The risk: Your tractor, disk harrow, manure spreader and other invaluable farm machinery can pose significant risk to curious horses who are allowed direct access to them. At least one spooked horse ...

South Texas cattle producer Bob McCan has discovered more about his rangeland and pasture conditions from analyzing manure ...

Butler Tech students are learning a lot from a load of horse manure piling up at the green engineering program. Hundreds of pounds of horse manure – produced by the equestrian program at the ...

For centuries, nutrient-rich animal manure has been used to enrich the soil and boost crop production. Traditionally, cow and horse manure were the most readily available options. However ...

Manure management is one of the biggest problems faced by feedlots. One soil scientist is helping a feedlot in Worland make ...

More than $1.9 million has been awarded to the Cattaraugus County Soil and Water Conservation District to help construct of a ...

Livestock manure has seen a rebirth from a livestock waste product to a valued commodity for our modern-day crop systems. Livestock manure has been a valuable natural fertilizer for crop and food ...

University of Minnesota Extension Sand bedding is very popular with many dairy producers–until it comes to handling sand-laden manure. Sand is very comfortable for cows ...

Researchers have used dung records to create high-resolution maps of herbivore distribution around the world. Their study, published in Nature Food, reveals a strong positive relationship between ...

Many people consider dung simply as the manure left behind by horses and cows at country shows, or something to be avoided when you visit the cousins’ farm. But dung is actually an important ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s ...