Large-scale livestock farming is accelerating the spread of antibiotic resistance and heavy metal contamination in ...

The pioneering Hoard's Dairyman Farm is encountering new manure problems and has agreed to drain a 5 million gallon lagoon in hopes of keeping the animal waste from leaking into groundwater.It's the ...

The hi-tech manure applicator is the first of its kind in the nation. This isn't a load of you-know-what. Manure is unpopular stuff, even with farmers. It does provide valuable nutrients at an ...

Farmer incorporates chicken litter and hog manure into fields while juggling office tasks and preparing for cold weather with ...

Manure management is a critical aspect of sustainable agriculture, particularly for smaller dairy farms where resources and space are limited. Methane, a greenhouse gas that is a leading cause of ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

With supply chain issues pushing commercial fertilizer to record high prices, good, old-fashioned livestock manure is in demand. Darrin Kaspers, who farms near Willmar, Minnesota, said he usually buys ...

Environmentalists hail EGLE's tougher standards for mega-farms as long-overdue protections for state water quality. Farmers see it as more costly red tape.

MONTEREY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Liquid manure has leaked from an open-air lagoon at a western Michigan dairy farm into a creek and spread for at least five miles, the state said Monday as health ...

My brother, man, he still can’t believe people pay me to do this. It started back in 2007. I’d been working for the Department of Defense — I’d rather not say more than that — for 23 years. At home, ...

With Pennsylvania lagging badly in helping to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, a new report by an environmental group highlights the role that intensive livestock farming plays in the state’s shortcoming.