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Jones-Hamilton has developed easy to use tools to identify and reach your target water pH for poultry and livestock water.

If you've applied any poultry litter amendment other than PLT and get an ammonia spike at bird placement, PLT is the only litter treatment safe enough to apply with birds in the house.

PLT poultry litter treatment is an acidifier that eliminates ammonia and lowers pH in poultry houses of all types. PLT is preferred to other products for its efficacy, safety, consistency and more. Learn about all the reasons top poultry producers choose PLT.

By following the recommend procedures when preparing your poultry houses and applying PLT, you will be able to eliminate more ammonia and extend the life of your PLT.

Maximize your PLT application with these 5 simple steps.

Maximize your PLT application with these 5 simple steps.

Maximize your PLT application with these 5 simple steps

Optimizing your PLT application and eliminating the most ammonia from your poultry houses begins with proper preparation. Learn how to prepare your poultry houses and make the most of your PLT with this video (in Spanish).

Since the launch of PLT in 1994, these are the questions that are asked the most.

PLT binds ammonia in a non-reversible process, which means the nitrogen is retained in the litter and actually increases over time, raising its value as a fertilizer.

Higher rates of PLT can save $600-$1,200 a flock on fuel costs.

This study evaluated the environmental impact of PLT - Poultry Litter Treatment from the production through distribution, and compared it to the environmental benefits of product application.

In this study on the effects of PLT litter amendment on fuel costs and bird performance, the farms that used PLT showed a significant drop in fuel costs due to the elimination of ammonia. Furthermore, bird weights improved generating additional revenue.

A comparison study of three farms showed the wide reaching effects of PLT litter amendment, including how it significantly and consistently lowered ammonia and litter pH for significant fuel savings during summer months.

This graph demonstrates how pH affects the effectiveness of chlorine in water.

Broiler’s welfare status is better than at any time in the history of modern poultry production. The advent of new technology such as solid sidewall, tunnel ventilation and automated housing provides birds with comfortable living conditions. Learn how to adopt and properly implement these technologies.

Based on current inorganic nitrogen costs, broiler litter is currently valued at $105 per ton based on its nitrogen content alone. When its value as a soil amendment with trace minerals and organic matter is considered, the value of poultry litter rises farther above the nitrogen content alone.

Good paws are integral to a complex’s profitability and are quite often the most profitable part of the chicken. The presence of paw or footpad lesions (pododermatitis or footpad dermatitis) is the number one cause of downgrades of chicken feet and can seriously erode a complex’s bottom line.

Litter management is an evolving process. Without assessing the impact of production changes, producers can easily step back on their litter management effectiveness, which can impact paw quality and overall bird health and welfare.

In the face of fuel shortages and high fuel costs, growers often make decisions regarding house preparation and brooding that they would not have made under rosier circumstances. In such events, these decisions can either minimize impact or cause harmful consequences from which the flock tends not to recover.