A new University of Missouri Extension study focuses on the effects of using pig manure as a crop fertilizer. The study looks at corn yields and soil health indicators under three separate ...

Harvesting animal waste for fertilizer has generally been considered a safe practice—most manure is composted before ... The virus has now been found in cows, pigs, and domestic and large ...

when sprayed over fields as fertilizer, manure-dwelling microbes can escape into the surrounding air, water, and soil and eventually make their way to cause infections in local residents. But recent ...

But our meatballs and roast pork leave a climate footprint because of the pig manure, which during storage ... An 80-cm thick layer of compost is placed on top of the stones.

The remaining solid bio-fiber is used as bedding for the cows with the liquid waste used as fertilizer on ... and natural gas from the manure generated by cows and pigs. The manure is collected ...