Written by: AP NEWS – David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure. The U.S. Department of...
Written by: Successful Farming With summer comes the inevitable for cattle producers: flies. Managing these pests can pose a challenge to producers and cause discomfort to cattle, so work ahead to create a management plan. David Boxler, an entomologist at the...
Aged manure is not composted manure. Proper composting needs regular, active management with the right combination of temperature, size, moisture, oxygen, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio to keep microbes happy and make the piles break down into compost. It’s as much of...
Written by: Manure Manager The White House announced that it will allocate $1 billion toward the country’s independent meat and poultry producers in order to help independent farmers compete with more powerful meat producers that the administration says is responsible...
Written by: Times Herald Times Herald, Jan. 4th, 2022 – Two Sanilac County farms are moving toward environmental sustainability by participating in a project that will produce renewable natural gas from cow manure. Energy companies SJI and REV LNG are installing an...
Written by: Successful Farming Successful Farming, Dec. 16th, 2021 – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose in thin trade on Thursday to halt a three-session slide, buoyed by firming cash hog markets and higher wholesale pork prices, analysts said....
