. A site may seem ideal with respect to transportation, feed supply, accessibility or land ownership, but may be inappropriate because of existing or proposed development. Read more... Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer Source Poultry manure is an excellent source of nutrients and can be incorporated into most fertilizer programs. Those using manures must practice sound soil fertility management to prevent nutrient imbalances and associated animal health risks, as well as surface-water and groundwater contamination. The key to successful management is to match the nutritional requirements of the crop with nutrients available in the manure. The value of poultry manure varies not only with its nutrient composition and availability, but also with management and handling costs. Read more... Lagoon Design and Management For Livestock Waste Treatment and Storage The trend away from small dispersed livestock production units to larger specialized operations has increased management requirements for manure and wastewater. Utilization systems which conserve fertilizer nutrients often are more sophisticated, expensive and laborious for handling concentrated manure. Systems which pretreat manure for management ease usually result in a loss of fertilizer nutrients. Waste handling systems must meet water quality regulations, i.e., pollutants must not be discharged from livestock operations directly into surface waters. Economically feasible methods for treating livestock manure for stream discharge do not currently exist. Read more... Cage Layer Manure: An important resource for land use Poultry manure contains the major plant nutrients of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). The amounts of these nutrients can vary depending upon many factors including the age and diet of the flock, as well as the moisture content and age of the manure. Read more... Causes and Prevention of Wet Litter in Broiler Houses To obtain maximum broiler production potential, management of the poultry house environment is essential. An important measure of a suitable environment is proper maintenance of poultry litter. Litter is defined as excreted manure mixed with bedding material. Read more... Using Sticky Cards to Monitor Fly Populations in Poultry Houses Several methods are available for sampling the adult housefly, Musca domestica (L.), on poultry farms to estimate relative population densities. These methods include modified Scudder grids, baited jug-traps, spot cards, sticky ribbons and the moving sticky tape. Read more... The Black Dump Fly: A larval predator of house flies The black dump fly ( Figure 1 ) is a shiny, black fly similar in size and appearance to the house fly. It is currently regaining popularity as a biological control agent for controlling house flies on poultry farms without the use of pesticides. Read more... Basic Concepts for Composting Poultry Mortalities Composting is an aerobic (oxygen present), biological process by which organic materials, including poultry carcasses, are reduced to soil-like materials. Anaerobic (without oxygen) reduction can be defined simply as putrification. Each process involves different species of microorganisms and each process produces different intermediate products. Read more... Managing Poultry Manure Nutrients More than 7.5 billion broiler chickens raised in the United States each year produce up to 7 million tons of poultry litter. The litter is a mixture of chicken manure, feathers, spilled food, and bedding material. Many farmers use it as an inexpensive fertilizer for cropland because the manure contains nitrogen and phosphorus, two important fertilizer ingredients. But water that runs off fields fertilized with poultry litter may carry excess nutrients to nearby waterways, hurting water quality and aquatic life. Read more...

This website is still under construction. GHANA - Agric News Poultry Services Companies Associations Research Guides & Directories Chickens Management Poultry Mortality PDF Files Many of these publications are available as PDF files. PDF files are viewable with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have it, you can download your FREE acrobat reader from Adobe's site! Liquid Assets for Your Poultry Plant Did you realize that your broiler processing plant may use more than 400 million gallons of water every year - enough to supply a town of 7,500 people? Read more... Managing Your Poultry Waste Problems One of the major by - products of the poultry business is mountainous volumes of manure. It is estimated that california's poultry industry produces an amount equivalent to the total tonnage of feed used. This would represent more than three million tons of fresh manure annually or 9000 tons per day. Read more... Hatching Egg Production, Storage and Sanitation The most important step in egg sanitation is the production of nest-clean eggs. This requires a carefully planned management system. The following practices have proved useful in producing clean hatching eggs and in keeping the eggs clean until they are set in incubators. Read more... Sanitation-Disinfection Basics Reducing the load of pathogens in the environment of your flock will decrease the risk of disease. Disinfectants are chemical agents that can kill pathogens on contact. Cleaning prior to disinfection exposes the pathogens to the disinfectant. Read more...