Daylay also operates a feedmill where feed for chickens is mixed. Tim Sherwood, the mill manger, is responsible for the 300 tons of feed produced daily. Daylay buys three million bushels of corn from farms in Central Ohio. The composting facilities were recently installed to take the raw manure and change it into a safe, low odor fertilizer called Nature Pure. Three compost turners are used to turn six lanes of compost per day, which facilitates the plugflow windrow system and allows for the manure to be well mixed and aerated to enhance the composting process.
Additional aeration is provided by an in-floor pressured air system, which supplies the windrows.
Nature Pure is a dry, granular compost product, which is sold near current fertilizer values. Daylay also offers custom application service. They also offer farmers the opportunity to rent a fertilizer spreader to spread fertilizer for themselves. The compost is more environmentally friendly, application rates are better controlled, and nutrient leaching is significantly decreased. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency stringently guides land application programs from raw manure.