Waste Management on the Feedlot

Waste management on the feedlot is a key factor in running a clean organization and allowing a healthy habitat for the cattle to live in. Normally we clean our lots out twice a year due to frozen ground: once in the spring and once in the fall. If the lots get really sloppy during the summer we will go in and box scrape them out down to a level, walk-able surface for our cattle. Otherwise we clean the barns out several times a year for our calves and re-bed them weekly. Every morning, two of our employees scrape the feed alleys and the alleys that our heifers stand in to eat in order keep the manure to a minimal and then we proceed to spread the manure when necessary. We haul all of our own manure with two spreaders. The two spreaders we use are a Degelman M34 and a Meyer 9520 which both hold up to the 30 ton range of manure. Keeping up with waste management can be a very difficult task because we can’t haul during the winter seasons, which leaves us to spread through the spring to fall seasons. So when spring hits the spreaders will be running!