Chicken manure could be a great addition to garden soil. Chicken waste is not waste at all, it’s actually a garden seed of gold that can be used as an organic fertiliser for lawn and garden. Hello ...
BLACKVILLE – Necessity was the mother of invention when it comes to Humble Acres Organics in Blackville, its owners say. Chicken farmer Tim McCormick and his son, Kevin, said they trusted in the Lord ...
Dan Rodricks’ recent column urged the new governor to get a large-scale poultry waste incinerator built on the Eastern Shore (“Larry Hogan has a chance to be a green governor,” Dec. 13). This awful ...
Large egg farms in Bangladesh have a problem: they produce a lot of smelly manure. Farmers buy manure during a certain season; the rest of the year it piles up, and provokes complaints of odour and ...
VIENNA — The drastic change in farm practices that a panel has recommended to fight toxic microbes in the Chesapeake Bay would raise costs for Maryland farmers, especially on the lower Eastern Shore, ...
Whether you are a Louisiana poultry farmer or just keep chickens in your back yard, there may soon be a solution to the vexing problem of disposing of chicken waste, thanks to a research project ...
Correct moisture content Too dry and microbes will not function. Too wet and the compost will not be sufficiently aerated and microbes will be unable to break down carbon Optimum bulk density Fresh ...
Yorkshire contractor Richard Scholes knew his contracting business had to adapt when the Farming Rules For Water legislation prohibited a number of autumn manure applications*. Faced with soaring ...