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Table 2 The status of Hanwoo breeding and the concentrations of nutrients in manure and compost from 40 farms

From: Investigation of Hanwoo manure management and estimation of nutrient loading coefficients on land application

The number of heads per farm

10 ~ 220 (Average 60.5)

Daily manure production (kg/head)

Aa

B

16.8 ± 3.1

13.7

The number of bedding exchanges (turn/year)

0 ~ 12

Daily compost production (kg/day)

25 ~ 1078

 

Concentrations of nutrient in manure (g/kg)

Concentrations of nutrient in compost (g/kg)

Aa

B

Volatile solids

41.3 ± 19.2

27.1

180.3 ± 82.4

Total nitrogen

8.1 ± 2.6

8.5

12.7 ± 4.7

Total phosphorus

1.7 ± 0.9

2.6

4.8 ± 2.2

  1. aA, Questionnaire; B, Ministry of Environment