EM CASE STUDIES

Sustainable Cycling Feedlot Operation

A large-scale feedlot cattle farm in Costa Rica has been using EM for about 6 years and successfully produces organic fertilizer by fermented cattle manure in a sustainable way.

Overview

The Ganadería Colono Real S.A. farm has 2000-2200 cattle in its feedlot and is known as a producer of the gray Brahman breed. They have been working with EM technology for about 6 years (as of 2024) and it has helped them to control odors and produce organic fertilizer from animal manure in a sustainable way.

Problems

– Strong ammonia odors that can affect animal nutrition and health.
– Pest problems, including flies.
– Manure management.

EM Application

AEM (Activated EM・1) is used to control bad odors and produce organic compost from manure.

– Odor Control: The entire feedlot consists of 64 sectors where AEM is applied every Monday and Thursday. Approximately 18L of AEM is applied per sector (each sector is approximately 300 square meters).

– Compost Production: A total of 120 tons of manure is removed daily and processed in a compost bin with daily applications of AEM. This material is mixed with 2 carloads of sawdust and then made into a pile in the composting plant where the process is repeated with AEM. The piles are turned twice a day with special machines and the AEM applied is diluted to approximately 40%. These piles are maintained for 30-35 days, depending on the weather.

Pile of compost

Mixing while applying AEM

Turning the compost pile

Effects and Results

– Significant odor reduction along with pests and flies throughout the feedlot.
– EM Technology has helped reduce the composting process time to only 5 weeks to finished product (normally takes an average of 2-3 months).
– The farm achieved its goal of producing high quality organic manure-based fertilizer with EM and received organic certification.
– They reached a total production of 400 tons of organic fertilizer per week.

Feedlot video shooting

High quality organic fertilizers

Composting Cycle Process

For further information, please contact our partner at:

BIONOVATION S.A.
Add:600m al norte y 50m al sur del colegio de Ingenieros Agrónomos, San Vicente, Moravia, Costa Rica
Tel:+(506)83259136
Tel:+(506)22353783
Email:bionovationsa@gmail.com
http://www.em-la.com/es/
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2024.7.2 Updated

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