Natural Manure Treatment

Bio-Desolve Natural Manure Treatment converts manure into an agricultural nutrient that is valuable to soil.

Microbial oxidation of the organic compounds found in manure pits also converts solids to forms of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and numerous other micronutrients that can be released at a slower pace. When spread over a field, the treated manure will add natural benefits like improved soil texture, deeper water percolation, and better water retention.  In addition, with treatment, nutrients are stabilized and tied up in forms that are less likely to have an environmental impact.

Main Benefits of Bio-Desolve Natural Manure Treatment

• Aids in the reduction of odours and harmful gases, making a safer and more pleasant environment for workers and livestock
• Speeds composting of solid manure and reduces solids in liquid manure
• Can be used for all types of livestock; pigs, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats and horses
• Aids in removing and preventing crusts for easier manure management
• Increases available nutrients in manure allowing them to be more readily available to crops when land spreading, thus decreasing fertilizer costs
• 100% all natural, therefore environmentally friendly and safe to handle
• In side by side barn tests, increased Nitrogen availability
• In side by side barn tests, decreased Phosphorous concentrations by over 1%

Impressive Results

Colony located in eastern Manitoba:

• 700 sows Farrow to Finish
• 6 million gallon lagoon emptied annually
• 2 cell lagoon – overflow of liquids go into the second cell
• Lagoon is 12’ deep total
• Needed help as they had lost 45% storage capacity in their primary cell due to sludge build-up
• Could no longer store an entire year worth of manure
• At the initial probing on October 23, 2009, lagoon had 64.5” of solids; Bio-Desolve Natural Manure Treatment was then applied
• On October 15, 2010, after emptying the lagoon, it had only 7.5” of solids
• Now have 95% total storage capacity
• Lagoon was initially shocked in fall 2009, then the grow/finish barn was treated with Bio-Desolve Natural Manure Treatment from January 2010 on.
• Prior to starting the Bio-Desolve Manure program the lagoon needed to be partially emptied each spring.  It did not need to be emptied in spring 2010
• Odour inside and outside the barn was reduced by 40-50%, with lagoon virtually odourless all summer
• Pits inside the barn flow nicely
• Ammonia levels are reduced
• Fewer pit flies
• The lagoon operators have tried other products in the past that were very expensive and not nearly as effective

The Truth About Ammonia

Elevated concentrations of harmful gases, such as ammonia, are associated with several production factors including: reduction in average daily gain, increased number of days to market, as well as higher mortality rates and medication costs.

• Ammonia can reduce performance and increase the incidence of disease
• The typical range of ammonia in hog barns is 5 to 50 ppm, with numbers often in excess of the 25 ppm recommended threshold level
• Concentrations at the level of 50 ppm ammonia can cause significant reductions in average daily gain
• The concentration of ammonia can be as much as 60% higher at the animal breathing zone than at the human breathing zone