- Jul 15, 2011
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Over the past few years the government has been createing guidlines under the roose of recycleing. Basically it has to do with water quality. The big section that has to do with us farmers is animal waste. the guidelines deal with how to dispose of and store animal waste, also pasture. depending on the size of the operation it can become very expensive to comply. manure has to be composted for 45 days prior to spreading on a field. a requirement of a concrete pad with 3 walls that are block or concrete. also shrubs need to be planted around the composting area so it is not noticeable. Manure cannot be spread with in 150ft of any water source or any field with a grade of greater then 1.5%.
Pastures cannot have any natural or man made ponds, streams, creeks or other water sources. They must be fenced off not allowing the animals within 50 or 100ft of the water source. a filter strip planted to filter any run off. oh yeah the 1.5% grade again to keep water from going into the water source.
mind you when you look at the water quality map all of the agricultural areas already have better water quality then the urban and city areas.
To top it all off, city people who support this whole crime against farms and farmers show up to the meetings, they say really stupid things. They enjoy leaving the suburban area and going for drives in the country. They don't want to look at manure piles or smell manure that has just been spread on the fields. 2 famous quotes "This is a free country and I shouldn't have to smell cow manure when I drive through the country side" (if it is a free country why does the farmer have to follow rules to suit your monthly sunday drive). The best quote ever "Everyone knows green beans come in a can." (no matter what you can't argue with that statement)
Pastures cannot have any natural or man made ponds, streams, creeks or other water sources. They must be fenced off not allowing the animals within 50 or 100ft of the water source. a filter strip planted to filter any run off. oh yeah the 1.5% grade again to keep water from going into the water source.
mind you when you look at the water quality map all of the agricultural areas already have better water quality then the urban and city areas.
To top it all off, city people who support this whole crime against farms and farmers show up to the meetings, they say really stupid things. They enjoy leaving the suburban area and going for drives in the country. They don't want to look at manure piles or smell manure that has just been spread on the fields. 2 famous quotes "This is a free country and I shouldn't have to smell cow manure when I drive through the country side" (if it is a free country why does the farmer have to follow rules to suit your monthly sunday drive). The best quote ever "Everyone knows green beans come in a can." (no matter what you can't argue with that statement)