For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard ...

This story was originally published by Sentient. The three environmental groups that filed the lawsuit say that the existing policy has failed to curb contamination in the state’s drinking water, ...

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 – Dairy groups asked Congress this week to guarantee that regulations designed to protect the environment against toxic waste do not ensnare dairy farmers and others who ...

Ten million tons of animal manure in the Golden State are unaccounted for, the report finds, thanks to a combination of ...

Organic and synthetic fertilizers are the most common way to add nutrients to the soil, but animal manure is good too, if you can find and transport it. Unless applied properly, however, it can kill ...

Many farmers refer to manure as “black gold” and rightly so because it adds nutrients to the soil, which helps crops grow and be more productive. In earlier times, before the advent of synthetic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Until the last few years, the manure produced in a livestock enterprise was generally considered a liability. The goal was often to dispose of it as conveniently and cheaply as possible. Today, ...