Poultry
Federal environmental programs have drastically overestimated the poultry industry’s contributions to water pollution, according to University of Delaware study 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!
A federal court has rejected efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to dismiss a case brought by a West Virginia poultry farmer. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
How much do you know about manure’s value on your farm? Take this quiz to find out. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers are looking at breeding chicken with larger digestive organs to help decrease poultry manure production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Poultry producer and processor Perdue Farms is proposing composting its chicken manure. 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!
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!
Alan and Kristin Hudson, fourth-generation poultry producers, received fantastic news this past December – a federal judge in Baltimore, Md., ruled against the Waterkeeper Alliance in a lawsuit that pitted the Berlin, Md., farmers against the New York-based environmental group. 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!
A closely watched lawsuit over chicken manure pollution on the Eastern Shore is in the hands of federal Judge William N. Nickerson. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Neighbors of Riverside Colony north of Huron, SD, have filed a second appeal after the colony received a permit to build a turkey manure storage pad. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A proposal to expand how much turkey manure can be stockpiled by a trucking company near St. John’s University may receive approval despite opposition from neighbors. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A $40 million project that would convert agricultural waste – such as chicken manure – into energy has run afoul of the 2013 expiration of a federal incentive. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In 2006, the Bullard family was growing crops and raising hogs and decided to expand their operation by raising turkeys. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Like clockwork, South Carolina farmer Marc Marsh watched a manure broker cart away and market the poultry litter gleaned from cleaning out his 12 barns after his pullets matured or egg layers reached the end of their productive lives. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In early October, testimony finally began in a lawsuit that pitted the Waterkeeper Alliance of New York City against Hudson Farm, a small poultry operation in Maryland, and Perdue, the poultry integrator the farm produced for. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Chore-Time Egg Production Systems has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Qalovis Farmer Automatic Energy to market its manure drying systems in N.A. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farmers in Virginia are learning new technology to use on their farms to help utilize resources they might already have, such as chicken manure. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!