Extremely dry weather has chapped and cracked Midwestern soils. Liquid manure application during a drought can be tricky, but understanding how liquid manure is absorbed into drought ravaged soil will ...

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 ...

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 ...

With winter still in full swing, livestock producers and commercial manure applicators should be storing or stockpiling liquid and solid manure, unless they are applying their manure to a cover crop ...

As the region heads into planting season, it’s important that producers have a manure management plan set in place, while also taking into account proper manure application to their fields. Producers ...

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 ...

In this final weekend of the 2009 Iowa legislative session lawmakers have voted to establish new regulations for spreading liquid livestock manure on snow-covered fields and frozen ground. Critics say ...

A wet fall followed by freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall in areas may force some Iowa farmers to adjust how they apply manure to their fields — which could spell foul odors for some rural ...

Until the last few years, the manure produced in a livestock enterprise was generally considered a liability. The goal was often to dispose of it as conveniently and cheaply as possible. Today, ...

Fall is getting closer, and as the days get cooler, the window for fall nitrogen applications starts to open. Now is a great time to check equipment and make any necessary repairs. Taking a little bit ...

Iowa’s winter manure application rules — which limit how and where manure can be spread on fields — kick in later this month. From Dec. 21 through April 1, liquid manure application is prohibited on ...

State Environment Protection Commission members were bombarded Tuesday with jeers, catcalls and insults from angry environmentalists upset when the seven-member panel let stand a rule allowing limited ...