Minnesota/Wisconsin Engineering Notes

November 2001 Low Cost Parlors For Wisconsin and Minnesota Dairy Producers Siting Animal Production Operations Sizing Silage Piles New Agricultural and Alternative Energy Web Page Use Winter to Make Your Farm Safer Increasing pH by Low Level Aeration to Remove Soluble Phosphorus in Liquid Swine Manure Farmland Tile Drainage Design Workshop New Agricultural Drainage Publications Available Two New Farm Business Management Publications Available New University of Minnesota Department Head Resources Calendar

Resources Page 2: Low Cost Parlors for Wisconsin and Minnesota Dairy Producers To order the fact sheet and CD-ROM on low cost parlors visit the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability web page: http://cdp.wisc.edu or call Arlin Brannstrom at 608-265-3030. Page 2: Siting Animal Production Operations National Center for Manure and Waste Management http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/waste_mgt/natlcenter/center.htm Online OFFSET calculator http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/manure/ (Click on Odor, then look for the Calculator under Setbacks.) OFFSET-Odor From Feedlots Setback Estimation Tool (FO-07680-C) Call the University of Minnesota Extension Distribution Center at (612)-624-4900 or (800) 876-8636 or visit online at http://www.extension.umn.edu/units/dc/ Page 3: Sizing Silage Piles Automating the process of sizing a silage pile (spreadsheet) http://www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/uwforage/storage.htm Midwest Plan Service publications—see below Page 3: Agricultural and Alternative Energy Web Page http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/energy/ Page 5: Farmland Tile Drainage Design Workshop To register or receive a program brochure, contact Jean Spohr at sporhjm@mrs.umn.edu or 320-589-1711, or Jerry Wright at jwright@umn.edu. Page 5: Agricultural Drainage Publications Agricultural Drainage: Planning an Agricultural Subsurface Drainage System (BU-07685-GO) http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/DC7685.html Agricultural Drainage: Soil Water Concepts (BU-07644-GO) http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/DC7644.html Both publications are also available by calling the University of Minnesota Distribution Center at (612) 624-4900 or (800) 876-8636 or visit online at http://www.extension.umn.edu/units/dc/ Midwest Plan Service Publications MWPS-35 Farm and Home Concrete Handbook AED-43 Managing and Designing Bunker Silos AED-45 Using All-Weather Geotextile Lanes and Pads NCR-615 Purchasing and Leasing Farm Equipment NCR-610D Acquiring and Managing Resources for the Farm Business Click here to order these and many other MidWest Plan Service publications.

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