Adding even a small amount of biochar — a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter — to a dairy’s manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84 percent, a recent study by ...

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Composting is beneficial to gardeners and the environment, but to make the most of it, you need to discover which method best ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- As livestock operations continue to grow in average size, one problem many of them share is what to do with all of the waste they generate. It's not just manure, although ...

Sam Dixon, dairy farm manager for Shelburne Farms. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger SHELBURNE — A dairy farm in spitting distance of Lake Champlain hopes an ancient technology can cut down on ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Each year, farmers in the U.S. purchase tens of millions of pounds of antibiotics that are approved for use in cows, pigs, fowl and other livestock. When farmers repurpose the animals’ ...

GRANDVIEW, Wash. - The state has fined a Lower Valley dairy for applying manure to an empty field without crops that would otherwise absorb the nitrates and prevent them from seeping into the ...