Researchers at the University of Minnesota have long wanted to make something out of the millions of gallons of manure produced on the state’s farms. Roger Ruan and a team of researchers have ...

Fertilizer prices have doubled from a year ago, but farmers still need to get nutrients into the ground. Some are finding relief from costly synthetic fertilizers in manure. It’s never been a better ...

For years, gardeners and farmers have relied on one of the world's most abundant resources to make fertilizer: animal poop. Animal manure is generally free and easy to obtain, either from your own ...

Manure is a billion-dollar industry. In North Carolina, for example, the hog industry generates 19,000 jobs and $10 billion a year in economic output, but with pork production struggling, hog farmers ...

Reducing mineral fertilizer in crop farming reduced production yields and may aggravate nutrient depletion in croplands in Sub-Saharan Africa, an analysis in Outlook on Agriculture shows. The ...

Making floors for homes from the waste product gains credibility with researchers. Omar Faruk, a post-doctoral assistant at Michigan State University, holds dried manure, left, that is processed into ...

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