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Table 5-17. Costs Calculations for Manure Composting.
Equipment Used
Capital Costs
per Head
Annual Operation and
Maintenance Costs per Head
Total Annualized Costs
per Head
2004 Costs Estimated from CIAS, 1996 – Wisconsin Study
Windrow composting
with front-end loader
$324.25 - dairy cattle
$213.50 - beef cattle
$1.75 - layer
$23.75 - swine
$179.75 - dairy cattle
$118.50 - beef cattle
$1 - layer
$13.25 - swine
$196 - dairy cattle
$129.25 - beef cattle
$1 - layer
$14.25 - swine
Windrow composting
with bulldozer
$266 - dairy cattle
$175.25 - beef cattle
$1.50 - layer
$19.50 - swine
$179.75 - dairy cattle
$118.50 - beef cattle
$1 - layer
$13.25 - swine
$193.25 - dairy cattle
$127.25 - beef cattle
$1 - layer
$14.25 - swine
Windrow composting
with custom-hire
compost turner
$266 - dairy cattle
$175.25 - beef cattle
$1.50 - layer
$19.50 - swine
$215.25 - dairy cattle
$141.75 - beef cattle
$1.25 - layer
$15.75 - swine
$228.75 - dairy cattle
$150.50 - beef cattle
$1.25 - layer
$16.75 - swine
Windrow composting
with purchased
compost turner
$617 - dairy cattle
$406.25 - beef cattle
$3.50 - layer
$45.25 - swine
$234.25 - dairy cattle
$154.25 - beef cattle
$1.25 - layer
$17.25 - swine
$265.25 - dairy cattle
$174.75 - beef cattle
$1.50 - layer
$19.50 - swine
2004 Costs Estimated from University of Alberta, 2000
Windrow composting
with front-end loader
Study presented annualized costs per ton of manure
composted.
$23.75 to $47.50 - dairy cattle
$15.75 to $31.25 - beef cattle
$0.13 to $0.25 - layer
$1.75 to $3.50 - swine
Windrow composting
with compost turner
Study presented annualized costs per ton of manure
composted.
$71.25 to $142.50 - dairy cattle
$47.00 to $94.00 - beef cattle
$0.50 to $0.75 - layer
$5.25 to $10.50 - swine
2004 Costs Estimated from Alberta Government, 2004
Windrow composting
with compost turner
Study presented annualized costs per ton of manure
composted.
$31.50 - dairy cattle
$20.75 - beef cattle
$0.25 - layer
$2.25 - swine
2004 Costs Estimated from USEPA, 2001 Draft
Windrow composting
with compost turner
Study presented annualized costs per dairy cow. $15.50 - dairy cattle
$10.25 - beef cattle
$0.09 - layer
$1.25 - swine