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 ...

WILLMAR -- With the federal Food and Drug Administration rule change on rendering of 30-month or older cattle set to change April 27, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health is encouraging beef and dairy ...

OTTERTAIL, Minn. — A University of Minnesota study comparing compost barns to other livestock housing supports claims that cows in compost barns have greater longevity. Margot Rudstrom, University of ...

Merced — Every time a cow dies on a dairy farm, it could cost the owner $115 to have a rendering company pick it up. As a result, many dairies have held on to a long-standing solution: hauling the ...

Compost bedded pack barns represent an innovative alternative to traditional housing systems, offering a dynamic environment where dairy cows benefit from continuously composted bedding materials.

Since cows stay inherently cleaner using composting rather than the bedded-pack method, cows are healthier, officials said. The somatic cell count -- bacteria level in milk -- of cows at the Grazing ...

Doug Steffen creates compost extracts from native microorganisms to treat seeds and soil, reducing inputs while improving ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

The Yakima Valley Emergency Management Agency was created to provide emergency support functions for all public emergencies, including agriculture and natural. The agency's stated No. 11 purpose, says ...

Walmart will soon stock an Idaho company’s all-natural compost, produced from dairy cattle waste. Cowgirl Compost LLC, of Boise, passed the first round of this year’s open call, which lets local ...

A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, ...