Pelleted Chicken Litter Catching On Fast

Pelleted Chicken Litter Catching On Fast LIVESTOCK Poultry Pelleted chicken litter fertilizes better than spreading litter raw The easy-to-handle organic fertilizer from Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch in Michigan is now being marketed from Massachusetts to Montana and south to North Carolina and Missouri “We used to make compost and sell locally then we started in-house drying of manure ” explains Brian Geerlings Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch “We started pelleting about 5 or 6 years ago after several years of experimenting It’s an easier form to handle and works in lime spreaders of all sizes and kinds ” The dehydrated pelletized poultry manure is plant friendly as well It contains 80 lbs of nitrogen N per ton Additional N is available to growing plants because of stimulated microbial activity in the soil Herbruck’s estimates that 2/3 of the N mineralizes in the first year It’s also microbe friendly which leads to healthier soils and plants “Customers like the improved crop performance compared to conventional fertilizers ” says Geerlings The pellets also deliver phosphate and potash as well as micronutrients like sulfur magnesium calcium and more It’s available in various sizes from 50-lb bags $260/40-bag pallet to 1-ton super sacks $169 and bulk semi-loads $99/ton plus freight Crumbled pellets sized similar to fertilizer granules are also available for use with conventional fertilizer spreaders planter boxes and lawn spreaders “We sell a fair amount of pellets and crumbles to organic farmers ” says Geerlings “It’s in high demand from grain producers and other growers ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch Inc 
6425 West Grand River Ave 
Saranac Mich 48881
 ph 616 642-9421; www herbrucks com

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