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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!
A group of Yakima Valley residents is seeking to limit when dairy operators can spray manure onto fields, a common practice in the dairy industry. 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!
Activists opposed to the growth of industrial farms in Wisconsin have asked a towns association to develop an ordinance to limit aerial manure spreading. 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!
The deadline is fast approaching for farmers to sign up under California’s groundwater-quality management program 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!
Poultry producer and processor Perdue Farms is proposing composting its chicken manure. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that confirmed a state township’s right to regulate manure pipelines on its right of way. 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!
Pig manure is causing a stink among neighbors in Milford, PA. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in California announced that $5 million is available for water conservation and quality improvements. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Two New Haven residents have asked the Town Board to stop the spreading of manure on farmers’ fields and the hauling of it over town roads. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Several months after rejecting a large-scale manure digester project, town officials in Lowville, NY, are considering a ban on any such projects. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha says a stiffer fine would prevent truck drivers from dumping livestock manure onto city streets. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Northcentral Technical College at Wausau, WI, is offering Nutrient Management Planning opportunities for Central Wisconsin producers and agribusiness people. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Water quantity may be the headline issue, the negotiation toward local water quality policies will also impact future generations of farmers. 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!
Governor Tom Corbett has announced $87 million in 18 non-point source, drinking water and waste water projects in 18 counties. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Saskatchewan has received a $3.4 million investment from the Canadian government to investigate ways to reduce greenhouse gases in agriculture. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!