Marshall, Missouri · Sunday, November 8, 2009
[SeMissourian.com] Fair ~ 62°F  
High: 76°F ~ Low: 54°F
Dennis Gessling uses this rig to pump manure from his hog waste lagoon and "knife" it onto his crop land as fertilizer. He said he adheres to Missouri laws by taking samples of the lagoon and soil samples of his ground and applies only the nutrients needed for one crop-year. As a permitted Class IC Confined Animal Feeding Operation, he has to send the records in each year to the Department of Natural Resources. Area farmers usually apply the manure once or twice each year. (Marcia Gorrell/Democrat-News)