Organic and synthetic fertilizers are the most common way to add nutrients to the soil, but animal manure is good too, if you can find and transport it. Unless applied properly, however, it can kill ...

For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard ...

Until the last few years, the manure produced in a livestock enterprise was generally considered a liability. The goal was often to dispose of it as conveniently and cheaply as possible. Today, ...

Many farmers refer to manure as “black gold” and rightly so because it adds nutrients to the soil, which helps crops grow and be more productive. In earlier times, before the advent of synthetic ...

But don't sell organic nutrients short. Animal manures are slower to release their nutrients than manufactured chemical fertilizers, but they remain in the soil much longer so plants can draw on them ...

When our aina gets scorched by fires or lava, we need to take time to build life again. We are in Italy now and even with the extremes of heat this summer, farmers are working to bring new crops to ...

Animal manure is not just a waste problem anymore. A new scientific review shows that when livestock manure is turned into biochar through controlled ...

Animal manure is a popular form of fertiliser among many farmers across the world. When used correctly, it adds nutrients and organic matter resulting in healthy soils. But when used incorrectly, it ...

Indiana's large and varied livestock industry makes up almost half of the state's agricultural commodity sales. Due to economics, labor efficien- cies, equipment and other factors, confinement systems ...

America has a growing problem: more and more manure, produced at fewer sites and not effectively processed. It used to be that cattle, hogs and chickens were raised at many farms dispersed across the ...

The Detroit Zoo is planning to turn abundant piles of animal manure into energy. The zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak says Monday that construction on the anaerobic biodigester begins this ...

Several animals, including a horse and chickens, were rescued from a New Hampshire property after they were found living with animal waste covering floors, dirty cages and manure-filled stalls, ...