Gypsom bedding pros and cons

[xtedbear]

I was looking into Beeding the cattle on gypson paper as straw has got a little expensive! Anyone got any experience and also what is it like to spread after and are there any soil benefits with calcium levels etc?

 

[Archie]

Is the biggest con not that it’s illegal?
Plasterboard contains gypsum certainly is or is the paper stuff something different?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I’ve just posted on another thread to be very careful.

I don’t know the full story but getting some gypsum products mixed with muck and slurry can cause dangerous gases to be produced.

 

[Getnthair]

I’ve just posted on another thread to be very careful.

I don’t know the full story but getting some gypsum products mixed with muck and slurry can cause dangerous gases to be produced.

Gypsum contains sulphur.

I presume some of that sulphur will be released, as sulphur dioxide, as the bedding decomposes.

I wouldn't use this bedding where it ends up in an enclosed space - say a slurry cellar.

 

[mo!]

Illegal and dangerous.

What's not to like?

 

[upnortheast]

I’ve just posted on another thread to be very careful.

I don’t know the full story but getting some gypsum products mixed with muck and slurry can cause dangerous gases to be produced.

It`s resulted in fatalities when slurry has been stirred in an enclosed space Both cows & people

 

[Envirofarm]

I’ve just posted on another thread to be very careful.

I don’t know the full story but getting some gypsum products mixed with muck and slurry can cause dangerous gases to be produced.

Paper bedding from the plasterboard process is legal and approved by AHDB and The EA. We provide in to many farms including Royal Veterinary college farms. The paper from the plasterboard process contains small amounts of gypsum, which has antibacterial qualities and is great for improving teat and hoof health.

Paper from plasterboard is not intended to be used on farms that have slurry pits. The horror stories that people keep repeating/remembering are about "gypsum powder - not paper". Previoulsy a farm used neat gypsum powder to sprinkle on cubicles, that then went in to slurry. Neat gypsum powder, when agitated in a slurry pit will off gas sulphite, which is harmful. Hence why gypsum powder is not allowed.

@mo! @Archie @xtedbear

 

[mo!]

Paper bedding from the plasterboard process is legal and approved by AHDB and The EA. We provide in to many farms including Royal Veterinary college farms. The paper from the plasterboard process contains small amounts of gypsum, which has antibacterial qualities and is great for improving teat and hoof health.

Paper from plasterboard is not intended to be used on farms that have slurry pits. The horror stories that people keep repeating/remembering are about "gypsum powder - not paper". Previoulsy a farm used neat gypsum powder to sprinkle on cubicles, that then went in to slurry. Neat gypsum powder, when agitated in a slurry pit will off gas sulphite, which is harmful. Hence why gypsum powder is not allowed.

@mo! @Archie @xtedbear

It was paper we had. It stank.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

Paper bedding from the plasterboard process is legal and approved by AHDB and The EA. We provide in to many farms including Royal Veterinary college farms. The paper from the plasterboard process contains small amounts of gypsum, which has antibacterial qualities and is great for improving teat and hoof health.

Paper from plasterboard is not intended to be used on farms that have slurry pits. The horror stories that people keep repeating/remembering are about "gypsum powder - not paper". Previoulsy a farm used neat gypsum powder to sprinkle on cubicles, that then went in to slurry. Neat gypsum powder, when agitated in a slurry pit will off gas sulphite, which is harmful. Hence why gypsum powder is not allowed.

@mo! @Archie @xtedbear

We have used plasterboard paper and I agree it is an excellent product.
We used it in loose housing, not a slurry situation. Yes it can smell but not dangerous in that situation.
It is a re-cycled product that has to go somewhere, if only builders could use a separate skip for plasterboard and a separate skip for their general waste instead of chucking it all in together.
The litter / waste with it is the reason we stopped using it - silicone tubes, wire, speed fit pipe etc.

 

[Envirofarm]

We have used plasterboard paper and I agree it is an excellent product.
We used it in loose housing, not a slurry situation. Yes it can smell but not dangerous in that situation.
It is a re-cycled product that has to go somewhere, if only builders could use a separate skip for plasterboard and a separate skip for their general waste instead of chucking it all in together.
The litter / waste with it is the reason we stopped using it - silicone tubes, wire, speed fit pipe etc.

Hi Bruce,

We deliver throughout Warwickshire if you would like to try a load?
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Josie
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