Waynesfield poultry operation seeks to expand

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is currently accepting comments on a draft Permit to Install and a draft Permit to Operate ...
Post-Bulletin

Watch for deep-pit manure foam

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Manure deep-pits under swine barns in the Upper Midwest are getting full in this time of year, and concern over pit foaming is especially high. Pork producers should be vigilant.
WMUR

Crews rescue cow trapped in trough used to remove manure from UNH barn

A cow was rescued after becoming trapped Tuesday morning in a narrow trough used to remove waste from a University of New Hampshire barn.Durham firefighters got the call about 6:30 a.m.>> Download the ...
AG Week

Land, feed and demand for manure could spur animal agriculture in North Dakota

North Dakota’s wide-open spaces are attractive to hog producers in states such as Indiana and Iowa who are trying to improve biosecurity by spreading out barns. Soybean crush plants will soon be ...
Minnesota Daily

Excess prompts innovation in manure management

A land-grant university tucked between two major metropolitan areas with hundreds of farm animals in one location is unique. Feeding these animals is not the problem. But as their food moves through, ...
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 ...
Post-Bulletin

Foam in manure pits is a perplexing problem

FARIBAULT, Minn. - University of Minnesota professor Larry Jacobson is among a team of researchers and farmers trying to solve a foaming - and possibly explosive - issue. Foaming in deep manure pits ...