The Adumax, organic fertilizer produced from pig manure treatment, will be presented for the first time to the national market by Embrapa Swine and poultry of Concord (SC), decentralized unit of agricultural research company under the Ministry of agriculture, livestock and food supply, during 2013, industry AveSui Latin American poultry and swine which happens to 14 to 16 may in the South Centre, Convention Center of Florianópolis (SC).
To reach the new product, researched a technological arrangement capable of solving a problem of swine, the lack of land in properties to apply the manure as fertilizer. The development of Adumax has gone through three stages: the research of composting technology, the practical test of production and the materialization of the product, which will be sold in retail (supermarkets and cattle-breeding) in units of two pounds.
"The technological arrangement includes the production of pigs with waste (which must have a total solids concentration above 5%) serving of raw material for composting and the enrichment of fertilizer; composting, when ejecta are distributed by a machine in a bed of compost with sawdust from wood of reforestation; and the compost factory, where the organic compound is sifted and packaged for marketing ", explains the researcher Paulo Armando de Oliveira, responsible for the development of technology. The release of bio-fertilizers will be made during the lecture of researcher on May 14, on the Panel "& Bioenergy Biomass".
Among the benefits of using organic fertilizer are income generation for product marketing; the possibility of extending the flocks of pigs in the same area; the environmentally correct destination for the pigs waste; low emission of greenhouse gases (such as, for example, methane); the recycling of production waste; the reduction of odours in the treatment; the possibility of obtaining carbon credits; the increase in organic matter in the soil; and the fact that it is a technology included in the ABC program (low carbon Agriculture) of the Federal Government.
The Adumax can be applied in vegetable gardens and gardens, besides serving for reforestation and the cultivation of grains. The product has the company partnership CTR fertilizer industry, Jaborá (SC).
In addition to the Adumax, Embrapa Swine and poultry takes to AveSui pre-slaughter handling guidelines of pigs, the NEWS (Central Intelligence of poultry and swine), and the egg laying hen Embrapa 051 colonial.
The welfare of pigs pre-slaughter management is not just a matter of respect for the animals. The care also bring better working conditions on farms and economic benefits. The recommendations of Embrapa, which include the removal of animals of stalls, driving down the hallway to the dock and how it should be built the boarding ramp in the truck.
The work considers the importance of caring about the animals at all times prior to shipment to the refrigerators and during transport until the arrival to slaughterhouses. The main caution that the producer should have in the hours prior to shipment is to keep the animals on an empty stomach. This is important for well-being, mortality, economics and quality of meat. The density of pigs in the trucks, the travel time and the behavior of drivers behind the wheel are also important care for the welfare of the animal. The result of the adoption of wellness practices in pre-slaughter management reflects on work and on the profitability of producers and agribusinesses.
The NEWS (Central Intelligence of birds and pigs) is a home page with economic information of two productive chains. The site, launched in 2011, was developed by the teams of Socioeconomics, communication and information technology of Embrapa Swine and poultry. The NEWS publishes monthly indexes of production costs for poultry and swine (ICPFrango and ICPSuíno) and the cost of production benchmark in 11 major producing States of Brazil. Are also offered maps, reviews and quotations of the corn and soy markets, in partnership with other units of Embrapa and Conab. The address is www.cnpsa.embrapa.br/cias.
The colonial Embrapa 051 laying offers a production well above the rustic colonial birds. The Embrapa 051 produces of 280 to 300 eggs each cycle, while a common colonial chicken reaches 80. The laying of Embrapa is also considered to be dual-purpose, with capacity to produce eggs for females and for males (slaughtered with 120 days). The laying is intended to semiconfinadas or agroecological creations. Although present colonial features, it preserves all the advantages of commercial poultry, as the sanitary control and quality assurance of the product offered to the consumer.
The colonial Embrapa 051 laying pigs and poultry gained even more national market space focused on alternative poultry production 2012. The partnership with Lawn Poultry allowed to be sold, on average, 83 thousand hens per month last year, reaching more than a million birds a year, which is equivalent to approximately 3.4% of the national market of layers of red eggs.
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