Kingaroy feedlot waste trial

Client: Forestry Plantations Queensland
Scope:
Verterra staff designed and implemented a trial of composted cattle feedlot waste at rates of up to 20 tonnes per hectare on a property at Kingaroy in the South Burnett.
Benefit to Client:
The trial aimed to demonstrate the nutritional and biological stimulus to growth productivity in commercial eucalypt plantations, and opportunities for beneficial re-use of feedlot waste.
Market Sector: Municipal and Urban
Capabilities:
- Irrigated forest & fodder crops for beneficial use of waste water
- Agricultural land productivity
- Sustainability
- Biosolids
Location: Queensland
Year: 2003 - 2004