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Abstract
Several beef and dairy producers across the country have been successful in dramatically reducing mud problems without resorting to the use of expensive concrete or pavement. A load-bearing material used in the highway industry can be placed in high animal traffic areas, on mounds, around feed bunks and in "transition " areas where animals move onto or off of concrete. The materials are of two basic types; 1) geotextiles, which are a porous filter-type material, and 2) polyethelye-type plastic grid material. Costs for installing the finished surface are about one-third the cost of concrete.
Publication Date
1996
Publication Number
AEU-68
Repository Citation
Turner, Larry W., "Reducing Mud Using Highway-Type Filter Materials" (1996). Agricultural Engineering Extension Updates. 18.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/aeu_reports/18
