Farmers are quite accustomed to dealing with all three.
However, most people do not think about the possibility of contaminating their drinking water with mishandled dead animals. Your drinking water may be endangered by disease-causing bacteria and excess nutrients from dead animals improperly disposed of on your farm. This publication focuses on how to manage on-farm livestock deaths while maintaining the quality of your drinking water. In the past, the most popular method for disposing of dead livestock was through a rendering service. However, in recent years the number of rendering plants has greatly decreased.