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Manure Dribble Bar

Manure Dragline Dribble bars

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Two manure dRibble Bar Styles

Tank Dribble Bar

Tank Dribble Bar

Less Odor = Happy Neighbors

Nitrogen loss abatement 

Hydraulic folding tank dribble bar.

30 ft wide, 15 inch spacing.

Built and designed by Hoover

Dragline Dribble

Dragline Dribble Bar

Less Odor = Happy Neighbors

Nitrogen loss abatement 

Integrated swinger pipe 

37 or 50 ft wide, 15 inch spacing.

Magnetic swing breakaway wing tips

Built and designed by Hoover

A dribble bar is used to apply manure in a variety of settings. Such as before planting canola, corn, or soybeans or into a wheat crop at the same time that commercial nitrogen is applied.

manure dragline Dribble bar advantages

One of the primary advantages of using drag lines is the elimination of a heavy manure tanker from the system. While many tankers use flotation tires, the weight of the equipment poses a compaction issue.  Utilising a dragline to apply manure eliminates that risk.

 Dribbling manure reduces odor compared to spraying. Less odor means better nitrogen retention. More nitrogen means better crops with less fertiliser.

Farmers in Pennsylvania are very interested in using manure dragline to apply manure. As a result of the increased demand, custom  manure haulers have invested into draglining, making this practice possible across the state. With the cool, rainy weather delaying field operations in spring and generating wetter-than-desired soil conditions, now would be a good time to experiment with drag line manure application.

 

For manure haulers, spreading liquid manure has always been challenging. Spraying it on fields is unpleasant and not very reliable.

Additionally, excessive runoff and crop damage may result from this spreading technique. Thanks to Eric Hoover, liquid manure can now be hauled with less odor.

The dribble bar spreader was invented in Europe, where it is widely prohibited to apply manure outside of the growing season. 

A dribble bar is precisely what it sounds like. It is a bar-like system that dribbles manure at low pressure onto the soil beneath plant leaves, improving application precision, reducing runoff, and lessening crop damage and odor.

Compared to current splash plate spreaders, the amount from each row is more uniform. The Hoover manure distributors are fine-tuned to dispense the manure uniformly.

Manure is  applied at the base of the plant. This is closer to where a developing crop uses it, making the manure application more like fertilizer (although there will still be some variance in nutrient content)..

Dribble bar manure applicator

Even though low-disturbance manure injection into the soil is better, it requires more time and power. At times, the optimum method for applying manure to growing crops or forages is the speed of manure dribble bars.