Livestock manure – whether from chickens, cows, pigs, or other animals – is one of the most common and significant challenges ...

The minimum litter depth in the poultry house should be three inches to provide sufficient material for absorbing moisture and maintaining bird comfort. Litter conditioning practices, like windrow ...

We recommend following the minimum setback distances for temporary field staging of poultry litter as outlined by the Delaware Nutrient Management Commission (2016) when siting the temporary ...

On Wilbourne Farm in Virginia, a carbon-removal experiment is underway to reveal whether different ways of removing carbon can be even more effective in combination ...

Similar to the chicken wire bin ... enough to destroy seeds as well as the pathogens that might be found if composting manure ...

(AP) - How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s piling up in barns ...

Then the farmer makes several more passes spreading other material in different combinations: bone-white limestone dust, rich black biochar and chicken litter compost that reeks of ammonia.