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The wet spring has raised many concerns about manure management for Iowa crop and livestock farmers, but there are solutions to the problems. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A Cochran man has a stinky situation a few feet from his front door step and he wants something done about it. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Dairy CARES has posted a new video explaining how California dairy families operate under strict dairy water quality rules. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Tama County, Iowa, supervisors unanimously agreed that plans for a proposed hog confinement operation did not score high enough for a construction permit. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A Virginia dairy has instituted a number of changes in its operation after a mechanical problem caused a manure spill earlier this year. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Crop producers who have applied liquid manure to fields based on planting corn can switch to soybeans without penalties for exceeding nitrogen field limits. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Under current rules & regulations, when dead animals are composted together at one farm, the animal capacity & land base of both farms may constitute one CAFO. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Illinois Extension Manure Share program connects livestock owners with excess manure to gardeners, landscapers, and other composters. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farmers who agree to mitigate water pollution coming from their farms have received a 10-year reprieve on implementing new water quality regulations. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy has been completed and is available at www.nutrientstrategy.iastate.edu. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The official deadline has passed for area farmers to sign up under the state’s new “nitrogen budgeting” program. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
State officials are working to determine the cause of hundreds of fish deaths in a Michigan river. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Delaware Nutrient Management Commission has released its 2012 Annual Report, documenting the progress Delaware farmers have made in reducing nutrient runoff. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A popular MN lake will have cleaner water in the future because of a recent out-of-court settlement between a dairy farmer and lakeshore residents. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Maryland Farm Bureau and the Department of Agriculture have successfully defended farmer privacy in a case that began more than six years ago. 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!
An agricultural air quality conference will be held June 27-28 at the University of California - Davis conference center. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are in various stages of a program that gives farms nearly a decade of amnesty from new environmental regulations. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In April, Governor Cuomo carried through on a promise he made to dairy farmers, loosening environmental regulations for small farms. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Five dairies in Washington’s Yakima Valley have filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits brought against them. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!