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• <br />Benefits of Composting <br />• Creates valuable soil amendment <br />• Stabilizes nitrogen into a slow -release form <br />• Avoids the problem of nitrogen immobilization <br />• Reduces manure volume by 50 percent <br />• Destroys weed seeds, fly larvae, and internal <br />parasites <br />• Eliminates or reduces the cost of off -site <br />disposal <br />Storage <br />Normally, manure storage consists of: <br />• Short-term stockpiling <br />• Permanent stockpiling <br />• Composting <br />• Spreading the manure <br />Stockpiling <br />Stockpiling is making a pile of solid manure and leaving it alone. You may or may not add manure to it. Stockpiling can occur on a <br />temporary or permanent site. <br />Temporary site <br />You must remove and use temporary stockpiles within a year of storage. This allows the site to recover and for plants to grow back. You <br />can then start another temporary stockpile at a new site. Moving to new sites prevents excess nutrient build-up in the soil. Choose these <br />sites carefully and consider soil type and groundwater separation. <br />Example of mixing/storage area with buck wall. <br />Temporary manure storage b n used for <br />composting. Added slats in the front <br />increases storage. <br />