If you have excess dairy manure or are providing manure to a neighboring farmer supplying you with forage, it’s important to know a ballpark figure of what that manure is actually worth. The ...

Lacombe County is loosening its livestock regulations to meet growing demand to keep animals from acreage residents. Under ...

This is the second episode in our growing food in small spaces series ( see ep1 here <a href=" )and it shows two examples of animals that can be kept in small spaces that are beneficial to your food ...

Anthony Gichanga knows this well. After 25 years in the United States, Gichanga returned home to do what he loved most - ...

Herbert and Alvena Ruh met on a blind date at the Blue Moon dance hall in Elgin back in 1952 and have been tripping the light fantastic ever since.

For centuries, nutrient-rich animal manure has been used to enrich the soil and boost crop production. Traditionally, cow and horse manure were the most readily available options. However ...

A Plymouth County pork producer is one of 10 honored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) as a 2024 Master Pork ...

In 2014, Lowell Trom hit a breaking point.  For two decades, he had watched as his small farming community in Blooming ...

Raising pigs on your homestead is one of the most rewarding tasks — both monetarily and emotionally. Get tips and methods for the best meat pigs on the homestead and learn how to raise pigs for ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s ...

Muck is the excretion from farmed animals. This map shows muck from poultry and pigs, which is removed from farms in liquid form as slurry or in solid form as manure, that has been mixed with straw.