Manure Handling
With a show of hands, about half of those listening to the presentation in Jake Kraayenbrink’s back 40 near Moorefield, Ont., confessed to having a smartphone of some sort. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Necessity is often the mother of invention – that goes double for farmers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Gardner Town Board recently discussed the problem of damage from large manure tankers traveling town roads. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farm Management Canada has launched a competition to win an all-expense paid trip to the International Farm Management Congress in Poland in July 2013. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A more comprehensive and consistent system for modeling phosphorus loss is now available, thanks to work by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
One farmer's trailer of liquid fertilizer may be an “implement of husbandry,” but another’s truck of dry manure is not, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals has ruled Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
After a manure spills, phosphorus levels can skyrocket in water, which prompted research from USDA-ARS researchers. 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!
Farming can be a very dangerous business, which is why it is important to have clear labels and signs that show where hazards exist and how to deal with them. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A non-profit in Florida has produced a “Ladies of Manure 2013 Calendar” to highlight awareness, education and the beauty of it all. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers! 1 comments
Drag hoses don’t come cheap. Depending on the system, hoses can represent a substantial capital investment. Getting a long life out of your drag hoses is good for the bottom line. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Customers often ask custom manure applicator Eric Dresbach to point out where he has land applied the manure from their hog or dairy farms because when they inspect the job, they can’t smell it. He takes that as a compliment. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program will hold the 2013 Annual Advanced Nutrient Management Course Feb. 5-6, 2013. 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!
About the size of a football field, a lagoon with room for seven million gallons of manure and sand was filling up, creating a dilemma at Hy-Light Farms. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canadian International Farm Show has organized an expanded educational program for all attendees of the event. 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!
University of Wisconsin Extension and the Professional Nutrient Applicators Association of Wisconsin teamed up in August 2012 for the North American Manure Expo with a theme of Professional Manure Management. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It was announced recently that Kelley Manufacturing had won a 2013 AE50 Award for its KMC 6400 Litter Windrower. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Jamesway Farm Equipment’s Pumpeller hybrid manure pump is one of several manure application and handling technologies that earned a 2013 AE50 Awards. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!