Five New England dairy farms will make biogas from manure and food waste and then sell electricity onto the grid, giving them a way to make money and recycle organic material. Martin LaMonica is a ...

Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. This report, co-published with The New Lede, is part of an ongoing series on how changing agricultural policies ...

Authorities discovered the bodies of a Pennsylvania farmer and his two sons overnight after hours of digging through a manure pit at a Kent County farm.More than 40 rescue workers with multiple ...

Just a month ago, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected revisions to the Clean Water Act submitted in 2017 for more effective regulations of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). In ...

Manure pits containing large amounts of animal waste are known to produce toxic fumes.

MDA has officially launched their 2023 "Manure Happens" public education campaign that will help citizens understand how and why farmers recycle manure as a fertilizer for their crops. "Spring ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Researchers from four U.S. universities are teaming up with dairy farms across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to study the effect of three different manure management techniques on ...

BOWNE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — When Michael Geerlings bought Brook View Dairy in 2004, he knew he would work toward a more sustainable way of farming. Decades later, his operation is setting the ...

With rules on farm emissions getting tougher, poultry equipment companies have reported a surge in demand for systems that turn manure into a stable, sanitised, saleable fertiliser. Dorset Green ...

A clear majority of MPs have backed a motion telling caretaker agriculture minister Femke Wiersma that her plan to allow farmers to spread more manure on their land is unacceptable because of its ...

Dan Neenan, director of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety, gives a demonstration about toxic gases that can gather in manure pits. He is at the Empire Farm Days, the largest ...