[USCC] Manure

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Hal,  The larvae I mentioned could be from several insects but the one  we 
favor is the Black Soldier Fly
 
_www.virtualcentre.org/www.virtualcentre.org/<WBR>en/enl/_ 
(http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/enl/vol1n2/article/ibs_conf.pdf)  
 
Craig Sheppard and Larry Newton at Univ Ga have shown that  the larvae are 
not only a significant disposal system for a wide variety of  putrescent waste, 
including poultry manure, but that they are a significant  asset in 
themselves. They self-harvest when they are ready to leave the feeding  troughs. The 
larvae at that point are about 45% protein and 30% fat.  The  adults do not come 
indoors, do not bite or sting, nor do the adults  eat.
 
This means that they are not a pest. In fact, where the BSF  larvae exist in 
quantity the usual house fly will not coexist. So having BSF  consume your 
waste matter significantly reduces house fly populations for  multiple reasons.
 
We have fed the harvested BSF larvae to poultry, fish and  pigs with great 
success as a supplemental source of protein and fat.  So we  have converted a 
waste material into a feed source.  And very little  material would have to go 
to the next step.  In fact they can also convert  your mortalities.
 
Neal Van Milligen
Kentucky Enrichment Inc
_www.kentuckyenrichment.com_ (http://www.kentuckyenrichment.com) 
_cavm at aol.com_ (mailto:cavm at aol.com) 
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What  kind of larvae are you talking about?  At our farm we are composting 
our  manure because the heat kills any fly larvae, pupae, or eggs.  Fresh  layer 
(poultry) manure is too strong for worms.  If you used some kind of  insect 
to "pretreat" you would have to a way of seperating them back out from  the 
product that needs to go on to the next step.

Hal  Kreher





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