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Faster, Easier,
More Effective
- Air Purge system
- drag line
- follow soil maps
- precise application
using flow metre
all equipment supplied
agitation for large tanks
and raceway
long distance hauling available
disc injection
Tel: 523-9362
Fax: 523-4917
40923 Cranbrook Rd.
R.R. #4 Brussels
Michael & Raymond Rammeloo
NECO • LAMBTON • SUPERB • J -STAR • BSM • LUCKNOW • WESTFIELD • WALINGA • BROCK • FARMATIC • EXACON • VALMETAL
U .NOW • WESTFIELD • WALINGA • NECO • BROCK • FARMATIC • EXACON • VALMETA
GRAIN STORAGE
SOLUTIONS
Made in Ontario
featuring
• Storage capacities to
72,000 BU
• Large 40" fill opening
• Large manhole access
hatch
• Standard roof safety and
compression ring
• 30° & 35° high rib roof with
5 1/2" overhang and
roof ladder
• Full access bin door with a
bin door step standard
• Sidewall stairs or ladders
• Accessorized to your
requirements
INI MAITLAND VALLEY
Agri Systems Ltd.
LUCKNOW, ON 15'91529-3820
SERVICE
SALES
INSTALLATION
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then storage is required only for that
180 -day period.
Operators who have an
arrangement with a manure broker,
as broiler producers do in some parts
of the province, can also reduce their
storage capacity. If the broker can
provide 60 days of storage capacity,
for instance, the requirement for the
farmer is reduced to 180 days. These
exceptions will be accounted for in
the nutrient management strategy
designed for the farm.
Even if a covered manure storage
is the selected choice, the problem of
run-off isn't completely offset unless
the manure has more than 30 per cent
dry matter content. The upslope
water must also be diverted away
from the storage.
The advantage of the covered
storage, however, is evident
when looking at requirements
to contain run-off from an uncovered
storage. According to the OMAFRA
fact sheet, the run-off storage system
must have at least capacity for 1.53
litres of effluent per day per square
metre of uncovered surface area. For
a farmer with a 30 by 20 metre
uncovered storage, for instance, the
requirement for 240 days of storage
amounts to 220,000 litres of storage,
or 220 cubic metres.
In addition the capacity of the run-
off storage must be calculated
considering the direct precipitation.
There are less expensive options
such as permanently vegetated flow
paths, if your manure has a dry
matter of level of 30 per cent or
greater. Upslope water must be
diverted around the storage area and
the surface of the storage must be
less than 300 square metres.
The distance required from
surface water or any tile drainage
inlet varies according to the dry -
matter content of the manure. If the
dry matter is less than 50 per cent,
the storage must be at least 150
metres from surface water. If the dry
matter content is more than 50 per
cent, the distance is reduced to 50
metres.
The permanently vegetated flow -
path must be situated on a minimum
of a half -metre of soil and not located
within three metres of a field tile
drain, 100 metres of a municipal
well, 15 metres of a drilled well that
has a depth of at least 15 metres and