Manure Storage Completed in the Town of Seneca

Utilizing funding from New York State Agriculture and Markets’ Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grant Round 28, the District supported the installation of a 5.9 million gallon storage on a farm in the Town of Seneca. This gives the farm more on-farm storage capacity to better manage nutrients and prepare for periods of inclement weather and avoid spreading on frozen or saturated ground which can negatively impact water quality. It also reduces resources needed to haul manure allowing the farm to transport during less busy times of the year and in ways which reduce traffic and odor prevalence.
Siting this storage on a large piece of agricultural land adjacent to the farmstead provides efficient access for manure application. This storage is also well set-up for future drag line application of manure. Drag line application is a management tool where liquid manure is injected directly into the soil, greatly reducing the potential for nutrient runoff from the field while also limiting the amount of passes equipment must make across the field. The next phase of the project will install an underground manure transfer pipeline system that will allow the farm to directly transfer manure from their farm to the storage, greatly reducing manure truck traffic.