Livestock manure may seem like a relatively "green" form of crop fertilizer, but unfortunately it's full of phosphorous that pollutes waterways when it's carried off the land in runoff water. That ...

You wouldn't want to grill a steak over it, but bake cow manure at 700 degrees in a low-oxygen environment and you get a substance that's easier to handle than raw manure spread on a field.

This natural cycle uses cow manure to produce organic fertilizer amendments used to grow healthy feed crops. Dairy farmers feed those crops to cows, whose manure is recycled to grow more crops.

Agitating the manure lagoon on Jon Greenwood's northern New York dairy farm. Big dairy farms are using manure for energy, fertilizer and cow bedding, but environmental groups say concentrated ...

While manure can replace some of the nutrient shortfall, it’s no panacea, agriculture specialists say. There’s not enough supply to swap out all the commercial fertilizer used in the United ...

Out in Scotland, Wolf’s Legendairy uses a special machine to turn cow manure into something useful. When Darrell Harden learned about it, he knew there was a way he could bank on his big idea to ...

DEAR JOHN: Horse manure and cow manure are similar in nitrogen content when fresh, but when dried, or “aged,” horse manure is richer, so the first thing to consider when deciding between them ...

If you’ve ever stepped foot on a dairy farm, you know the smell of cow manure comes with the territory. ... sustainable fertilizer. By VALERIE PUMA The Cortland Standard; Oct 2, 2021 ...