Due to the size and dispersed nature of its facilities, the Heimerl
hog operation in Ohio uses a variety of manure management
practices—from manure injection to a traveling irrigation gun, to
do the job right. In terms of the timing of application, Heimerl says they avoid
spreading on weekends to keep good relations with neighbors and
pay extra attention to water quality issues and application rates. When attempting to maintain a hog production business with
people
crowding in all around you, it takes an operation of this caliber to
successfully avoid the health and public relations nightmares that
can sometimes develop when city folk get an itch to move to the
country.