Manure is not waste -- it is fertilizer, and farmers need a lot of it in today's hyperactive farm economy. So it might not be surprising that the price of manure is rising.
The (Canada) National Post says:
In today's hyper-inflated agricultural economy, even manure is
commanding record prices. As the cost of what goes into animals has
climbed, so too has the value of the material that comes out.
The story points out:
Prices on the U.S. Web site
manuretrader.org
range from "free" to US$30 per short ton. Even at top dollar, though, a
livestock farmer's manure haul makes a small dent in his costs; hog
raisers have been walloped by soaring grain prices and the high dollar.
But every bit helps.
And Brian Klassen, owner of Nutricycle Inc.,
who specializes in manure applications on farms across Manitoba -- his
letterhead calls him a "strategic animal byproduct relocation
technician" -- says that improving technologies have made ordure less
odious in recent years.
