> And of course there’s manure. A dairy cow produces an average of 68 kilograms of manure a day. All that manure has to be collected and the barn floors regularly cleaned.
Ok that's a stat I didn't expect. 68kg! That's ~150lbs! Holy crap.
Ok that's a stat I didn't expect. 68kg! That's ~150lbs! Holy crap.
It's probably not an accurate comparison, but I don't find any consolation in the fact that a lot of the bulk/weight of cleaning my cat's litter box is water. I don't know if it meaningfully changes anything about the task for a cow though.
its a large amount of waste, but its not 150lbs of solids
Compare to horse manure which is relatively dry, easy to shovel.
Tangentially, that can be a job for robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4t0qIISTs