NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
Steve Kooser Slurry Store Manure Storage
Steve Kooser of Mill Run, Pa.  recently completed an Slurry Store Manure Storage.  Steve participated in the
USDA/NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program  and ACT 6 Nutrient Management Grant Implementation
Program.  Below are some of the construction highlights.
Milk house waste transfer line from septic tank manure storage
View of Septic Tank to collect milk house waste water
View of Septic Tank to collect milk house waste water
Reception pit curing while a temporary chute was constructed
to collect manure in a front end loader
Base ring installed to bolt panels
Concrete pad for slurry store manure storage
PTO Agitator Pump
Panel Installation
On May 12th, 2007 a Cover Crop and No Till Field Day was hosted by the Adam Derr Family and sponsored by
the Fayette County Conservation District, Penn State Cooperative Extension Service, and Natural Resources
Conservation Services. Below are some of the highlights.
The group meetings in the morning to
discuss cover crop advantages
Cereal Rye used as a Cover Crop, note the height.
Cover Crop experiment plot,
planted on 4 row checks.
Crown Vetch used as a cover crop in
the research plot.
Don Fretts, PSU Cooperative Extension,
discusses using manure in a no till system.
Chris Rerko, FCCD, discusses the
Great Plains No Till Drill the district
offers to rent.
Don Fretts discusses the use of his
own Vermeer Hay Buster Drill.
Producer discusses the differences
between the Haybuster and Great
Plains Drill
Vermeer Hay Buster No Till Drill in action
Great Plains  No Till Drill in action