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Swine Lagoon Design Volume

 

        LAGOON DESIGN VOLUME (FIRST STAGE) in CU FT/ANIMAL UNIT
AT VOLATILE SOLIDS LOADING RATES PER 1000 CU FT OF VOLUME
     
  Average Live Weight CuFt Raw For Raw Manure Volatile Solids 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 (Middle Stage) Three Months Storage (Final Stage) Annual Dewater Manure Storage Volume (Single Stage) Annual Dewater For 3.5lb VS- Design + Storage
ANIMAL UNIT(Swine) pounds/ unit Manure/ yr lb/day per unit lb VS/day lb VS/day lb VS/day lb VS/day lb VS/day lb VS/day lb VS/day CuFt/ Animal CuFt/ Animal CuFt/ Animal
Farrow (per S&L cap.) 400 187 2.40 800 686 600 533 480 436 400 70 281 966
Nursery (per pig cap.) 35 17 0.18 60 51 45 40 36 33 30 7 29 81
Grow-Fin (per pig cap.) 165 71 0.80 267 229 200 178 160 145 133 32 127 356
Breed-Gest (per sow cap.) 375 67 0.70 233 200 175 156 140 127 117 30 120 320
Far-Finish(per prod. sow) 1526 589 6.64 2214 1897 1660 1476 1328 1207 1107 259 1034 2932
Feeder-pig(per prod. sow) 536 164 1.84 614 526 460 409 368 335 307 68 272 798
Far-Finish(per pig sold/yr) 85 33 0.37 123 105 92 82 74 67 61 14 57 163


Last Updated on 6/24/97
By Don Jones


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