QUINCY – Pumping out manure pits and lagoons is a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. For brothers Jered and Derek Peter, Precision Pumping Inc. has turned into a year-round business serving ...

Source: Larry Jacobson, livestock housing and extension agricultural engineer, University of Minnesota Extension. Pork producers, commercial pumpers and others need to watch for a layer of foam on the ...

Farmers will be looking to save all the money they can this year. One way to save on inputs is to fertilize with manure. But experts advise caution. Iowa State University Extension cites several cases ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (Lancaster Farming) — A Pennsylvania-made pump used by dairy farmers who bed cows with sand has been named one of the top 10 new products for the year by the World Ag Expo, an ...

May 29, 2006 — -- The secret to cheaper gas could lie in cow dung. The Vehicle Research Institute of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., has been turning cow manure into fuel that ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating the spill of manure into a tributary in Carroll County. DNR says the spill happened Monday night while B&B Custom Pumping was applying manure ...

ST. PAUL -- Pork producers, commercial pumpers and others need to watch for a layer of foam on the surface when pumping barn manure pits. This foam contains numerous gases hazardous to people and ...