Ecodrum

Swine and poultry growers have shown a lot of interest, and Tom Gillis had already sold the Ecodrum on display at the Gillis Agricultural Systems store in Willmar.

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The enclosure also keeps the Ecodrum out of the sight of neighbors or people traveling by the farm.

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Gillis recommends that producers put at least a three-sided building around the Ecodrum.

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The Ecodrum turns broilers, tom turkeys or finishing pig mortalities into compost in about seven days.

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Swine and poultry growers have shown a lot of interest, and Tom Gillis had already sold the Ecodrum on display at the Gillis Agricultural Systems store in Willmar.

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Gillis said the sizes and capacity of the Ecodrum have been designed based on the maximum amount of mortalities that can be consistently processed into compost in optimal time.

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Most livestock producers will set the Ecodrum to run from Midnight to 2 a.m. via a three-quarter horsepower motor powered by a 110-volt electrical source.

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Ecodrum offers neighbor-friendly way to dispose of dead animals

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The Ecodrum offers livestock producers a neighbor-friendly way to dispose of animals that die on the farm.

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"We had some customers contact us in regards to composting, so we looked into the Ecodrum system and became a distributor about a year ago," said Tom Gillis, president of Gillis Agricultural Systems of Willmar and Storm Lake, Iowa.

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