As the region heads into planting season, it’s important that producers have a manure management plan set in place, while also taking into account proper manure application to their fields. Producers ...

Regulations apply even to those who do not have farm animals, state says. HARRISBURG — Anyone who spreads manure on fields or has a pasture, barnyard or feedlot must now have a manure management plan, ...

Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa. The Rozenbooms, like most ...

Finding what works best for you in applying manure into your fields takes testing and experimenting, according to University of Minnesota Extension educator Chryseis Modderman. Surface application of ...

EDGERTON, Minn. — The 25 acres of wheat harvested July 19 yielded 60 bushels per acre with a 62 pound test weight. Wes De Kam now has land to apply manure from his 380-cow dairy. Once it's applied, he ...

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District will hold a free workshop to show farmers, livestock owners and horse operations how to write their own manure management plans (MMPs). The ...

Several livestock producers have been fined by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in recent weeks for failing to comply with manure management requirements, according to DNR records. Most of the ...

The state’s environmental agency has the authority to investigate and issue fines for illegal spills, but lacks sufficient ...

Cows at Highland Dairy in Clovis, N.M. The California Department of Food and Agriculture is accepting grant applications for the Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) and Dairy Digester ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is giving interested parties until mid-September to submit proposals for manure management practices ...

Delaware’s Nutrient Management Law has been in effect since 1999 and requires anyone who applies manure or fertilizer to 10 or more acres or has eight or more animal units (an animal unit is equal to ...