May 14—Chicken litter was once considered a major negative byproduct when it came to poultry farming. The cost, the time and the equipment needed to remove it were factors to consider before getting ...

Mike McGregor rumbles down the turnrow of a buckshot soybean field and pulls a long train of dust behind his truck as he checks up behind a blue fertilizer buggy filled with chicken litter. He turns ...

Bird flu outbreaks have affected 34 dairy cow herds across nine states, causing some to question whether the use of contaminated poultry litter as cow feed may be the source of transmission, though ...

We'll ask for more information on the politics of the matter when we have more time. Like after we're dead. If you must know, and are a glutton for PR-talk and them's-fightin'-words, we refer you to ...

Poultry litter is a fancy term for a mix of feces, sawdust, feathers, spilled feed, and other waste that might result from raising chickens and turkeys. The byproduct, which is often used as ...

The Delmarva Peninsula stands out as a prominent hub for broiler production, accounting for production of nearly 600 million broilers annually (Delaware Chicken Association, 2023). In 2022, Delaware ...

Phosphorus-loading rivers and lakes is the down side to using poultry litter as a cheap form of fertilizer. But nitrogen in chicken manure means it releases nitrogen oxide when burned to make ...

With the warm and nice sunny weather we had this past weekend it has me itching for vacations at the beach, more afternoons outside and fresh fruits and vegetables that will be on everyone’s table ...

Matt Griggs and Bubba Johnson smell hypocrisy. For the past 14 years, the Tennessee farmers have applied chicken litter to their row crops, but now face a local government ban on further applications, ...

It appears the decades-long legal battle by the state of Oklahoma against poultry companies in northwest Arkansas over the ...