If you live near a Connecticut farm, chances are you may smell manure this summer. While its foul odor may be an inconvenience for some, farmers say it is an essential tool to help grow crops and ...

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 ...

The objective of farming has remained nearly unchanged for generations - grow quality produce and find ways to increase yield. The means of achieving these longstanding goals remains in a constant ...

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 ...

Fertilizer prices have doubled from a year ago, but farmers still need to get nutrients into the ground. Some are finding relief from costly synthetic fertilizers in manure. It’s never been a better ...

With supply chain issues pushing commercial fertilizer to record high prices, good, old-fashioned livestock manure is in demand. Darrin Kaspers, who farms near Willmar, Minnesota, said he usually buys ...

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 ...

Seven years ago, Matt Slegle was ready to build a brand-new slatted-floor barn to house more than 1,000 backgrounder cattle ...

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 ...

The last six years have shown us that fertilizer prices are volatile. Any world disruption can quickly increase the prices.

When my book about managing manure, Holy Shit, came out recently, erstwhile friends grinned and remarked, “You’ve been shooting the bull all your life so, sure, why not write a book about it?” But ...