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Ohio Composting and Manure Management (OCAMM)
The goal of OCAMM is to research, develop, and communicate sustainable strategies for the
management of animal manures and nutrients on Ohio farms.
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In the news:
For program and registration details, click on the underlined title.
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OCAMM odds & ends. December 2011. Check out what's happening in the world of composting and manure management.
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Midwest Nutrient Professional Applicators Association Annual Meeting. February 29, 2012, Greenville, OH. Learn about what's happening in the world of nutrient application. You do not need to be a member to attend.
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Applying Liquid Livestock Manure. March 1, 2012, Ottawa, OH. This 2-hour program will cover the use of manure for growing crops, including on-farm resarch plot data, timing and application rates, and equipment modifications.
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Manure Technology Workshop 2012. Two Ohio locations: Maria Stein, Monday, March 19 (flyer) and Wooster, Tuesday, March 20 (flyer). While programs differ slightly between the two sites, both address on-farm practices to manage manure nutrients today and opportunities for new technologies, including anaerobic digestion.
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Ohio Compost Operator Eduation Course. March 21 & 22, 2012, Wooster, Ohio. This 2-day course is desinged for commercial-scale facilities and covers composting principles, site design and operation, regulations, marketing, and more.
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Livestock Mortality Composting Workshop. March 22 @ 6:30 St. Mary, OH (augl@osu.edu). Composting dead animals is an economical and environmentally safe alternative for disposal. It requires farmers to attend a 2-hour certification course.
Learn more about out these programs that you may have missed:
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To join the free OCAMM e-mail listserv,
send a message to Mary Wicks at wicks.14@osu.edu. |
The purpose of OCAMM is to research, develop and communicate sustainable strategies for the management of animal manure and nutrient inputs on Ohio farms. To achieve this purpose, strategies such as composting, land application, facility design, and feed management will be studied for their ability to recycle nutrients, reduce the need for chemical fertilizer and pesticide inputs, improve soil fertility, reduce odor emissions, and improve environmental stewardship. OCAMM program participants include livestock producers, livestock system consultants, equipment manufacturers, trade associations, compost users, and public agencies as well as faculty and staff at OSU.
To develop, demonstrate, and teach the economically, ecologically and environmentally appropriate approaches to animal manure management for both large and small Ohio livestock producers.
To help Ohio livestock and composting businesses achieve consistent production of high quality, diverse, stable, accurately labeled, and safe products that include various levels of animal manure.
To maintain and build on OSU's regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized capabilities through exemplary teaching, research, demonstration, and outreach activities in composting and livestock manure management.
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