A lab-scale manure testing facility has been constructed. The facility consists of 10 airtight manure storage vessels housed in an environmentally controlled chamber. Airflow to each storage vessel is regulated to control the oxygen level in the stored manure. The headspace gas may be sampled and monitored through a grid of Teflon tubing. Manure samples can also be collected from various manure depths from each vessel. The facility allows for conducting various tests on manure, including the study of odour and greenhouse gas emissions from stored storages, waste breakdown characteristics under various storage conditions, and the effectiveness of different manure management technologies and feeding strategies.