Consideration Of Beef Cattle Barn Projects With Manure Management Planning: Çanakkale/Ayvacik Case Study

Abstract

Livestock barns are built without taking into account animal welfare, productivity and effective use of labor in cattle breeding enterprises. These problems can be eliminated by following the design principles. However, considering the small family businesses in our country, it is seen that there are quite large design errors in the cattle barns. Another issue that is not taken into account in livestock enterprises is the processes related to the collection, transmission, storage and disposal of animal wastes that will arise during production. This makes management difficult, causes some environmental problems, and wastes manure, which is a very valuable plant food source. In this study, a small scale (50 head beef) operation is designed considering the above mentioned design criteria and possible manure management options. Annual manure production capacity of 575 t is calculated. However based on the soil analysis results and various plants this operation will need to apply 76 to 902 tons of manure annualy. This shows that a detailed plant production plan should be conducted based on the manure management plans. For alternative plantations land requirement to dispose of manure vary between 13 – 91 da. The land available for manure application is about 20 da for this operation. Therefore, additional land should be managed to manage manure. Results of the study showed that commercial value of manure produced annualy is about 874 $. This value aslo demonstrates the importance of manure management based on soil/manure nutrient contents and plan needs.