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PHEASANT MANURE
PRODUCTION AND
NUTRIENT
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Paul H. Patterson
Assistant Professor
Poultry Science
Many states have either enacted
nutrient management legislation
for livestock and agronomic enter
prises or are considering such
legislation the latter is the case
for Pennsylvania. We at the Uni
versity are trying to gather accu
rate, up-to-date information about
the amount of manure produced by
poultry and its nutrient
composition.
In Pennsylvania, the Pennsylva
nia Poultry Federation has funded
a project to determine the quantity
and chemical composition of poul
try manures. Researchers in the
Department of Poultry Science at
Penn State are weighing and test
ing manure from broilers, turkeys,
layers, pullets, and game birds.
Such information is needed before
meaningful legislation can be
enacted.
Preliminary results from a study
housing SO Ringneck pheasant
chicks, initially in battery brooders
then in grow-out pens to 17 weeks
of age, have just been tallied. The
birds, donated by the Pennsylvania
Game Commission, grew to an
average weight of 2.2 pounds in 17
weeks under the confinement
conditions.
Cumulative feed consumption
and manure production on a 100
percent DM basis were 13.9 and
4.4 pounds per bird, respectively,
for the 17-week trial. These num
bers may appear a little foreign to
many of us who deal with feed and
manure on an “as is” basis
(approximately 90 percent DM
feed and approximately 25 percent
DM manure). Feed and manure
presented on an “as is” basis would
be approximately 13.4 pounds of
feed consumed and 17.6 pounds of
manure produced.
Because of the variable nature
of manure moisture, all of the sam
ples were dried to a 100 percent
DM basis to express the nutrient
concentration. However, for the
pheasant grower or farmer that
might apply the manure on fields,
it should be presented as the aver
age of a 25 percent DM, 75 percent
moisture sample: Ammonia-N
0.24 percent; total-N 1.94 percent;
P 205 1.34 percent; K2O 0.68 per
cent; calcium 0.70 percent, and
magnesium 0.15 percent On a
fresh manure basis, a ton of pheas-
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Feeder’s Edge Program
Practices What It Teaches
ENGLEWOOD. Colo. How
does a successful feeder control
feed costs while producing a qual
ity product? How does the new
strategic alliances program work?
Will hot fat trimming affect the
future of the price discovery?
How do retailers determine the
grocery store cost of beef?
You aren’t the only ones asking
these and other questions about
how the different aspects of the
industry come together. Particip
ants in the Limousin Feeder’s
Edge Program have asked them,
too. And they will learn the
answers at the second annual
Feeder’s Edge Hands-On Educa
tional Opportunity in Denver,
March 19-20.
For the second year in a row,
the Limousin Feeder's Edge Prog
ram, sponsored by the North
American Limousin Foundation
(NALF), will teach participants
about the varied facets of the cattle
industry, from feeding and risk
management to packing and retail
ing, in order to help them achieve
an involved, hands-on approach to
the cattle industry.
Producers from all over the
countiy will leant first-hand about
feeding and quality management
when they travel to Anderson
Farms and Cattle Company in
Longmont, Colo. Jim Anderson,
winner of the National Cattle
men’s Association’s Businessman
ant manure would contain about 39
pounds N, 27 pounds P2OS, and 14
pounds of K2O.
Diet and bird management can
influence the amount and concent
ration of nutrients in all poultry
manure.
THESE DEALERS HOLD THE KEYS TO ONE
OF THE NEWEST. MOST DYNAMIC CHANGES
IN TRACTOR POWER TECHNOLOGY.
of the Year Award, will conduct a
tour of the feedyard and Texas
A&M’s Dr. Bill Mies will speak
on feedyard management.
Michael Smith from the Colorado
Cattle Feeders Association will
discuss total quality management.
Integration, market analysis,
and data collection will be the top
ics as the group visits the National
Cattlemen’s Association (NCA)
in Englewood. Dr. Chuck Lam
bert, NCA’s director of econom
ics, and John Stowell, manager of
the Cattlemen’s Carcass Data Col
lection Service, will talk about
strategic alliances and data collec
tion. Price discovery and beef fea
turing will be the topics of discus
sions with Randy Blach, Cattle-
Fax’s director of market analysis.
The spotlight will be on retail
ing, an often-ignored aspect of the
industry during a field trip to Safe
way supermarket complete with a
tour through the meat trimming
and packaging facilities and
question-and-answer session with
a meat procurement specialist.
Polled Hereford
Show Set
MERCER (Mercer Co.) The
39th annual Northwestern Pen
nsylvania Polled Hereford Associ
ation Spring Show and Sale will
be held Saturday, April 24, at the
Mercer 4-H Park, one mile North
of Mercer on Route 19.
As in the past, there will be top
The seminar will look at supply
and demand as participants hold a
mock futures trading and risk
management session. They’ll
learn about the driving force
behind it all as palatability and
consumer preference take the
floor at Colorado State University
in Fort Collins. Dr. J. Brad Mor
gan, CSU extension meat scien
tist, will conduct a palatability test
luncheon comparing different cuts
and cooking temperatures. Mor
gan will also discuss progress
toward value based marketing.
Participants will hear Dr. J. Daryl
Tatum, CSU professor of meat
sciences, speak on red meat yield
as a new selling formula.
Feeder’s Edge cattle owners
will get an update on their pens in
the late afternoon, when Miguel
de Achaval of Cactus Feeders in
Amarillo. Texas leads a session on
the Feeder’s Edge cattle on feed.
For more information on the Feed
er’s Edge Program or Hands-On
Educational Seminar, call NALF
at (303) 220-1693.
quality bulls and females, bred,
open, and calf at side.
There will be a lunch stand
available with proceeds to benefit
the junior association.
For more information, contact
Nancy Tellish, (412) 573-9339 or
Tom Palkovich, (412) 667-9291.
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