Like farmers and ranchers, veterinarians love to pour concrete. Many build customized facilities dedicated to their animal health mission: examination rooms, operating theaters, cattle chutes, holding pens and loading docks. Three Canada-based vets, however, are pouring enough concrete in far southwestern Nebraska to cover what they say will be a square mile — 640 acres […] Read more
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European Union’s manure mathematics frustrate farmers
Strict regulations restrict how producers can use nitrogen fertilizer, depending on the form it takes when applied
Trucks show up at Han Langeler’s dairy farm in the Netherlands each spring and haul some of the cow manure up to 150 kilometres away. There, it is spread on fields in an area with fewer livestock farms than Langeler’s area near Aalten, near the German border. Langeler then buys nitrogen fertilizer to top up […] Read more
U.S. firms invest in RNG project
REUTERS — Renewable energy firm Clean Energy Fuels says it will jointly develop renewable natural gas production plants at dairy farms across seven U.S. states in the U.S. with RNG producer Maas Energy Works. The project will collect manure from dairies with a combined herd size of about 35,000 cows, preventing methane emissions from entering […] Read more
Study shifts water nutrient load responsibility
New U of M research finds that soil and vegetation may play a larger role in excess nutrient runoff than livestock manure
Glacier FarmMedia – A new study spearheaded by two University of Manitoba researchers is giving more insight into where nutrients running off into Prairie waterways are coming from, and pasture manure may not be the biggest culprit. The study, led by soil scientist David Lobb and Marcos Cordeiro of the department of animal science, sought […] Read more
Czech farmers dump manure on Prague streets
Producers take to the streets protesting against EU agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters) — Czech farmers dumped manure in front of the government’s office, blocked Prague streets with tractors and taunted the country’s farm minister earlier this month as they renewed protests demanding more help and a halt to cheap imports to the European Union. Farmers across the EU have taken to the streets […] Read more
Man. livestock show says no to straw bedding
The high cost of managing the material is given as reason for banning it from this year’s Manitoba Royal Winter Fair
Anyone who beds animals at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair this year won’t be doing it with straw. The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, which holds the major agro-tourism event in Brandon each year, says straw animal bedding will no longer be used at its events due to the cost of dealing with the used material. […] Read more!["[Manure is] our biggest expense, by far," Dallas Johnston, the Ag Ex show boss and long-time cattle producer from Brookdale, said in an interview in the show office. | Ed White photo](https://static.producer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/26182810/EJW-MB-Ag-Ex-cattle-660x420.jpg)
Manure has major role at Manitoba Ag Ex
BRANDON — Tens of thousands of times this week cows will plop, splat and splash patties in the barns, hallways and rings of the Keystone Centre. And thousands of times cattle producers, especially young ones with little family rank, will shovel and fork up the brown pies, carrying them to manure carts that will be […] Read more
Molecular mechanism links roots to phosphorus
Researchers discover the gene that regulates when roots stop growing, which occurs within hours of a lack of phosphorus
Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered a specific gene that regulates when the roots of a plant stop growing and they have identified this reaction as happening within hours of a lack of phosphorus.
Manure should be applied precisely
Livestock producers are advised to vary their application rates over knolls and hollows and have patience for success
Precision application may not come immediately to mind when it comes to managing cattle manure, but Jeff Schoenau, professor of soil fertility at the University of Saskatchewan and professional agrologist, said it shows benefits for crops and the environment.
Oxygen dissipates slurry smell
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Air pumped into slurry tanks mixes the manure. Rising air bubbles promote aerobic bacteria, which digests toxins, fatty acids and ammonia. This reduces manure’s biological oxygen demand and reduces odour. That’s the concept upon which the Irish-based Dairy Power company based their Smart Manure Aeration system. Adam Steward of Dairy Power in Canada says the […] Read more
