Proper management of poultry litter and manure is critical to maintaining agricultural profitability and sustainability, as well as environmental quality. The resources on this page are available to ...

Growing global demand for sustainable agriculture is driving scientists to find smarter ways to handle livestock waste. A new ...

The world’s growing livestock industry produces millions of tons of animal manure every year, creating both environmental and ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Rosamond Gifford Zoo (search) is looking to become the first zoo in the nation to be powered by its own animal waste — particularly the prodigious piles produced by its pachyderms ...

Several hog farms in North Carolina were properly allowed to collect energy from the animals' waste, a state appeals court said Tuesday, ruling that their permit applications were scrutinized ...

Arkansas environmental groups are sounding the alarm on a new rule proposed by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture that would make it harder for the public to learn about new permit applications ...

When Rose Seemann began looking at the numbers, she was floored to find that the estimated 166 million cats and dogs in the U.S. in 2011 produced about 15.4 million tons of droppings. And that most of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Intensification of animal rearing practices in the past several decades has created new problems of animal waste management. High oxygen ...