Sand bedding is very popular with many dairy producers–until it comes to handling sand-laden manure. Sand is very comfortable for cows to lie on in well designed and managed freestalls. But sand-laden ...

Cornell University has found new ways to make use of cow manure. The Teaching Dairy Barn at the College of Veterinary Medicine has installed a system that separates manure from sand bedding material, ...

A separation system is allowing a Somerset dairy farm to remove sand bedding from manure to prevent settlement during storage and control what nutrients are spread on fields. Alistair and Jill ...

MANURE disposal from Denmarks 23,000 dairy farms and 13,000 pig units continues to present a problem for the country as increasing legislation limits the spreading techniques that can be employed.

For many years I have mulched my vegetable beds and garden borders with alternating layers of mature compost and washed dairy manure. Light, fluffy and innocent of weed seeds, both compost and cow ...

ST. PAUL -- Sand bedding is very popular with many dairy producers - until it comes to handling sand-laden manure. Sand is very comfortable for cows to lie on in well designed and managed freestalls.