Articles

Find scientific journals, newsletters and magazines, and other publications created by OSU Extension researchers and partners.

 

Newsletter & Magazines

 

OK Pork Pages OK Pork Partner (Oklahoma Pork Councin Magazines)

• Vol12(5)5 - The Potential Energy of Oklahoma Hogs
• Vol13(4):4 - Digester at OSU is Up and Running after a Successful "Cold Start"
• Vol13(5):4 - On-Farm Energy Production Unlikely to Reduce Manure Ferilizer Value
• Vol14(1):4 - Preparing for Lagoon Turnover
• Vol14(2):4 - Oklahoma Lahoon Sludge Study Released
• Vol14(3):4 - Lagoon Management through the Water Year
• Vol14(4):8 - Two Essentials to Control Odors in Buildings: Pull Pits and Keep Hogs Clean
• Vol15(1):9 - Why Do We Add Water to Flush Hog Buildings
• Vol15(2):14 - Revised Lagoon Standard Decreases Sludge Storage Requirement
• Vol15(3):14 - Maintaining Biofilters during Drought
• Vol12(4):4 - Stuvite-It's a Blessing, and a Curse
• Vol13(1) - Greener Finishing Barns Cound Reduce Emissions and Add to the Bottom Line
• Vol13(2) - Pollution Prevention Begins on the Farm
• Vol13(3) - Energy Flows and Materials Circulate
• Vol13(4) - Yes You Can Produce Biogas from Swine Manure!
• Vol14(1):5 - EPA is Requesting Comments from Farmers on CAFO Regulations
• Vol14(2):5 - Red, Green, or Black: What Color is Your Lagoon!
• Vol14(4):5 How Can a Liquid be a Solid? Don't Keep Me in Suspense
• Vol15(1):5 - Particle Size Distribution - Not All that Hits the Fan Sticks to the Screen
• Vol15(3): 5 - Keep Manure out of the Creek and Thousands of Fish Will Call Your Friend

 

Miscellaneous

• Solutions to Five Manure Problems (by Karen McMahon, National Hog Farmer, 1998)

 

Scientific Journals

• Animal Agriculture and the Environment, pp 547-574.Treatment Lagoons for Animal Agriculture
• Trans ASAE 45(4) 973-981. Liquid Balance Model for Swine Waste Management Systems using Single-Stage Anaerobic Lagoons
• Trans ASAE 48(4): 1575-1583. Optimization of Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactors Treating Dilute Swine Slurries.
• Bioresource Tech 99:1972-1980. Effects of Cycle Frequency and Temperature on the Performance of Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactors (ASBRs) Treating Swine Waste.
• Trans ASABE 53(2): 529-536. Sludge Accumulatiom in Two Facultative/Anaerobic Lagoons Treating Swine Manure from Breeding Farms in Oklahoma.
• Trans ASABE 57(5): 1473-1472. Operation and Performance of a Farm-Scale Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor Treating Dilute Swine Manure.

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Factsheets

Research results from OSU Extension researchers and partners.

 

Anaerobic Digestion

• Biogas Utilization and Clean-Up - BAE-1752
• Methane Production Potentail of Manure and Organic Byproducts - BAE-1762
• Solid State Anaerobic Digestion - BAE-1764
• Types of Digesters - BAE-1750
• Understanding Basic Anaerobic Processes - BAE-1747
• What Every Pork Producer Should Know About Anaerobic Digestion - Pork Information Gateway

 

Composting & Vermicomposting

• Backyard Composting - HLA-6448
• Composting System for Small Horse Farm - BAE-1729
• On-Farm Mortality Composting of Livestock Carcasses - AFS-8220
• The Icebox Test: A Simple Method to Determine Compost Stability - BAE-1761
• The Basics of Vermicomposting - BAE-1528
• Vermicomposting - Composting with Worms - BAE-1742

 

Controlling Farmstead Odors

• Basic Odor Control Strategies - BAE-2905
• Movement of Odors Across the Landscape - BAE-1739

 

Lagoon Treatment

• Lagoons for Livestock Waste Treatment - BAE-1736

 

Manure Nutrient Use as Fertilizer

• Building Soil Organic Matter for a Sustainable Organic Crop Production - PSS-2257
• Fertilizer Nutrients in Animal Manure- PSS-2228
• How to Get a Good Soil Sample - PSS-2207
• Managing Phosphorus from Animal Manure - PSS-2249
• Oklahoma Soil Test Interpretations - PSS-2225
• Organic Matter in No-Till - PSS-2267
• Sampling Animal Manure - PSS-2248
• Selecting Forages for Nutrient Removal from Animal Manure - PSS-2251
• Using Lagoon Effluent as Ferilizer - PSS-2245
• Using Poultry Litter as Fertilizer - PSS-2246
• Using Stockpiled Feedlot Manure as Fertilizer - PSS-2250
• Value of Animal Waste Calculator - AGEC-256

 

Materials Handling

• Consistency of Manure/Water Mixtures - BAE-1751
• Organic Matter Content of Wastewater and Manure - BAE-1760
• Particle Size Distribution of Manure and Byproduct Slurries - BAE-1765
• Solids Content of Wastewater and Manure - BAE-1759