The stockpile of litter must also be located outside the work zone, which includes roadways used for live haul, feed, fuel, and chick delivery. The temporary stockpile of litter for composting is to ...

Mike McGregor rumbles down the turnrow of a buckshot soybean field and pulls a long train of dust behind his truck as he checks up behind a blue fertilizer buggy filled with chicken litter.

Research also suggest that acidification of litter can increase the efficacy of some insecticides for darkling beetle control, and reduce the chick’s early exposure to pathogens, including food-borne ...