Beef
Don’t miss Friday’s (May 17) webcast on mono-slope beef barns. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Midwest Professional Nutrient Applicators Association (MPNAA) is holding its annual general meeting June 11, 2013, in Findlay, OH. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2010, an increase of 13 percent from 1990 Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When it comes to a cow’s diet, many dairy farmers err on the side of caution, often feeding their cows more salts and other minerals than are necessary. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Livestock manure is a great fertilizer and soil amendment. When properly managed, livestock manure can be utilized as a valuable resource. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Rapid melting and potential for flooding pose challenges for manure management among the more than 25,000 livestock farms in Minnesota. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An on-farm manure application field day will be held April 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cove Run Farm and the Hickory Environmental Center in Accident, MD. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Agricultural Research Service scientists at the Agroecosystems Management Research Unit in Lincoln, Neb., have been conducting some very thorough investigations on the microbes that dwell in cattle manure – what they are, where they thrive, where they struggle and where they may end up. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Getting an accurate estimation of nitrous oxide and methane emissions from beef cattle feedlots is an increasing concern given the current and potential future reporting requirements for greenhouse gas emissions. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It’s been a dream that Alberta’s Chrapko and Kotelko families have been pursuing as owners of Himark BioGas for more than a decade – development of a closed-loop cattle, biogas and ethanol production system that they can market globally. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A natural gas fueling station powered by cow manure from one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the U.S. has opened in northwestern Indiana. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Manure testing allows for accuracy in nutrient management specific to crop needs and it minimizes water contamination caused by nutrient run-off or leaching. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A blog posting from the Iowa Beef Center provided some information recently that might be of interest to smartphone savvy beef producers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A team of researchers is studying about 70 patties of frozen cow manure at the University of Regina. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The approval of Residual Feed Intake carbon offsets by the Government of Alberta has opened up opportunity for farmers to be paid for environmental improvements. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The spring of 2010 is one the Ziegmann brothers, Bob and Kermit, will long remember. The snow had piled high in Wall Lake, Iowa, and in early March it began to melt. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Funk family farm in central Illinois was established in 1824, a mere 48 years after the signing of the American Declaration of Independence. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering manure applicator certification workshops for dry/solid manure operators. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The planning committee for the Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center National Conference is offering travel scholarships to the conference. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers investigating the origins of E. coli in a California watershed found that animal production facilities were not to blame, but urban runoff. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!