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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 12 > Permits ensure feedlot waste control

Permits ensure feedlot waste control

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
August 12, 2009

Every day, a 1,000-pound beef steer produces about 17.5 pounds of manure.

So put 1,000 animals in a feedlot for several months, calculated Wym Matthews with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, and the manure adds up.

"The volumes of waste are quite large," said Matthews, manager of....

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