When using rabbit manure as a fertilizer, it’s important to do so responsibly. Applying it to the garden soil can enrich the nutrient content and contribute to healthier plant growth.

"When you go around, the price does fluctuate with the price of fertilizer," Hinz said. Hinz Brothers Spreading spreads manure in a wide area of southwest Minnesota, using turkey litter that he ...

Inorganic fertilizer is better in terms of electrical conductivity,” Ozlu said. “But it does not improve other soil properties and crop yields like manure does." ...

At this research plot at the University of Missouri Bradford Research Farm, soil has been treated with pig manure plus starter fertilizer to study the effect on corn yields. COLUMBIA, Mo ...

Last year, 56,000 tons of poultry manure from Delaware farms went to Perdue AgriRecycle and another 20,684 tons were sent to farms out of state for land application.

Dairy manure is a natural crop fertilizer, and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists believe they have discovered a way to make sure that the valuable resource stays on crops where it is applied as a ...

For example, fertilizer and manure are not regulated by the Clean Water Act because agricultural activities are considered "nonpoint source pollution," which means it comes from many sources.

COURTESY KIMO FRANKLIN A "green" manure plot with Sunn hemp, buckwheat, oats, peas, rye grass and clover plants that are about 6 weeks old. They will be ready to chop down in approximately two weeks.

In four of nine counties, nitrogen from manure and commercial fertilizer surpassed UW's recommendations by more than 50%. In five counties, commercial fertilizer sales alone exceeded UW nitrogen ...

Although these cows are milked 400 miles upstream from the Chesapeake Bay, they could be part of the pollution problem that has vexed the nation’s largest estuary for decades. Manure and other ...