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The Ministry of the Environment is monitoring the clean up of a manure spill near Palmyra, in east Chatham-Kent, that occurred recently. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A Sarnia, Ont., lawyer was the target of a smear campaign when someone spread pig manure on his car and office. 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!
Iowa hog farmers could enjoy looser state oversight when temporarily downsizing their operations under legislation now headed to Gov. Terry Branstad. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A hog farmer in Newton County, Arkansas, has come under pressure from Fayetteville city officials who recently passed a resolution opposing the hog farm. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Kelsey Bruning, a senior in civil engineering at Iowa State University, placed third in the recent Ron Sheffield Memorial Student Poster Contest 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!
Michigan State University Extension recommends monitoring livestock structures approaching overflow volumes to prevent a major environmental event. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Butler County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting April 23 to discuss two proposed livestock facilities to be located in the county. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Owners of a Granton dairy farm have filed a $50,000 claim against town of Washburn officials for preventing the farm from spraying liquid manure on land. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
State investigators have linked the contamination of three private wells in Marcellus to a farmer who recently applied manure to a nearby farm field. 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!
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!
In the not-too-distant future, you could drive for miles on a road of pig manure, a highly refined byproduct of pig manure that a NC company. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A 42-day ban on manure spreading in Ohio that recently ended may result in more manure than usual being applied at once in the Grand Lake. area. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Research on applying liquid livestock manure as a spring top-dress fertilizer to wheat has been ongoing in Ohio for several years. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
April 23, 2013, Michigan State University Extension is sponsoring a conference to exploring the issues straining the relationship between communities and farms. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
While it was nutrient management legislation that originally generated an interest in the greater precision of manure application, now it’s the high price of fertilizer that has driven a renewed interest in today’s more innovative manure distributors. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It was a military idea at first – deflating the tires on army vehicles that landed on the beaches of Europe in the Second World War made it easier to drive them on the sand. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!