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y MANURE MANAGEMENT PLAN for KLEINFELD EGG FARM - 1993 I. Manure Management for High-Rise BUildingg - Houses 17. 18 & 19 1. Manure will be kept under the cages for the full length of production cycle (130 wks), or removed sooner should manure contractors require fertilizer for land spreading. 2. All management practices will be followed to keep the manure in dry form in order to minimize fly breeding and odor nuisance. A. Water cups will be checked daily for leaks and replaced as needed. B. Feed Conveyers will be checked daily for leaks, thus reducing rodent problems as well as fly breeding. C. Air will be circulated under the cages where manure will be kept to accelerate drying process. D. Portions of manure piles will be removed in case of water leaks, in order to prevent fly-breeding in wet areas. E. During high-risk periods(March to October),fly breeding activities will be routinely monitored and upon verification of breeding activities, necessary steps will be taken to correct the situation, including spraying for larvadft and an approved fly-killer spray of fly bait for adult flies. 3. After the manure is removed from buildings (East of the High Rise Units only), it will be inspected to make certain that manure is not left on site premises for more than one (1) wM k. 4. Manure will be removed to crop and tree producers as a fertilizer. The rate of application will depend on the needs of those producers and the crop being fertilized. II. Wet Manure Managemenj Praglice - Houses 1. 2. 6. 7. 13.14.*15 & *16 *(Bonom Laygrs Onlx1 The following manure management plan will be used for the additional 180,000 layers. 1. During the months when fields are dry and manure can be moved from the poultry houses,conventional methods of"thin-spread"manure drying will be used in periods of seven (7) days only. Manure is to be loaded into a manure spreader ands read thin on approximately 640 acres of farming property as needed for fertilizer.