Potomac Valley Litter Program

The West Virginia Litter Market serves as a communication resource linking buyers and sellers of poultry litter.

To browse the list of buyers and sellers, please visit our Find a Buyer or Seller page and fill out the form. Once you have submitted the form, you will receive an email with a list of various buyers and sellers of poultry litter in West Virginia.

If you wish to be listed on the West Virginia Litter Market website, please fill out the form on our Contact page.

Listings for both buyers and sellers on the West Virginia Litter Market website are updated frequently as new buyers or sellers sign up. Please check back periodically for new updates.

Poultry Litter and Manure Movement into Primary Poultry Breeder Rearing Areas

Protecting West Virginia's Poultry Industry
West Virginia is home to primary poultry breeder operations that play an important role in the poultry industry in West Virginia, across the United States, and around the world. Protecting the health and biosecurity of these highly specialized breeding flocks is critical to maintaining a safe, healthy, and productive poultry industry.

One-Mile Protection Area

In 2013, the West Virginia Legislature enacted West Virginia Legislative Rule 61CSR28, "Poultry Litter and Manure Movement into Primary Poultry Breeder Rearing Areas."

Under this rule, the transport, sale, movement, or land application of poultry litter or manure is prohibited within a one-mile protection area surrounding designated primary poultry breeder rearing areas.

These protections are designed to reduce the risk of introducing potentially serious poultry diseases, including:
    • Avian influenza
    • Salmonella
    • Mycoplasma


Primary breeder facilities maintain highly specialized pedigree, great-grandparent, and grandparent breeding stock that provide poultry genetics to producers throughout the United States and internationally. Maintaining strict biosecurity at these facilities is essential to protecting poultry production, agricultural commerce, and domestic and international markets.

Requirements Outside the One-Mile Protection Area

Poultry producers and agricultural operators located outside the one-mile restricted area may transport or land-apply poultry litter or manure when all applicable requirements of 61CSR28 have been satisfied.

Requirements include, but are not limited to:
    • Proper composting: Poultry litter must be properly composted for a minimum of 30 days.
    • Avian influenza verification: The source flock must have tested negative for avian influenza prior to movement.
    • Mycoplasma verification: The source flock must be verified as Mycoplasma-free.
    • Salmonella testing: Laboratory testing must confirm the absence of Salmonella, with certification issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture within 30 days prior to movement.

Additional requirements may apply depending on the circumstances and location of the poultry litter or manure movement.

For more information, visit the West Virginia Department of Agriculture
https://agriculture.wv.gov/divisions/regulatory-and-environmental-affairs/environmental-programs-moorefield/