Boost for Compost Piles

The composition of Boost includes a unique micro-nutrient enriched carrier to provide accelerated germination, growth, and superior enzyme production while reducing odor, BOD, COD, suspended solids, turbidity, and ammonia concentrations. Stable bacteria spores enhance shelf life and guarantee microbial concentration.

Spore-form allows Boost to resist chlorine, disinfectants, and high-water temperatures.

A highly concentrated turkey growing area in Ohio where regulation is requiring livestock growers to build facilities to house the mortalities of their operations and compost the carcasses to recyclable soil amendments. Without the correct forms of bacteria in the compost stations, piles of compost can accumulate, as in this case, for up to two years and still have whole, intact birds within it. By creating a 'starter' pile for the application of Boost™ compost bacteria using existing 'aged' compost mixed with new sawdust bulk and additional daily turkey mortality, an extremely active source of colonizing bacteria is quickly and affordably established. As layer upon layer of old compost, new bulk and daily mortality collection are added along with just ounces of Boost compost bacteria, a ready source [incubator] of active compost bacteria is established. The grower has established an on-farm carcass disposal "closed-loop" bio-secure system.

In the composting of livestock or poultry, Boost microbial complex is unmatched in the decomposition of carcasses and bulk [carbon] material as in wood chips, crop stover, cobs, or straw]. Properly layered carcass compost does not require churning as Boost functions either with or without oxygen. With adequate moisture application, the thermophilic organisms will increase compost temperatures to an excess of 160°F literally “cooking” the carcass and bulk material, reducing bone structures, destroying pathogens, odors, fly pressure leaving a rich soil amendment high in plant available carbon/nutrients.

Cattle [dairy or beef] confinement manure is of a very thick consistency, contains a very high volume of cellulose, and is difficult to agitate. The addition of Boost to any cattle manure containment will reduce the volume of additional water required and agitation time. Boost preconditions the manure by composting the solids into a liquid status. More and more custom manure haulers and pumpers are going to the dragline application to save on trips to the field and respond to objections of county engineers of heavy manure loads breaking down county blacktop roads. Treatment of cattle manure containment will reduce the expense of agitation as well as increase the liquid flow for long-distance dragline use. Deep Pits: Boost is an excellent product for the composting and pre-conditioning of deep pit manure containments. A 1,200 head swine barn pit contains 420,000 gallons of manure at capacity. Adding just six [6] one-pound water-soluble packets four times per year to the pit will reduce to eliminate top crusting, bottom sludge, flies, rodent runs while decreasing the production of noxious pit gasses like ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and methane. Twenty-four pounds per year per 1,200 head capacity or one pound per 17,500 gallons of pit capacity. In beef and dairy, due to the thick nature of the manure, it is recommended an application rate of two pounds per 20,000-gallon capacity. Livestock Compost Piles Treated With Boost Need Not Be Churned Boost microorganisms enhance both the mesophilic and thermophilic organisms to reach and maintain temperatures necessary to significantly reduce the viability of toxins and pathogens while stabilizing the carbon. Boost microorganisms literally pre-condition animal manures held in deep pits or lagoons through the aerobic, facultative anaerobic and anaerobic mix of bacteria by biologically decomposing the contents of the pit or lagoon. Insufficiently composted manures are not carbon stable and therefore are not as fully available to the plant, rather as the soil continues to dedicate limited bacteria to the final breakdown of the manure components prevents nitrogen availability. Livestock manure and poultry litter are organic materials that require both mesophilic and thermophilic temperatures to stabilize their carbon content to be beneficial to plant growth and provide additional plant nutrients with less dependence on existing overtaxed soil nutrients. Composting manures improves the fluidity of the manures by taking on the role of soil bacteria in breaking down the manure components [preconditioning] into molecular structures necessary for soil chelation and plant root absorption. The application of Boost preconditioned manures greatly increases the volume of beneficial soil bacteria.