Making the most of manure with results of Manure Standards project

The 2,5-year-long project Manure Standards kick-started the development towards more harmonized and equal practices for manure data generation and use in the Baltic Sea Region. The project produced new information on manure, recommendations for good manure utilization, tools for manure mass balance calculation and instructions for representative manure sampling and analysis. The results can be used by farmers, advisors, research and policymakers. Manure is a valuable resource and its proper …

Generating manure data for individual farms – lessons learnt with the pilot farms

Manure Standards project worked with altogether 94 animal farms around the Baltic Sea. The methods for manure data generation – sampling and analysis and farm-level mass balance calculation – were tested in practice. Both were found to have their pros and cons. A farm-level calculation tool was prepared for cattle, pig and poultry farms with the most important animal categories and manure types included. The Excel-based tool and a manual for its use is …