Manure Production Capacity in Kg (per dairy cow)

               Below table and the graph specifies manure production capacity of a cow related with its milk production:

             

Manure Capacity per Cow - kg/day	Milk Production per cow - kg/day
50	15
60	25
70	35
75	45

         

Dairy Farm Feasibility Project for 100 Units Heifers

Generally, when a dairy farm started with 100 heifers according to the normal conditions following the end of the 2nd year the herd circulation is expected to begin. The most important two factors here milk and cemen efectiveness.

CLOSED AND OPEN AREAS:

Barns

According to the calculation that from each preganant heifer one new calf has been obtained, the farm will own 90 calfs (10% wastage ratio). Expecting the 50% is male and the rest is female, totally 90 units should be located in a different barn.

Feeding Storage and other Areas

Area	m2
Feeding Storage	291
Raw Feed Store	233
Silage	818
Materials	48
Maternity (2 units)	20
Infirmary	20
Milking Parlour	83
Manure Pit	347
Walking Alley	1897
Total Alleys	3055
Garden	162
Farm House	81
Management	49
TOTAL	7.104

                                          
STUDS:
    

Studs should receive all necessary health maintenance with shiny hairs, vaccinated.

100 x 2500 Euro

                          

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT:

Machinery	€
Automated Milking Parlour and Machinery (5 x 2)	30.000-35.000
Feeding Grinding Machine	550
Feeding Mixer (6 m3) – 1 Unit	11.000
Water Trough (4 Units)	1.200
Automatic Cow Brush (4 Units)	2.200
Cubicles (for 100 herds)	4.500
Calf House (20 Units)	3.200
Bedding Material (for 100 herds)	5.000
Milk Cooling Tanks (5 ton)	5.400
Manure Scraper (4 units)	14.000
Tractor	15.000
Manure Separator	11.000
Rubber Mat (for 100 herds)	5000
Manure Pump and Mixer	4000
TOTAL	117.050

                             
FEEDING COSTS: 

Prepared as 600 Kg, 3,2% fat, 3,8% protein, 5% lactose 30 lt. milk per milch cow

AMOUNT  ( Kg)	FEED	€
20	Corn Silage	0,71
4	Alfalfa	0,32
1	Razmol	0,12
2	Corn Flakes	0,29
1	Wheat	0,11
2	Soya Pulp	0,56
0,1	Vitamin Premix	0,22
0,1	Dicalciumphosphate	0,26
30,2	TOTAL	2,59

       

        **In order to obtaine high milking capacity by-pass fat and protein can also be used.  On the other hand these may inrease the feedign costs. Above mentioned table will be enough for 25-30 lt capacity.

MILKING COST AND INCOME: 

. Feeding cost of 1 lt milk              :  2,59 € / 30 lt milk = 0.086 €  
. 1 Liter raw milk selling price (% 3,5 fat) : 0.30 € (A quality can be sold at  0,41 €)
. Milk income per cow                  :30 lt raw milk X 0.30 € = 9 €
. Net Milk income per unit:
9 € (income) – 2,59 €  (feeding cost) = 6,41 € (Income per livestock)

Mostly used dairy breed types: 

Ayrshire

Brown Swiss

Busa

Canadienne

Dairy Shorthorn

Dutch Belted

Estonian Red

Fleckvieh

Friesian

Girolando

Guernsey

Holstein

Illawarra

Irish Moiled

Jersey

Kerry

Lineback

Meuse Rhine Issel

Milking Devon

Montbéliarde

Normande

Norwegian Red

Randall

Sahiwal

Agriculture and Dairy Farming Exhibitions List - 2014

1-) INAGRITECH 2014 ( 19-22 March )  - Indonesia
2-) AGROEXPO EURASIA 2014 (18-21 September) - Turkey
3-) FSSHOW 2014 - (6-8 March) - China
4-) MODERNAGRO 2014 (18-20 June) - China
5-) AGMET 2014 (29-31 March) - China
6-) ANIMALIA ISTANBUL 2014 (20-23 February) - Turkey
7-) AGROTECH (07-09 March) - Poland
8-) SEMINAT (07-09 March) - Italy
9-) AGROTECHNOLOGIES - (18-20 March) - Russia
10-) EUROTIER 2014 (11-14 November) - Germany
11-) ILDEX - VIETNAM - (19-21 March) - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

1    12-) Fieldays  11-14 June 2014 , New Zealand

2    13- )     National Farm Machinery Show, 12-15 February, Kentucky, USA

3    14- )    World AG Expo, 11-13 February, Tulare, CA, USA

4    15- )     Lamma, Farm Machinery Show, 22-23 January, Peterborough, UK

6    16- )     Agrama, 27 November – 01 December, Bern, Switzerland

7    17- )     EIMA, 12-16 November – Bologna , Italy

Click here to see the full list of exhibitions in 2014 

Dairy Farm Sample Photos with Manure Handling Equipment

            Informational photos from a dairy farm including the equipment like manure separator with its steel platform, submersible manure pump and mixer with raw manure pit and chain manure scraper in the barn:


Raw manure pit:
               

Barn with cubicles:

Chain Manure Scraper with Drive Unit:

Manure Separator on its steel platform:
                           

Renewable Energy Source for Dairy Farms : Biogas

           Biogas in dairy farms simply obtained by the anaerobic digestion with the manure collected in the farms, it converts the cow manure into methane biogas. With the help of the digesters and the mixers in these and also generators basically the manure is used to obtain electricity and heating for these farms. Therefore the farm by itself can be able to use this electricty and heating for its own needs. In Germany today many dairy farms have such installations. Not only it has benefits in economical points (producing electricty and heating) but also biogas systems may reduce global warming. (It reduces nitrogen dioxide and methane oscillation both of which heat the atmosphere).

     

   

What is Centrifilter? Filter Separator Integrated with Manure Separator

        Filter Separator is designed to separate solid and liquid phases of fiber-rich waste materials. The waste should be free of sand, as well as other foreign objects such as metal, glass, wood, etc. that have the potential of damaging the internal parts of the separator.

          Slurry can be fed into the Centrifilter either by a pump or gravimetrically through a hopper at the inlet. The helically formed conveyor inside the separator moves the slurry forward from the inlet section towards the solids discharge outlet. During this travel of the slurry, the polygonal screen around the conveyor continuously dewaters the liquid fraction of the slurry. Meanwhile the dewatered solids translated to the discharge area where they discharged gravimetrically.

            Operational efficiency of the machine (throughput and dryness of solids) is greatly affected by the slurry consistency. Therefore performance results may vary depending on what kind of slurry is being dewatered. Following principles should be kept in mind when optimizing performance.

·                    Separation efficiency is typically increased when a larger screen slot-size is used. This in turn will result in more solid particles to escape into the separated liquid phase.

·              Smaller screen slot-size typically results in less solids percentage in the separated liquid phase. However throughput will be lower with smaller screen slot-sizes.Homogenous feed composition dramatically increases the operation and separation effectiveness. However, adjusting the mixing duration and interval considering the manure pool volume is crucial to prevent changing manure composition negatively for the separation.

           When feeding and bypass line lengths exceed 10m, pipe locations should be reassessed. Locating the pipes underground may result in capacity loss, clogging etc. Bypass and feeding lines should be slopped to allow the manure flow into the machine. Centrifilter discharge line is 4” in diameter. The line diameter between liquid discharge and liquid pool must be at least 4”. Similarly, a slopped fashion of pipe location is recommended to prevent clogging in discharge lines.

           Isolating the inlet and discharge lines may help avoid freezing.

Benefits of Using a Manure Separator in Dairy Farm

            Manure separators in the dairy farm first of all recycles the excess manure accumulated in the barns. In order to collect all raw manure in the pit or throw it away and cause pollution in environment, farms can separate the solid and liquid phases of their raw manure and utilize the outputs in their own farms or can sell in the market. Therefore separation of manure enables the dairy farms not to waste their manure supply and also enables them to make profit from their own material.

         A manure separator is mostly coupled with a submerisble pump and mixer for raw manure pit. Investment costs are low comparing to its benefits. Today many countries in the world apply regulations on the protection of envrionment, and the manure separator by itself apart from its profits is a milestone to protect the environment.