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The amount of waste that is produced by the local mink industry is mind boggling. 




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A huge mountain 2,000-ton pile of cow manure at a feedlot near Milford, Neb.,(S)

2000 tons x 2000lb/ton = 4,000,000 pounds (4 million pounds)
Dung pile measures 100 feet long, 30 feet high and 50 feet wide
2 million mink would produce over 20 times this amount each year.
Can you grasp the potential impact of mink manure in our area.
Add to this the dead mink bodies and liquid waste & urine.

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 Manure pile Spectacle Lake (From Google)
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Manure   Oil, Pellets & Power
1. Biodigesters:  Mink-waste projects get ACOA loans  Another company, Southwest Eco-Energy Ltd. of Weaver Settlement, Digby County, is getting a $500,000 loan to develop an anaerobic digester to keep mink waste out of landfills while producing biofuel.  However what about the effluent?
Municipality approved to make electricity from mink manure. http://www.digbycourier.ca/News/2013-03-28/article-3209961/Municipality-approved-to-make-electricity-from-mink-manure/1
The municipality plans to burn methane gas collected from an anaerobic digestor in Weaver Settlement.The municipality has just accepted a bid of $425,000 from Martin Machinery in Latham Missouri to supply the 300-kilowatt generator.  After the manure is put into the biodigester who is responsible for the still very toxic waste (effluent) that is still there.  {sludge treatment)  If this effluent were put directly into watercourses, it would negatively affect them by causing eutrophication. (S)
2. Mink oil production: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/ea/mink-oil-production-plant.asp 
The purpose of the proposed undertaking is to construct and operate a Mink Oil Production Plant at an existing mink composting facility at 2429 Patrice Road, Concession, Digby County commencing 2014 and operating between September and January each year thereafter
3. Pelleted mink manure:  For burning or for fertilizer. Sounds good but not as simple as implied.  Nd the ash that is let behind may now be a concentrated form of fertilizer.   Thermal Gasification of Manure PDF  |   http://www.agripelletmachinery.com/ |
4.  The mink ranches are processing organic waste, from slaughter houses and fisheries, that would otherwise have to be sent to "land fills".  This is good for the slaughter houses but not for us.  Waste from many regions even out of country are being concentrated in our watershed areas.  The supply is not enough  so fishing fleets are hired to  supply the "mink machine".  What happens to this manure is important.  






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Mink Carcus
 http://www.tribemagazine.com/board/tribe-main-forum/165244-canada-goose-douche-now-american-goose-douche-18.html  (picture)

Manure Management Guidelines



APPENDIX A-1: Manure Nutrient Content for Various Livestock Species*
*Based on averages form a variety of sources. Actual farm values may vary greatly.

Type of Livestock

Moisture
%

Total
N%

Total N

Available N

Crop N

P2O5

K2O

lbs/
ton

kg/
tonne

lbs/
ton

kg/
tonne

lbs/
ton

kg/
tonne

lbs
/ton

kg/
tonne

lbs/
ton

kg/
tonne

Beef

Open Lot

50

0.9

17

8.7

4.4

2.2

5.1

26

11

5.6

16

8.2

Paved

65

0.7

13

6.6

5

2.6

4.4

2.3

4

2

9

4.6

Closed

92

0.5

9

4.6

3.9

2

3.3

1.7

4

2

10

5.1

Dairy

Free Stall

92

0.5

9

4.6

4.1

2.1

3.7

1.9

4

2

10

5.1

Tie Stall

80

0.6

11

5.6

4.6

2.3

4.2

2.1

4

2

10

5.1

Hogs

Farrow-finish

96

0.4

7

3.6

3.2

1.6

3

1.5

5

2.6

4

2

Farrow-wean

96

0.4

7

3.6

3.2

1.6

3

1.5

5

2.6

4

2

Feeder

96

0.4

7

3.6

3.2

1.6

3

1.5

5

2.6

4

2

Poultry

Layers (solid)

60

1.6

32

16

25

13

22

11

56

29

20

10

Layers (liquid)

90

1

19

9.8

15

7.5

13

6.6

34

17

12

6.1

Broilers

35

1.9

37

19

25

13

21

11

30

15

20

10

Breeders

35

2

39

20

26

13

23

12

60

31

20

10

Turkey

Hens

35

1.9

37

19

25

13

21

11

30

15

20

10

Toms

35

1.9

37

19

25

13

21

11

30

15

20

10

Broilers

35

1.9

37

19

25

13

21

11

30

15

20

10

Horse

    

0.6

12

6.1

6

3.1

5.7

2.9

6

3.1

12

6.1

Mink

    

1.8

36

18

18

9.2

17

8.7

50

26

40

20

Fox

    

0.4

8

4.1

4

2

3.8

1.9

4

2

2

1

Rabbit

    

0.5

10

5.1

4.2

2.1

4.6

2.4

24

12

10

5.1

Veal

    

0.4

7.6

3.9

3.8

1.9

4

2

10

5.1

7

3.8

Elk

    

0.7

13

6.6

3.9

2

4.5

2.3

10

5.1

12

6.1

Bison

    

0.7

13

6.6

3.9

2

4.5

2.3

10

5.1

12

6.1

Sheep

Ewes

50

0.7

14

7.1

5.6

2.9

5.3

2.7

9

4.6

25

13

Lambs

50

0.7

14

7.1

5.6

2.9

5.3

2.7

9

4.6

25

13



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