How do manure management plans work in Iowa?

Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa. The Rozenbooms, like most ...
East Oregonian

How Oregon farms manage manure and what’s changing this year

Stewart Kircher opens a binder detailing how Forest Glean Oaks farm stores and utilizes nutrients from the manure produced by its 2,000 cows. DAYTON — Brothers Stewart and Robert Kircher weren’t born ...
Better Farming

The Opportunities in Manure Management

Manure is arguably one of agriculture’s most under-appreciated resources. Far from being just a waste product, it carries significant nutrient and economic value when managed well, supporting soil ...
Circle of Blue

Push to Turn Farm Manure into Renewable Energy Draws Concerns

Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. This report, co-published with The New Lede, is part of an ongoing series on how changing agricultural policies ...
Hartford Courant

CT farms generate tons of manure each year (really). Here’s what happens to some of it.

Manure is big business for Connecticut farms, and the 10 biggest farms in the state generate a lot of manure. Under the Clean Water Act, those farms need a permit to discharge effluents “into the ...
Casper Star-Tribune

Horseradish may one day help alleviate manure stench from big farms

"Odor management complaints are really up." Modern hog facilities typically house thousands of animals indoors and generate huge amounts of manure. It is temporarily stored in ponds that contain ...
MinnPost

More than fertilizer for farm fields

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have long wanted to make something out ...