Volume
47
Issue
6
Abstract
The WSU On-Farm Mortality Composting Project of the Biologically Intensive and Organic Agriculture (BIOAg) Program demonstrated on-farm mortality composting as an effective disposal option for routine livestock mortalities. To evaluate the impacts of the project and determine the direction of future research and outreach, Washington dairy producers currently composting farm mortalities were surveyed. Their most important sources of initial information about mortality composting were other farmers and neighbors, magazines and newspapers, and local conservation districts. Future information was preferred from a Web site and university Extension bulletin, not classes or seminars. Composting reduced mortality disposal costs for 92% of these operations.
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Recommended Citation
Price, C., Carpernter-Boggs, L., & Goldberger, J. (2009). On-Farm Mortality Composting in Washington State: Outreach and Producer Survey. The Journal of Extension, 47(6), Article 22. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol47/iss6/22
