1. Chicken Industry Programs to Prevent Water Pollution Bill Satterfield Executive Director Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. June 5, 2013

2. How the Chicken Industry Operates Five Delmarva chicken companies 1,600 farm families growing chickens Companies provide chicks, feed, bird health programs, bedding material, propane gas, and company oversight Growers provide land, houses, electricity, water, and day to day management

3. A Typical Chicken Farm

4. Chicken House Interior

5. How Much Manure is Produced?

6. University of Delaware/Delaware Department of Agriculture Data show: Chicken manure production in Sussex County is only 20% of EPA estimates Manure nitrogen concentration is only 40% of EPA estimates Manure phosphorus concentration is only 60% of EPA estimates

7. Delmarva’s Chicken Industry Pollution Contributions Delmarva chicken producing counties = 7.7% of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Delmarva chicken manure is responsible for just 6% of all Chesapeake Bay nitrogen from all Maryland sources

8. Cost Share to Assist Growers USDA/NRCS State of Delaware Conservation Districts Maryland Agricultural Cost Share Program Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Districts

9. Locally Produced Organic Fertilizer Add micronutrients to aid in plant growth Is a slow release fertilizer Has a value of about $100/ton as a fertilizer Selling for about $25 per ton Not a waste product In short supply in parts of Delmarva

10. So, what have we been doing?

11. Phytase Less phosphorus in = less phosphorus out Phytase use = 30% reduction in excreta P

12. Nipple Drinkers

13. Organic Fertilizer Storage Building

14. Manure Storage Building

15. Heavy Use Area Pad

17. Litter Recycling

18. Windrowing Year prior to windrowing = 350 tons of manure removed First year of windrowing = 166 tons Second year of windrowing = 155 tons

19. Ammonia Control Products

20. Carcass Composter

21. On-Farm Carcass Freezers

22. Vegetative Environmental Buffer

25. Miscanthus

26. Manure Incorporation

27. Chicken Manure Injector

28. Manure Subsurfer

29. Removal of Old Chicken Houses

31. Soil Remediation

32. Organic Fertilizer Transport

33. Manure Transport Maryland – Chicken companies match state dollars for their growers‘ costs – 85% moved out of Lower Shore Counties – 77% went to alternative uses

34. Manure Transport Delaware – 31% went farm to farm within Delaware – 38% went to non-Delaware farms – 31% went into alternative uses – In FY 2012, 87,000 tons of manure transported in Delaware

35. Perdue AgriRecycle

36. Perdue ArgiRecycle Dedication

37. Perdue AgriRecycle

38. Bird Improvements

39. Other Alternative Uses Burning to produce electricity Anaerobic digestion to produce electricity or gas Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.

40. So, how are we doing in Maryland? Maryland WIP Goals July 2011 – December 2012 Implementation vs. Milestone Manure transport 37,729 tons vs. 37,000 goal Manure buildings 22 installed vs. 7 goal Litter incorporation 85,000 acres vs. 24,000 goal Litter Treatment 44 farms vs. 65 goal Heavy use area pads 186 farms vs. 19 goal

41. A Bad Farm

42. A Beautiful Farm