Since 2022, the Nutrient Management Spear Program team at Cornell University has worked on the Value of Manure project. The project is part of the Nutrient Management Spear Program New York On-Farm ...

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 ...

The Nutrient Management Spear Program team conducts on-farm research to help farmers optimize their manure management and improve their soil health. They want to identify exactly what each farmer’s ...

Commercial poultry operations are required to handle poultry litter in a way that minimizes environmental impact, while also complying with State and Federal regulations. The use of permanent manure ...

Collaborators: Curt Gooch (Cornell University); Stephanie Lansing, Gary Felton (University of Maryland); Lutgarde Raskin, Krista Wigginton (University of Michigan); Lauren Sassoubre (University at ...

A new long-term field study demonstrates that combining organic manure with synthetic fertilizer can enhance soil quality, maintain high crop yields, and dramatically reduce harmful nitrous oxide ...

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

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 ...

In the five-year “Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Enhancement Through the Utilization of Regenerative Agricultural Management Practices” project funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

OWATONNA — Steele County dairy farmer Dale Spindler wanted to get away from hauling manure every day, and he wanted to do his part to protect nearby Rice Lake. He approached the county feedlot officer ...

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, ...

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 ...