As the region heads into planting season, it’s important that producers have a manure management plan set in place, while also taking into account proper manure application to their fields. Producers ...

(IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa. The Rozenbooms, like most livestock operators in Iowa, collect the hog manure ...

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District will hold a free workshop to show farmers, livestock owners and horse operations how to write their own manure management plans (MMPs). The ...

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District will hold free workshops to show farmers, livestock owners and horse operations how to write their own manure management plans (MMPs). Workshops ...

OWATONNA — Steele County dairy farmer Dale Spindler wanted to get away from hauling manure every day, and he wanted to do his part to protect nearby Rice Lake. He approached the county feedlot officer ...

MONROE -- A new horse stable's odds of staying in business and expanding depend on how it handles its manure. Silver Linings Stables secured a permit to build a 13,160-square-foot barn with 10 stalls ...

SPENCER, Iowa -- A Manure Management Plan Update meeting is planned March 21 in the Gateway North Mall in Spencer from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration is $50 and includes the noon meal and a plan example.

Amid continued opposition, a Clayton County livestock facility is again seeking approval from state regulators for of its plan for how it will dispose of the manure it produces close to the headwaters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several livestock producers have been fined by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in recent weeks for failing to comply with ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Farm fields are emptied all over Wisconsin as crops are harvested for the season. For many large farms, that means it’s time to empty Manure pits onto the soil. Farmers are ...

A Polk County judge has ordered state environmental regulators to reconsider a nutrient management plan that paved the way for establishing a large cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa near a cold-water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clods of soil poking through the snow show where manure was previously applied to an agricultural field in south central Iowa.