Completed Competitive Grant

Animal manure-municipal yard waste composting project in Wright County, Iowa

Project ID: 1996-06

Abstract

Two of Iowa's waste disposal problems are manure from livestock confinement facilities and yard waste. Considered separately, they present special difficulties in disposal, but when combined they may make a good compost material suitable for use by gardeners and landscapers.

Lead investigator: Randy Killorn, ISU Agronomy, et al

Year of grant completion: 1998

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Nutrient management

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