It may not be the first thing you want to get your hands dirty with in the garden, but as a fertilizer, manure is something you’ll want to be up to your boots in. It may not be the first thing you ...

Feeco International Inc. wants to provide a new profit center for farmers by providing the equipment to turn manure into fertilizer. A leader in fertilizer plant design and production machinery for 60 ...

Thousands of years ago, some unknown farmer started adding domestic animals' manure to his soil after he noticed that plants grew much better when seeds fell on rotted manure. Well into the 20th ...

Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa. The Rozenbooms, like most ...

Chicken manure, often called "black gold," provides one of the most nutrient-rich boosts for your soil. Different types of chicken manure exist, with variations in quality and composition. You can ...

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The turbulent regulatory aftermath of the recent outbreaks of E. coli in spinach and lettuce risks making manure a dirty word and use of manure suspect. In September, E. coli in spinach caused the ...

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 ...

Waste products like coffee grounds and eggshells are widely used to improve soil health, but there are some more ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As a master gardener who specializes in organic growing and permaculture, I'm a little obsessed with soil. That crumbly brown stuff is the ...