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Wisconsin dairy embraces composting to manage manure and reduce odours

Urban encroachment on traditional farmland is becoming a big…

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Doo from the Zoo: Composting solutions

How compost and sale of manure is saving space in the local landfill – and making gardeners happy.

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Compost demo day in ND

Carpio, ND – Crop and livestock producers and others…

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Mortality management isn’t a one-size-fits-all operation

Animal mortality is a fact of life, and in…

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Registration for the 2019 North American Manure Expo now open

Calling all livestock producers, custom applicators, researchers, students, and…

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Composting or Stockpiling – What’s the difference?

What is stockpiling? If you look up stockpile, you’ll…

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The 2019 North American Manure Expo presentations schedule is now available!

Are you searching for the latest research and information…

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Reducing compost conversion time

Technology that reduces compost conversion time by 75 percent impresses Connecticut dairy.

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Troubleshooting your compost pile

Proper composting is almost an art, and it takes…

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Considering windrow composting

A Wisconsin study looks at improving water quality through windrow composting.

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Time the key ingredient in mass livestock mortality composting

The University of Minnesota Extension has created a resource for considerations involved in composting livestock mortalities. While the resource focuses on the methods of safely composting the animals,...

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Back to the earth

It’s every livestock farmer’s worst nightmare. Healthy animals, ready to be butchered and provide food, can’t be processed. COVID-19 outbreaks among the employees at several animal processing plants in...

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Digging into vermiculture

Rhonda Sherman, extension specialist in the department of horticultural science at North Carolina State University, is widely regarded as a leading authority on vermicompost. At the start of her...

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From the Editor: Lessons learned in composting

Each year, our backyard vegetable garden seems to grow bigger than the previous year – not in terms of yield, but in area. My husband is an avid gardener and our family enjoys reaping the benefits of...

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Increasing long-term soil carbon storage

Composted manure and other organic amendments benefit cropping systems while increasing the opportunity for long-term soil carbon storage and climate change mitigation. Researchers at the University of...

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North American Manure Expo returns virtually for 2021

June 1, 2021 – After a year of significant change and uncertainty, we are thrilled to announce that the 2021 North American Manure Expo (NAME) will return this summer for an exclusively online event on...

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It’s back! Submit your Rejected Manure Expo Slogan

The North American Manure Expo might look a little different this year since we’ve pivoted to a virtual event, but some big fan favorites will return – including the annual slogan contest. Officials...

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Manure: Tackling the frequently asked questions

When fertilizer prices start to increase so do the number of questions asked about manure! Manure is a carefully guarded treasure – brown gold – for livestock producers that have figured out the...

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Manure Minute: Basic components of composting manure

I will say this over and over again: aged manure is not composted manure. Proper composting needs regular, active management with the right combination of temperature, size, moisture, oxygen and...

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Manure Minute: Troubleshooting your compost pile

Proper composting is almost an art, and it takes the right combination of many components to work efficiently. In general, you want a particle size of one-eighth to two inches; internal temperature of...

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