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Leon Ressler takes a sample of manure at a local pig
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Ressler Heads Up
(Continued from Pago A 1)
Water Program and offers free soil
and manure testing. The test
results are plugged into a computer
along with the farmer’s manage
ment practices to devise a plan that
tells the fanner how much manure
to apply and when to spread it in
order to increase crop yields.
Ressler considers his work to be
part of a voluntary educational
program for farmers. “The chal
lenge for us is to find ways to
address the water-quality problem
through education. The problem
can be improved if farmers have
the'information they need.”
The problem with the water is its
level of nitrates: water samples
taken in the Eastern Lancaster
County area exceed the maximum
amount considered safe for human
consumption. This excess can be
attributed to the improper use of
manure and commercial fertilizer.
Ressler and Stoltzfus are working
to alleviate this problem.
In some cases, farmers need
only to stop buying additional fer
tilizer, their livestock’s manure
being high enough in nutrients for
their crops.
But for those with more live
stock than their land can support,
the answer lies in part in applying
less manure, either less often or in
smaller quantities. “Farmers buy
ing lots of feed probably have the
most serious problem with excess
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nutrients,” said Ressler. “Most of
the nutrients in feed stays on the
farm it’s not converted to ani
mal product In these cases, we
encourage the farmer to take the
extra manure to rent, sell it, or even
give it away.”
A big issue in nutrient manage
ment is what to do with the addi
tional manure. It is, according to
Ressler, a problem yet to be
solved.
“One option for farmers with a
facility problem is to investigate
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service contracts
where the government shares the
cost for building a storage contain
er,” Ressler commented. “If the
problem is an excess of manure
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and no where to put it, then there is
no certain solution.”
Part of the problem in dealing
with extra manure is that should a
buyer be found for it, the cost of
transportation is usually more than
the manure’s nutrients are worth.
“There was a pilot study this
summer involving incinerating
poultry manure,” Ressler com
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method wasn’t feasible.
“What we need to do,” he con
tinued, “is find a way to increase
manure’s value to be able to effec
tively eliminate excesses.”
In the mean time, Ressler and
Stoltzfus will do their part to clean
drinking water by testing soil and
manure and educating farmers.
Ressler’s goal is to provide nutri
ent management plans to 100
farms during the next 12 months.
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