
News
Research
Field Crops
Livestock Production
Solving surplus manure with a look to the past
July 7, 2020
By Manure Manager
By Manure Manager
July 7, 2020
By Manure Manager
By Manure Manager
Topics
The U.S. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is working on a solution to excess manure nutrients by looking to the past.
Family mixed farms have been replaced by large-scale crop and livestock operations over the past sixty years. While this has increased yield and efficiency, it has also created a disconnect between the two – and excess manure.
ARS scientists are proposing “manure-sheds” as a way to reconnect crop and livestock operations. The plan involves identifying manure “sources” and “sinks” and finding ways to sustainably transport and store manure to increase access and reduce excess. |READ MORE
Leave a Reply