Apr. 13—As spring and warmer temperatures move northward over Maine, homesteaders are throwing open the doors of barns and coops to take advantage of the fresh air. But as pleasant as that is, they ...

With fertilizer prices skyrocketing, farmers are looking to livestock manure as a possible replacement. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has strained fertilizer supply and left farmers struggling to keep ...

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 ...

In this research plot at the MU Bradford Research Farm, soil has been fertilized with pig manure to study its effect on corn yields and soil health. Corn, one of the most common crops grown in the ...

A field with hog manure recently spread and incorporated into topsoil. Near Polk City, Iowa. (Anika Jane Beamer/Inside ...

For most people, there’s nothing particularly enticing about fertilizer. But those people may be learning more about potash, manure, spreaders and more because there is a global fertilizer shortage ...

In some minds, the only thing worse than a bug is the poop that comes out of it. However, disgusting as it might seem, bug droppings are testing out very well as an excellent fertilizer for farm and ...

ManureDB, a publicly available database, houses U.S. manure and organic amendment data from multiple laboratory sources. The ...

North Korea is struggling to source enough fertilizer for its crops. State media is now encouraging people to make their own manure, The Daily Beast reported. Workers are using human excrement to meet ...

MADISON - Excessive fertilizer spread on farmland is leading to water quality issues in a number of Wisconsin counties, according to a new study by two environmental groups. Conducted by the ...