Wheat fields will be firming up across Ohio and spring top-dressing with nitrogen fertilizer will soon start. Livestock producers and commercial manure applicators may be considering applying liquid ...

While at a meeting at the Ashland Public Library a few years ago I had a question from one of my readers and they asked me if they should use old farm yard soil in their vegetable garden. A few years ...

Sustainable manure treatment means managing manure so that it becomes safe, predictable, and beneficial once applied to soil.

Do something good for your garden. As the snow melts, follow up that big moisture event with something that will feed your lawn and perennials - manure. While it's usually ideal to time the ...

If you are making plans to amend garden soil with manure prior to spring planting, be aware of safety recommendations for manure. The key point is that fresh manure should not be applied to fruit and ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 1, 2010) A recent study by Seong Park, Ph.D., published in the Agronomy Journal, demonstrates that manure generates higher economic returns than anhydrous ammonia, a synthetic ...

ARCADIA — Davidson County farmer Charity Smith is proving you can do a lot of agricultural enterprises on a small amount of land, and do it well. Tucked inside Smith’s home garage in her northern ...