As winter approaches, the challenges associated with the application of manure become more pronounced. Adopting best practices that maximize nutrient utilization and safeguard our water resources is ...

National Farm Safety and Health Week 2025 is Sept. 21–27, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach reminds operators that safety is critical when handling, transporting and applying manure.

A later harvest and colder temperatures have caused some issues for livestock producers who would like to fertilize fields with manure. Iowa State University Extension Agronomist, Joel DeJong, says ...

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 ...

October’s cool, wet weather delayed more than the crop harvest. At some livestock farms, full manure basins created anxious moments for farmers awaiting harvested fields so they could land-apply ...

With harvest drawing to an end and winter fast approaching, remember to think about where and how you plan to store manure over the winter. Winter means frozen ground, snow and -- if feedlot operators ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The arrival of cold weather, snow and ice means Indiana's livestock producers need to remember that applying manure to farm fields during the winter is regulated by the state.

DES MOINES -- A group active on environmental issues is vowing to kill legislation approved 21-0 Tuesday by the House Ag Committee. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) said HF 2324 would ...

A recent report says Iowa's regulations on manure spreading are too lax and pose a threat to the state's water quality. On Wednesday, the non-profit Iowa Policy Project released the report 'Winter ...

LANSING, MI — Michigan farms are prohibited from applying animal waste as cropland fertilizer in January, February and March unless they meet certain conditions under a new general permit for ...