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Chicken Industry Programs to Prevent Water Pollution Bill Satterfield Executive Director Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc

Chicken Industry Programs to Prevent Water Pollution Bill Satterfield Executive Director Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. June 5, 2013. How the Chicken Industry Operates. Five Delmarva chicken companies 1,600 farm families growing chickens

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Chicken Industry Programs to Prevent Water Pollution Bill Satterfield Executive Director Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc

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  1. Chicken Industry Programs to Prevent Water Pollution Bill SatterfieldExecutive DirectorDelmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.June 5, 2013

  2. How the Chicken Industry Operates • Five Delmarva chicken companies • 1,600 farm families growing chickens • Companies provide chicks, feed, bird health programs, bedding material, propane gas, and company oversight • Growers provide land, houses, electricity, water, and day to day management

  3. A Typical Chicken Farm

  4. Chicken House Interior

  5. How Much Manure is Produced?

  6. How Much Manure is Produced? • University of Delaware/Delaware Department of Agriculture Data show: • Chicken manure production in Sussex County is only 20% of EPA estimates • Manure nitrogen concentration is only 40% of EPA estimates • Manure phosphorus concentration is only 60% of EPA estimates

  7. Delmarva’s Chicken Industry Pollution Contributions • Delmarva chicken producing counties = 7.7% of Chesapeake Bay Watershed • Delmarva chicken manure is responsible for just 6% of all Chesapeake Bay nitrogen from all Maryland sources

  8. Cost Share to Assist Growers • USDA/NRCS • State of Delaware Conservation Districts • Maryland Agricultural Cost Share Program • Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts

  9. Locally Produced Organic Fertilizer • Add micronutrients to aid in plant growth • Is a slow release fertilizer • Has a value of about $100/ton as a fertilizer • Selling for about $25 per ton • Not a waste product • In short supply in parts of Delmarva

  10. So, what have we been doing?

  11. Phytase • Less phosphorus in = less phosphorus out • Phytase use = 30% reduction in excreta P

  12. Nipple Drinkers

  13. Organic Fertilizer Storage Building

  14. Manure Storage Building

  15. Heavy Use Area Pad

  16. Heavy Use Area Pad

  17. Litter Recycling

  18. Windrowing • Year prior to windrowing = 350 tons of manure removed • First year of windrowing = 166 tons • Second year of windrowing = 155 tons

  19. Ammonia Control Products

  20. Carcass Composter

  21. On-Farm Carcass Freezers

  22. Vegetative Environmental Buffer

  23. Vegetative Environmental Buffer

  24. Vegetative Environmental Buffer

  25. Miscanthus

  26. Manure Incorporation

  27. Chicken Manure Injector

  28. Manure Subsurfer

  29. Removal of Old Chicken Houses

  30. Removal of Old Chicken Houses

  31. Soil Remediation

  32. Organic Fertilizer Transport

  33. Manure Transport • Maryland • Chicken companies match state dollars for their growers‘ costs • 85% moved out of Lower Shore Counties • 77% went to alternative uses

  34. Manure Transport • Delaware • 31% went farm to farm within Delaware • 38% went to non-Delaware farms • 31% went into alternative uses • In FY 2012, 87,000 tons of manure transported in Delaware

  35. Perdue AgriRecycle

  36. Perdue ArgiRecycle Dedication

  37. Perdue AgriRecycle

  38. Bird Improvements

  39. Other Alternative Uses • Burning to produce electricity • Anaerobic digestion to produce electricity or gas • Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.

  40. So, how are we doing in Maryland? Maryland WIP Goals July 2011 – December 2012 Implementation vs. Milestone • Manure transport 37,729 tons vs. 37,000 goal • Manure buildings 22 installed vs. 7 goal • Litter incorporation 85,000 acres vs. 24,000 goal • Litter Treatment 44 farms vs. 65 goal • Heavy use area pads 186 farms vs. 19 goal

  41. A Bad Farm

  42. A Beautiful Farm

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