Manure is fresh animal feces. Manure products are the result of a manure treatment system. Examples of manure products are compost, methane gas, anaerobic lagoon effluent and manure mixed with bedding. Odors and water quality problems are also manure products. Technological factors involved in manure treatment systems have a significant influence in the value of manure use.
Management is everything.
Moisture and nutrient contents have economic effects. Product quality also determines value. The impact of management on the potential for manure product utilization, can be illustrated by examining several types of manure products. Anaerobic lagoon effluent by design has had the nutrients diluted and carbon burned off. It is a dilute nutrient soup with limited reuse potential except irrigated onto a nearby forage crop.