For anyone involved in animal agriculture, manure will be an important issue. In the past few years, the perception of manure has gone from a “waste” product to a valuable fertilizer and potential source of renewable energy. These materials cover the basics of manure production, manure storage options, and manure uses.
Farmers, Ranchers, Ag Professionals
A self-study module will be released soon. This module will provide a certificate upon successful completion that can be submitted for continuing education requirements.
Teachers, Educators, Extension
Educators are welcome to use the following materials (download entire module in a single .zip file; 7 MB) in their classrooms and educational programs. Also check out more modules from this project.
Instruction Guide (Lesson Plan): includes links to additional information, connections to national agriculture education standards (AFNR Career Content Cluster Standards), application to Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, sample quiz/review questions, and enrichment activities.
- DOCx format (best if you want to edit)
- PDF format (best if you want to print and use as-is)
Presentation: 38 slides, Annotated, .pptx format (a preview is embedded at the bottom of the page)
Activity/Exercise: 3 exercises, docx. format Download
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Acknowledgements
Authors: Angie Rieck-Hintz, Iowa State University amrieck@iastate.edu
Reviewers: Rachel Klein, Iowa State University and Ann Ronning, Montana State University
Building Environmental Leaders in Animal Agriculture (BELAA) is a collaborative effort of the National Young Farmers Educational Association, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Montana State University. It was funded by the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under award #2009-49400-05871. This project would not be possible without the Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center the National eXtension Initiative, National Association of County Ag Agents (NACAA), National Association of Agriculture Education (NAAE), Farm Credit Services of America, American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS), and Montana FFA Association.