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 ...

National Farm Safety and Health Week 2025 is Sept. 21–27, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach reminds operators that safety is critical when handling, transporting and applying manure.

A feedlot owner that transfers ownership of manure keeps records of who received the manure and where the manure was land ...

Since the algal blooms appeared on Lake Erie a few years ago, laws have been enacted by the Ohio General Assembly when it comes to stockpiling and applying livestock manure. Livestock producers and ...

The hi-tech manure applicator is the first of its kind in the nation. This isn't a load of you-know-what. Manure is unpopular stuff, even with farmers. It does provide valuable nutrients at an ...

A field with hog manure recently spread and incorporated into topsoil. Near Polk City, Iowa. (Anika Jane Beamer/Inside ...

Dairy farmers in the Northeast can improve water quality and boost the profitability of their operations by changing the timing and method of applying manure to their fields in the fall, along with ...

Long-term cattle manure application significantly influences soil phosphorus (P) cycling and associated microbial communities ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The arrival of cold weather, snow and ice means Indiana's livestock producers need to remember that applying manure to farm fields during the winter is regulated by the state.

Confinement site manure applicators should plan to attend a two-hour workshop offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to maintain or renew ...

While the Iowa Department of Natural Resources requires farmers to submit documents outlining their plans for spreading ...