TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

Irish startup Muirin-Aer has built a prototype compost turner designed to aerate farmyard manure and produce a more nutrient-dense product that could help farmers cut back on synthetic fertiliser use.

For folks who don’t farm or garden, a malodorous pile of manure is usually a fly-attracting eyesore to be avoided. But most farmers and gardeners won’t turn up their noses at such a deposit; where ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — When done right, composting manure and livestock is an environmentally sound way to dispose of animals and their waste, according to Mary Keena, North Dakota State University ...

WITH its ability to convert farm manure into a richer and more fertile material, the Morawetz TS IV has proved to be an indispensable machine at Sheepdrove Farm in Berks. The organic livestock/arable ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- As livestock operations continue to grow in average size, one problem many of them share is what to do with all of the waste they generate. It's not just manure, although ...

As well as being odourless and rich in nutrients, goat manure contributes to plants’ maximum growth. In addition, the manure absorbs more nitrogen by accumulating urine in goat droppings, making it a ...