Nation’s First Livestock Waste Testing Lab

Cliff Starling (left), manager of the University of Florida’s Suwannee Valley Livestock Waste Testing Laboratory in Live Oak, and John Carter, owner of C&C Farms in McAlpin, Fla., discuss fertilizer requirements for silage corn. By having the lab test their poultry waste for nutrients that benefit crops such as corn, hay, oats and sorghum, C&C Farms has reduced fertilizer costs by about 90 percent.

(Photo by Josh Wickham/University of Florida/IFAS)
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