As one of the major pork producers in the US, Christensen
Family Farms has a lot of farms to over see and a lot of manure to
manage, which the company’s agronomy department does with a
high degree of professionalism. Regardless of the size and location, Schmitz and the four
other agronomists at Christensen are engaged in managing
manure and getting the most out of it—financially and land-wise.
“We market the manure and line up the custom applicator to
deliver the product,” Schmitz explains. “We basically manage the
manure all the way to the field. We work with what we call our
co-operators (farmers) on how to best manage the manure for
their cropping situation.”