WV Farm Bureau Magazine August 2014 | Page 24

Meeting Will Discuss Poultry Litter as Value-Added Product; Explore Possible Marketing Opportunities Attention, poultry producers: your excess poultry litter could be sold as a value-added product, increasing your bottom line and reducing nutrients reaching the Chesapeake Bay. If this sounds interesting to you, get the full scoop at a Growers Meeting to be held Tuesday, August 26 at 7 pm. at the Plains District Community Center, 233 McCauley Drive, Timberville, Virginia. A consultant team from regions 1,8 and 9 of the West Virginia Planning and Development Council will facilitate the meeting. Discussions will include: nutrient management planning and local land application of litter; how much excess litter is in the Virginias; a business plan proposal that considers the formation of a poultry growers cooperative to process and sell excess poultry litter; collection and processing of the poultry litter; possible markets and interests; anticipated poultry litter products available for sale; financial considerations for such an enterprise and possible return on investment. The meeting is sponsored in part and refreshments will be provided by the Contract Poultry Growers Association of the Virginias. 24 West Virginia Farm Bureau News • Let the pros lease hunting rights to your property • Liability insurance included! • Call for a FREE quote and landowner packet Your Auger: Upgraded Bring hi-tech functionality to your new or worn steel flighting: · outlasts steel 2 to 1 · poly surface prevents buildup · reduces power consumption Call 877.367.7659 or order online at lundellplastics.com 13-0076 SAWMILL EXCHANGE North America’s largest source of used portable sawmills and commercial sawmill equipment. Over 800 ads. Call for a free list or to sell your equipment. 800-459-2148 http://www.sawmillexchange.com NOTICE! Oil & Gas Royalty Owners 2014 ANNUAL MEETING! NARO - Appalachian Chapter National Association of Royalty Owners Speakers, Networking, Fun! The Greenbrier Hotel Resort September 7-9, 2014 1-800-558-0557 Toll Free Selling Alfalfa Hay Dairy Quality 3x3, 3x4, 4x8 bales delivered to you by Semi Truckload 877-285-8200 or 620-285-6971 Organic Fertilizer and Lime Doubled my hay crop in 1995 67% increase of cattle herd on same acreage Summer 2013 produced 2 1/2 times more hay “19 years field proven” Only costs $14.00 per acre for both Will not burn! 19-19-19 & pellet lime costs $300+ per acre and they burn! Reduce your dependence on “foreign oil” Help the environment with less oil use Improve miles per gallon Cut overall costs American made synthetic oil. Amsoil www.lubedealer.com/rwbenson [email protected] 304-745-4710 after 6 p.m.