tailieunhanh - WEST VIRGINIA POULTRY PRODUCTION SURVEY

Ratites are not covered by the poultry PPPS. Biosecurity requirements in that sector are largely mandated by the requirements of its export markets. The egg industry has a Code of Practice for Biosecurity (Grimes and Jackson, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2001), which is currently the industry standard with respect to biosecurity. This standard was used to develop the third party auditable EggCorp Assured™ program (ECA), which also includes food safety, environmental and welfare operating practices. In order to implement the objectives of this National Farm Biosecurity Manual, the egg industry will incorporate the objectives and ensure that requirements. | WEST VIRGINIA POULTRY PRODUCTION SURVEY A Report on Implementation of Water Quality Improvement Practices in the Five Eastern Panhandle Poultry Producing Counties. Requested By The West Virginia Poultry Water Quality Advisory Committee Prepared by Thomas Basden Extension Specialist West Virginia University Extension Service Andrew Walker Non-Point Source Specialist West Virginia Soil Conservation Agency Potomac Inter-Agency Water Quality Office 129 North Main St. Moorefield WV 26836 Telephone 304 538-7581 Fax 538-7676 and Casey Ritz . Poultry Program Coordinator West Virginia University Extension Service WVU Eastern District Office 40 State St. Keyser WV 26726 Telephone 304 788-3118 Fax 788-2543 ABSTRACT Rapid expansion of the West Virginia poultry industry has prompted questions concerning the effect of this expansion upon water quality. This survey was conducted during October and November of 1994 to determine the level of Best Management Practice BMP implementation in order that educational and technical programming could be targeted toward specific BMPs needing greater attention. Using a set of 52 questions poultry producers demonstrated their management of poultry litter and mortality and how they were making agronomic decisions on their farms. Improved methods of poultry litter storage application and distribution are occurring. Poultry mortality management has made a dramatic shift to composting as a low-cost solution. Agronomic management is an area that needs targeted programming to demonstrate to producers how they can maximize poultry litter as a fertilizer. Overall the producers are showing a commitment to voluntary land stewardship that will ensure continued environmentally sound growth of the poultry industry in the Potomac Valley. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Purpose Of Study Methods And Materials Results And Discussion Section I. Section II. Section III. Section IV. Section V. Section VI. Section VII. Section VIII. Section XI. Section X. Type