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RENDERING

Berg says the unit is about 8'x9' and
will be used three times a week at a cost of
about $400 a month using natural gas.
"We cannot burn municipal waste
but could take in materials from veterinarians, hunters and even road kill to
offset some of our costs, as long as we
keep a log on what we are accepting"
she continued. "It took about six weeks
to get the necessary permits from Texas
agencies and town ofﬁcials.
"When our rendering company initially asked for a $2 million liability (per
occurrence) coverage and $5 million
aggregate, the costs could have been
as much as $1,200 a month. They [an
independent rendering company] were
picking up three times a month at a cost
to us of $700 monthly."
She says the system burns material
at 1,800° F and reduces 1,500 lbs. of ingoing material to 15 lbs. of sterile white
ash, which can be put in ﬁelds, ﬂower

Incineration is another disposal alternative
for SRMs. This Southern Breeze Eliminator
unit awaits installation at Dalhart
Processing. Southern Breeze manufactures
incinerators with capacities from 250 lbs.
to 3000 lbs. (Photo courtesy of Southern
Breeze Fabricators, Inc.)

beds or used as fertilizer.
Dalhart processes about 15 cattle
and 15 hogs per week, but estimates it
produces nearly a quarter-million lbs.
of materials a year that previously went
to the renderer.
"I feel that what we have done is
much more socially responsible since
the renderer would still not pick up
SRMs or similar materials from other
species including deer and elk, goats
and sheep," Berg adds. "If we landﬁlled

what the renderer did not pick up, who
knows what could have leached into the
water table where our children live. I
feel good about our decision."
Of further concern to smaller kill
plants is the fact that there is often only
one rendering ﬁrm serving a region.
They are able to dictate price and terms
without fear of losing the business to
any other competitors.

Added expense
Valley Proteins Inc./Carolina Byproducts, which operates rendering service
in 11 Mid-Atlantic states and three
others in the Southwest, advised its
suppliers that they would need to provide $1 million in liability insurance
coverage (per occurrence), which
will cost some small kill plants about
$1,500 a year in additional premiums.
Some custom slaughterers have already begun surcharging individual

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