“Keep It In the Root Zone” is the theme for the 2006 Great Lakes Manure Handling Expo, to be held in St. Johns, Michigan on July 27 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The expo will feature innovative and practical manure application strategies that place and keep manure in the root zone, where it most benefits growing crops. These strategies include everything from advanced manure treatment systems at the livestock facility to manure application equipment and systems