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Aerobic/Anaerobic Digestion & Composting Information

Initial Draft 7/2/08 updated 05/11/2011

Purpose: To provide links to on-line information on anaerobic digestion and aerobic composting.

Aerobic Composting:

• Alberta Ag and Rural Development
  • Manure Composting Manual (2005) pdf
  • Compost Temperature Measurement: Livestock Manure (2005) pdf
• ATTRA National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
  • Farm-scale composting resource list
  • Manures for Organic Crop Production - pdf
• BC Agricultural Composting Handbook - TOC pdf
• Colorado
  • Composting Yard Waste (CR Wilson, JR Feucht no.7.212) - pdf
• Cornell Waste Management Institute - Composting
  • Cornell Composting, 1995
    • On-Farm Composting Handbook (1992) TOC
  • GAPS (good agricultural practices) educational materials
• Extension
  • Animal Manure Management
• Home Composting Made Easy
• National Agricultural Library
  • Compost: On-farm Systems (1990-97)
  • Compost: Small-scale and backyard systems (1990-97)
• Nebraska
  • Composting Manure and Other Organic Residues (NebGuide G1315, 2006 pdf)
• Ontario
  • Manure Composting as a Pathogen Reduction Strategy
• Urban garden center
  • Guide to small batch composing - pdf
• US Composting Council
• US EPA - Composting
  • A Plain English Guide to the EPA Part 503 Biosolids Rule
• U Wisconsin
  • The Art and Science of Composting, 2002 pdf
• Washington State
  • Compost Facility Resource Handbook, 1998 (WA Dept of Ecology, pdf)
  • Klickitat County - Compost & Organics
  • Stewardship Gardening - Composting Livestock Manure
  • WSU Pesticide Policy - pdf
• Woods End Laboratories
• papers/texts:
  • Composting criteria for animal manure (M Erickson, F Critzer, M Doyle) - pdf

Anaerobic Digestion:

• ACORE - American Council on Renewable Energy - Biomass Coordinating Council
• AgMRC - agricultural marketing resource center for value-added agriculture - commodities - biomass - manure digester biogas
• ADBA - Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (UK)
  • document downloads
• ATTRA National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
  • Anaerobic Digesters and Other Biomass Options
• California Energy Commission - biomass - anaerobic digestion
• Cornell Manure Management Program
  • Overview of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Dairy Farms, 2001 (Peter Wright, pdf)
  • Comparison of Five Anaerobic Digestion Systems on Dairy Farms, 2004 (ASAE/CSAE Paper 044032 P Wright, S Inglis, J Ma et al., pdf )
• DOE - Biomass program
• Energy Justice Network
  • Anaerobic Digesters
• EPA AgSTAR - livestock methane emission reduction
  • Anaerobic Digestion Capital Costs for Dairy Farms, 2009 pdf
  • A comparison of dairy cattle manure management with and without anaerobic digestion and biogas utilization,  2004 pdf
  • Anaerobic digestion of flushed dairy manure, 2003 (AC Wilkie, U Florida  pdf)
  • An evaluation of a covered anaerobic lagoon for flushed dairy cattle manure stabilization and biogas production, pdf
  • An evaluation of a mesophilic, modified plug flow anaerobic digester for dairy cattle manure, 2005 pdf
  • Documents, tools and resources
• King County Agriculture
  • Anaerobic Digesters for King County Dairies, 2003
  • Study to Evaluate the Price and Markets for Residual Solids from a Dairy Cow Manure Anaerobic Digester
• MREC - Midwest Rural Energy Council - Anaerobic Digestion and Bio-gas
  • Dairy waste anaerobic digestion handbook: Options for recovering beneficial products from dairy manure, 2001 - pdf
• Minnesota Department of Agriculture - Anaerobic manure digestion information and resources
• NC State Waste Management Programs
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs - Energy Conservation and Generation - Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas
• Penn State - Biogas and Anaerobic Digestion
  • The Fate of Nutrients and Pathogens During Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure, 2006 (PA Topper, RE Graves, T Richard G71 pdf)
• REA - Renewable Energy Association - biogas - anaerobic digestion
• RENEW Wisconsin - biogas toolbox
  • Reduction of selected pathogens in anaerobic digestion, 2002 pdf
• Sustainable Conservation
  • Biomethane from Dairy Waste: A Sourcebook for the Production and Use of Renewable Natural Gas in California - TOC - pdf
• The Minnesota AgStar Project
  • Anaerobic Digester Systems for Mid-Sized Dairy Farms, 2005 - pdf
• UK Official Anaerobic Digestion Information Portal
• US Composting Council
• WSU
  • Anaerobic Digestion - CSNAR BIOAg Bioengery
  • Bioenergy and bioproducts fact sheet - VanderHaak Dairy Anaerobic Digester
  • Evaluation of the pathogen reduction from plug flow and continuous feed anaerobic digesters, JH Harrison et al.  pdf
  • Klickitat County - Compost & Organics
• papers/texts:
  • Anaerobic Digestion (Carcass Disposal: A comprehensive review, 2004) pdf
  • Factors Affecting Manure Output on Dairy Farms (2007) - pdf
  • Gordondale Dairy Report (pdf)
  • Nitrous Oxide Emissions and the Anthropogenic Nitrogen in Wastewater and Solid Waste  (2002, pdf)
  • Water Science & Technology 53(8)
  • Performance of temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) system treating dairy cattle wasts (S Sung, H Santha, Tamkang J Sci and Engr 4(4):301-310, 2001) pdf
  • Persistence of Pathogenic Prion Protein during Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes (ASAP Environ. Sci. Technol., GT Hinkley et al.) html
  • Reduction of Pathogen Indicator Organisms in Dairy Wastewater Using an Ecological Treatment System (JA Morgan, AE Hoet, TE Wittum, CM Monahan, JF Martin, J Environ Qual 37:272-279, 2008) - pdf
  • Survival of pathogenic bacteria during mesophilic anaerobic-digestion of animal waste (TE Kearney, MJ Larkin, JP Frost, J Appl Bacteriol 75(3):215-219, 1993)
  • The effect of slurry storage and anaerobic-digestion on survival of pathogenic bacteria (TE Kearney, MJ Larkin, PN Levett, J Appl Bacteriol 74(1):86-93, 1993)
  • The Economics of Dairy Anaerobic Digestion with Coproduct Marketing, (Biship CP, CR Shumway, Rev Ag Economics 31(3):394-410, 2009).
  • Transmission and Detection of Prions in Feces (J Infectious Dis 198:81-89, 2008) html
• blogs, news:
  • Anaerobic Digestion: The AD Community: An independent web site
  • Anaerobic Digestion News
  • Anaerobic Digestion News
  • The Biogas Digester Expert

Economics:

• Lazarus, William F. U Minn Applied Economics - blog
  • Animal Waste / Manure Economics

Manure Management:

• ASAE
  • Manure Production and Characteristics - pdf
• Colorado:
  • Fresh Manure and Food Gardens Don't Mix (C Wilson)
• Cornell
  • Good Agricultural Practices for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
    •  Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Grower's Guide - pdf - pdf2
• Manure Management Program
  • Manure Production and Characteristics, ASAE Standard - pdf
  • papers
  • Safety
• Dairy Australia - Dairying for Tomorrow
  • Effluent and Manure Management Database for the Australian Dairy Industry - TOC
    • Characteristics of effluent and manure - pdf
• Extension
  • Manure production and characteristics - html
• horse manure
  • Horse manure management: A guide for bay area horse keepers - pdf
  • Horse manure management - CCColorado State
• Maine
  • Guidelines for using manure on vegetable gardens
• ManureNet - Ontario
  • Ammonia Emissions from Agricultural Operations: Livestock, 2009 - pdf
  • Large-Scale Livestock Nutrient Recycling: A Key Part of a Sustainable Nutrient Management Strategy (BT Bowman, Better Crops, 2004)
• Minnesota:
  • Best management practices for pathogen control in manure management systems, 2007 (M Spiehs, S Goyal) - pdf
• New England Extension Food Safety Consortium
  • Good Manure/Biosolids Management Practices in the field - pdf
• USDA ERS
  • Manure Use for Fertilizer and for Energy - pdf
• WSU:
  • Guidelines for using manure on vegetable gardens
• text:

Contaminates:

• pesticides
  • NCAP: Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides - factsheets
    • clopyralid - pdf  (Reclaim, Transline, Stinger, Confront) - wiki
    • glyphosate - pdf  (Rodeo, Roundup) - wiki
    • picloram - pdf  (Grazon, Tordon) - wiki
  • Western IPM Center
  • WSU Pesticide Coordinator - Washington State Pest Management Resource Service
  • WSU Pesticide Policy - pdf

Carcass Disposal:

• Carcass Disposal: A comprehensive review (2004) - TOC (K-State Research Exchange)

Pyrolysis:

• biochar.org - balance carbon and restore soil fertility
• biochar - wiki
• Biochar as a soil amendment: A review of the environmental implications, 2008 (pdf)
• Gardening with Biochar FAQ
• wiki

people:

• Callaway, Todd R. - Texas A&M USDA ARS

Regulations:

• USDA
  • 7 CFR 205.203 - § 205 (National Organic Program - Organic Production and Handling Requirements).203   Soil fertility and crop nutrient management practice standard. - v|lex
• US EPA
  • Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge - pdf
  • Principal Biosolids Guidance (EPA/625/R-92/013) - TOC - pdf
  • 40 CFR 503.32 - 40 (protection of the environment) CFR 503.32 (standards for the use or disposal of sewage sludge) subpart D (pathogens and vector attraction reduction) - html

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