How high is too high for a pile of chicken droppings?
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January 13, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure?
Eight feet, apparently.
Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it's piling up in barns across the South. To reduce the risk of fire from spontaneous combustion, poultry experts are warning farmers that piles 6½- to 7-feet high are high enough. One pile caught fire in western Arkansas this week, triggering a wildfire that destroyed a mobile home.
"This hit the sweet spot," said Karl VanDevender, a professor and extension engineer for the University of Arkansas System Divis...
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