DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — When done right, composting manure and livestock is an environmentally sound way to dispose of animals and their waste, according to Mary Keena, North Dakota State University ...

Manure is an organic fertilizer made from the dung of domestic livestock including horses, cows, and poultry. It may also contain urine and bedding material like straw or sawdust. Manure is an ...

Anyone who raises livestock on a farmstead knows that much of animal husbandry revolves around properly handled manure. To be sure, manure is one of the greatest benefits of livestock, which is just ...

Everyone poops, cows included. (You remember that children’s book, right?) Cow manure is used as fertilizer on commercial farms and in backyard gardens, but did you know it could spread antibiotic ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

For folks who don’t farm or garden, a malodorous pile of manure is usually a fly-attracting eyesore to be avoided. But most farmers and gardeners won’t turn up their noses at such a deposit; where ...

Question: I got a load of “composted” horse manure for my garden from my friend. It looks to me that it isn’t really composted all the way as there are “apples” of manure in it. Can I just put it in ...

• Horse manure is readily available in most cities, towns and out in the country because of the popularity of horseback riding. However, it needs to be composted if for no other reason than horse ...

While at a meeting at the Ashland Public Library a few years ago I had a question from one of my readers and they asked me if they should use old farm yard soil in their vegetable garden. A few years ...

Compost pellets, called Compell, manufactured by Royal Organic Products, Royal City, Wash., are about 1/8th-inch diameter and 1/2-inch long for use in seeding and fertilizing equipment. ROYAL CITY, ...