This table comprises information about livestock manure production and production of nitrogen and phosphate in manure. It also includes data on excreted nitrogen that evaporates as ammonia and other ...

Until the last few years, the manure produced in a livestock enterprise was generally considered a liability. The goal was often to dispose of it as conveniently and cheaply as possible. Today, ...

The Dairy Manure Management Planning publication was a joint effort of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service and the Indiana Natural Resources Conservation Service. John Pedersen, ...

A farm in Luweero District is using goat manure to grow red onions, a practice which has enabled it double its production from seven tonnes an acre in 2016 to current 15 tonnes per acre. Veteran Farm, ...

Cow manure may soon help tackle pollution, greenhouse gases, and waste management issues—all while producing a versatile, eco-friendly manufacturing material. Researchers at UCL Mechanical Engineering ...

It’s not often that pig manure is associated with asphalt, but current research may soon change that. Ellie Fini, a civil engineer, received funding from the National Science Foundation to support the ...

Peat has been used in container plant production since the 1960s. Highly porous and able to hold water, peat makes an ideal rooting and growing medium. But harvesting peat (and draining valuable ...

Well maintained soil is important for plant vigour. Organic manure adds nutrients to soil and increases its capacity to hold water and to sustain micro organisms that are vital to soil enrichment.

The turbulent regulatory aftermath of the recent outbreaks of E. coli in spinach and lettuce risks making manure a dirty word and use of manure suspect. In September, E. coli in spinach caused the ...

In a bid to scale up the production of manure from household waste collected by Greater Chennai corporation, the civic body sold 160 tonnes of fine manure to Tamil Nadu cooperative societies on Friday ...