Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 13—As spring and warmer temperatures move northward over Maine, homesteaders are throwing open the doors of barns and coops ...

DEAR JOHN: Horse manure and cow manure are similar in nitrogen content when fresh, but when dried, or “aged,” horse manure is richer, so the first thing to consider when deciding between them is the ...

Though most farmers use more colorful language, the polite way to say it is that cows “poop and pee.” And they poop and pee a lot–once about every 20 minutes. An 800-pound Jersey cow will make over ...

Imagine 7,000 gallons of cow manure. It smells. Brett Reinford’s dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania has 700 cows, and that’s how much manure those cows squeeze out every day. “We had gotten complaints ...

Watch children’s first reactions at a dairy farm and you’ll see their hands quickly going up to their faces and their fingers pinching their nostrils shut. “What’s that awful smell,” they’ll ask the ...

Scientists have found that most biochar fed to cattle survives digestion and returns in manure, where it may help store carbon in soil.