DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — When done right, composting manure and livestock is an environmentally sound way to dispose of animals and their waste, according to Mary Keena, North Dakota State University ...

The safest way to use raw manure is to add it to your compost pile as "green" material and thoroughly compost it along with "brown" organic matter, such as fallen leaves, straw and dried weeds, which ...

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 ...

Animal manure is a popular form of fertiliser among many farmers across the world. When used correctly, it adds nutrients and organic matter resulting in healthy soils. But when used incorrectly, it ...

Many landscape plants can benefit greatly from amended soil. Our native sandy soil drains readily and doesn’t do so well with holding on to soil nutrients and water. But you can produce your own ...

At Woodend Farm on the Scottish Borders, manure produced by the farm’s 32,000 free-range hens is mixed with woodchip, chopped ...

Organic and synthetic fertilizers are the most common way to add nutrients to the soil, but animal manure is good too, if you can find and transport it. Unless applied properly, however, it can kill ...

The presence of emerging contaminants in organic wastes and derived products (compost or digestate) is one of the main ...