Manure Storage Covers Worshop: Covers that Pay!
August 12, 2008

Increasing odor and air quality concerns have created significant difficulties for the viability and growth of the livestock and poultry industry and are becoming prominent issues in Ohio. Management of air emissions is a major challenge faced by Ohio's food animal producers. Effective mitigiation technologies are emerging, such as covers and digesters, however many of these technologies are cost prohibitive.

Through the carbon credit trading program, food animal producers can now receive payment for capturing methane emissions from their manure storage structures by installing covers. The carbon credit trading program supplies the food animal producers with a golden opportunity to obtain manure storage covers for free or reduced rates and also receive payment for maintaining the covers. The Manure Storage Covers Workshop is for food animal production professionals and producers to explore this new golden opportunity, obtain first-hand resource information for decision making, understand the additional benefits of manure storage covers and gain access to the organization offering the manure storage covers.

Please download the program brochure here.

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All educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a non discriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status.
Keith L. Smith, Associate Vice President for Ag. Adm. & Director, OSU Extension. TDD No. 800-589-8292 (Ohio only) or 614-292-1868