Austrian firm gets solid start in slurry extraction

Austrian separator maker Bauer says more than 50 of its units are used in the UK to extract solids from livestock slurry.

The British government recently cleared dairy farmers to use so-called recycled manure solids for bedding.

This “green bedding” was pioneered in the USA in the 1990s. A peat-like material with little odour, it must be dried to above 35% moisture and used the same day, layered 2cm to 5cm on mattresses, or 7.5cm on concrete, according to Bauer.