Finding what works best for you in applying manure into your fields takes testing and experimenting, according to University of Minnesota Extension educator Chryseis Modderman. Surface application of ...

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 ...

Regulations apply even to those who do not have farm animals, state says. HARRISBURG — Anyone who spreads manure on fields or has a pasture, barnyard or feedlot must now have a manure management plan, ...

Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa.

EDGERTON, Minn. — The 25 acres of wheat harvested July 19 yielded 60 bushels per acre with a 62 pound test weight. Wes De Kam now has land to apply manure from his 380-cow dairy. Once it's applied, he ...

Several livestock producers have been fined by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in recent weeks for failing to comply with manure management requirements, according to DNR records. Most of the ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is giving interested parties until mid-September to submit proposals for manure management practices ...

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District will hold a free workshop to show farmers, livestock owners and horse operations how to write their own manure management plans (MMPs). The ...

A 1,000-pound horse can produce 1,500 pounds of manure in a month. That is a lot of manure to manage. Mary Kenna, livestock environmental management specialist at North Dakota State University said ...

BOWNE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — When Michael Geerlings bought Brook View Dairy in 2004, he knew he would work toward a more sustainable way of farming. Decades later, his operation is setting the ...

Delaware’s Nutrient Management Law has been in effect since 1999 and requires anyone who applies manure or fertilizer to 10 or more acres or has eight or more animal units (an animal unit is equal to ...