Farmers are finding an innovative way to manage manure more efficiently while reducing environmental impacts, thanks to ...

To evaluate sorting, use a Penn State shaker box to measure TMR particle size. Sample the feed at delivery, a few hours after feeding, and again before the next feeding. A difference of more than 10% ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is training operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on the safest ways ...

Q: For years I’ve used manure from my horse to fertilize a big garden with ornamentals and vegetables. I was recently told that horse manure can contain herbicide residue not filtered out during the ...

The GREET model (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies) developed by Argonne National Laboratory is often used to calculate CI scores. Key components of the calculation ...

The GREET model (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies) developed by Argonne National Laboratory is often used to calculate CI scores. Key components of the calculation ...

Wisconsin’s Farmers Union delegates made changes to their policy regarding anaerobic digesters for manure. Wisconsin Farmers ...

If you have excess dairy manure or are providing manure to a neighboring farmer supplying you with forage, it’s important to know a ballpark figure of what that manure is actually worth. The ...

To obtain more accurate numbers, manure should be tested for nutrient content (see Rutgers Cooperative Extension fact sheet FS935, Feed and Forage Testing Labs). A horse kept in a stall will usually ...

The University of Missouri and its research partners are now studying the effectiveness of pig manure as corn fertilizer and preliminary results look promising. “We’re trying to look at how do ...

The state is backing the construction of two digesters that will turn animal waste into energy at Michigan dairy farms.