Eilerman said manure can offer an economical source of nutrients, but there are also considerations such as compaction and ...

A swine manure calculator created by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is a helpful tool in making those ...

Autonomous manure spreading allows Paul Mason to apply nutrients when his crops need it, not just when it's convenient.

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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, ...

As fertilizer prices continue to rise, more farmers are asking questions about manure as a source of nutrients for their crops as a way to cut costs and improve soil health. Resides in: Ames, Iowa ...

Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. This report, co-published with The New Lede, is part of an ongoing series on how changing agricultural policies ...

A Politico piece from last September spells out exactly why so many farmers refuse to vote for Trump: farming relies on labor, and a whopping 60 percent – estimated, at least – of the American farm ...

A Chester County dairy farmer is breaking with convention by spreading manure just days before chopping his corn for silage, ...

WORCESTER Neighbors of a dairy farm are raising money to keep manure pollution out of the state's waterways. Until autumn, there was no barrier between a manure pile at Bob Compagna's dairy farm and ...

Dan Neenan, director of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety, gives a demonstration about toxic gases that can gather in manure pits. He is at the Empire Farm Days, the largest ...