(AP) - How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s piling up in barns ...

A new University of Missouri Extension study focuses on the effects of using pig manure as a crop fertilizer. The study looks at corn yields and soil health indicators under three separate treatments ...

Proper management of poultry litter and manure is critical to maintaining agricultural profitability and sustainability, as well as environmental quality. The resources on this page are available to ...

Poultry farmers out to diversify on their respective incomes with crop cultivation are now finding good soil nutrient fixers from the chicken droppings fermented at the garden manure ponds.

“We’re definitely seeing farmers move toward manure with the increase in fertilizer prices,” said ... as U.S. livestock herds and poultry flocks shrink. The number of hogs in the United ...

Environmental director Stephen Hofstetter says the likely source was a farmer spreading chicken litter manure fertilizer near ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri Extension is studying the use of pig manure as a crop fertilizer in research at the MU Bradford Research Farm in Columbia. The study is looking at corn ...

Sour milk compost : Mix expired milk with compost to create a calcium-rich fertilizer, promoting strong cell walls in ...

A recent study published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology reveals significant changes in antibiotic pollution patterns in China’s water systems over the past decade, driven by evolving ...