When building a new livestock site or expanding a current one, more manure storage is often needed. Manure storage allows farms to apply manure when plant and soil conditions are best suited for nutrient

Anaerobic digestion not only recovers nutrients and energy from manure, but it also reduces methane

Composting reduces manure volume, cuts down on weed seeds, and kills pathogens. What happens within that compost pile also breathes life into soil

An agenda full of intriguing sessions is key to gathering magazine content, but interactions during the less structured parts of the day are when the most enriching conversations often take place

Maybe your farm is located in an area where you can see for miles and miles with no other farms or businesses in sight

The fall before last, I tossed the pumpkins and gourds I used for front porch decorations along the side of my house in some rocky landscaping

Whether it is planting, harvesting, or applying manure, these tasks need to be completed in a narrow window, and sometimes, field conditions aren’t ideal

There’s no doubt a wet fall creates challenges when it comes to fieldwork

There are times in life when we could use some encouragement

High fertilizer costs, compared to prices before the COVID-19 pandemic, have made manure nutrients a valuable commodity

This year, fields with flooded areas are fairly commonplace in certain parts of the country that have been plagued by heavy rains over the spring and summer

Each of us is on our own journey of life

Programs and tools can help gather the information needed to put together the best manure management plan for your farm

The mystery illness affecting dairy cattle in the Texas Panhandle this spring was later identified as a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)

As discussed in the article “Climate change raises the stakes” starting on page 18, extreme weather events are happening more frequently

A few weeks ago, I received a phone call from a reader you might put into the “unhappy customer” category

More than 170,000 agricultural workers around the world are fatally injured every year, and between 60,000 and 70,000 of those injuries occur in the U.S

To best utilize the end material, it is helpful to submit a sample for laboratory testing

Many farms depend on professional manure applicators to deliver important nutrients to the field

Manure is used as an organic fertilizer source on approximately 31 million acres across the country