A new technique could help farmers extract useful nutrients such as ammonia and potassium from livestock manure to efficiently make fertilizer and other useful chemical products. Credit: Althea ...

Manure is often used as fertilizer, but what if it could pick up a second application before heading to the fields? A dairy farm in New England is experimenting with turning tons of cow manure into ...

EGLE officials are defending new permit requirements for large farms, intended to further prevent livestock manure from ...

Understand the significance of nitrates from chemical fertilizer and manure in farming and their implications for the environment.

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) reminds all farm operations that the annual winter manure spreading ban is in effect as of Dec. 15. Between Dec. 15 and April 1, ...

An interdisciplinary team has developed a new technique that could help farmers extract useful nutrients such as ammonia and potassium from livestock manure to efficiently make fertilizer and other ...