Ever asked yourself "where does milk come from?" A few months ago, I purchased an American Devon/Jersey Cross milking cow ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of ...

As the growing season draws to a close and your garden beds are filled with dead plants, consider adding them to your compost ...

TWIXMAS is the time for dreaming about what you’ll do in the garden next year. So I’ve spoken to horticultural experts across ...

A research team reveals that soils surrounding intensive livestock farms can become hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), even when fertilizers are considered “low risk”.

How many homes could be heated by cow muck? It is not a question I have thought about before, but as Britain searches for sustainable sources of heat, many farmers are looking, well, right under their ...

Farmers sprayed manure on government offices and kept up roadblocks in southern France on Sunday in protest against a mass cull of cows as officials urged Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to urgently ...

Managing manure on a dairy farm is no small task — lactating dairy cows produce about 150 pounds, or roughly 18 gallons, of manure or more per day. 1 However, designing a system doesn’t have to be ...

GEDDES, N.Y. — When you think about The Great New York State Fair, you think about food, rides and animals of all sizes. But do you think about cleaning up after those animals? You may be used to ...