As winter approaches, the challenges associated with the application of manure become more pronounced. Adopting best practices that maximize nutrient utilization and safeguard our water resources is ...

A Polk County judge has reversed the decision of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to permit an 11,600-head cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa. Friday’s ruling in the lawsuit by the Sierra Club ...

A cattle feedlot near Monona must submit a new manure plan to the state after a Polk County judge overturned state approval of the previous plan. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources told Supreme ...

Composting beef cattle manure, even with minimal management, can significantly reduce the concentrations of antibiotics in the manure, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) pilot study.

No significant differences in corn yield were found between organic and chemical sources of nutrients, but a new study suggests that manure generates higher economic returns than anhydrous ammonia. No ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 1, 2010) A recent study by Seong Park, Ph.D., published in the Agronomy Journal, demonstrates that manure generates higher economic returns than anhydrous ammonia, a synthetic ...

Amid continued opposition, a Clayton County livestock facility is again seeking approval from state regulators for of its plan for how it will dispose of the manure it produces close to the headwaters ...

ICSA President, Malcolm Thompson has warned suckler and beef farmers that the focus of debate around the nitrogen application limits proposed under the nitrates directive is shifting attention away ...

VERNON - No significant differences in corn yield were found between organic and chemical sources of nutrients, but a Texas AgriLife Research economist said manure generates higher economic returns ...