Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clods of soil poking through the snow show where manure was previously applied to an agricultural field in south central Iowa.

Proper management of poultry litter and manure is critical to maintaining agricultural profitability and sustainability, as well as environmental quality. The resources on this page are available to ...

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, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - 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 ...

Fertilizer prices have doubled from a year ago, but farmers still need to get nutrients into the ground. Some are finding relief from costly synthetic fertilizers in manure. It’s never been a better ...

Manure is a good source of all crop nutrients, including micronutrients, but generally the nutrient of greatest value in manure is nitrogen. Therefore, manure is best used for crops that have large ...

Manure is an organic fertilizer made from the dung of domestic livestock including horses, cows, and poultry. It may also contain urine and bedding material like straw or sawdust. Manure is an ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa. The Rozenbooms, like most livestock operators in Iowa, ...