ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Salts from added compost, manure, or fertilizers can build up in the rain-free environment of a tunnel and accumulate near the soil surface, affecting crop growth. If compost is used as a soil amendment, using vegetation-based compost instead of composted animal manure can reduce the possibility of salt build-up in the soil.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With the help of a neighbor, the three children mix manure, spread, mulch, and sow seeds while uniting neighbors and demonstrating the power of community. Along with Xin Lis illustrations, Lindsay Metcalf introduces young readers to the machinery and technology that helps farmers do their jobs and the innovative practices they employ.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

So, when I heard of the mid-scale anaerobic digester being installed at Dickenson College Organic Farm as a demonstration of how small dairy farms can utilize manure and other waste streams to produce on farm energy, I was eager for the opportunity to visit the farm and help spread the word to other farms. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

She points to wide-scale implementation of anaerobic digesters, which capture methane from sealed manure lagoons to create biogas. They’re currently the only technology in the entire state that reduces methane,” she adds. And it’s not just the manure, he adds—cows also burp 220 pounds of methane annually.

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CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

Transforming the food and farming system through the above domains as well as through crop insurance, agroforestry, organic farming, farmland protection, pasture-based systems, conservation set-asides, manure management, and agrivoltaic systems, the bill creates a clear focus on farm and food system resilience.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

And mushrooms of all kinds sprout as they feast on crop waste, coffee grounds and horse manure. Nevertheless, Speyer notes that a few cigarette companies have interest in PuriFungi’s technology—although that’s posed a certain dilemma, she says, because “you don’t want to give them an excuse to keep producing more [of the same].”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) The RPFSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. However, NSAC is disheartened to see no reference to establishing composting as a national practice standard in the RPFSA.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A cheap information technology policy? You couldn’t pack more animals in a house than you could bring in feedstocks and haul out manure by draft power. Dependent on draft power to haul in fodder and livery supplies and haul out manure, cities were sinking under transportational inefficiency. Travelers drug manure into hotels.

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RR2CS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

My research focus was on healthy soils for healthy crops for healthy populations,” says Harold, who traveled to New Zealand, California, and Mexico to learn about different agricultural systems and technologies. The Perry’s also source manure from neighbouring feedlots to compost and mix into the soil.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The initiative aims to triple the productivity of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in 20 years by promoting green manure and cover crops that restore soil health, combat drought, and enhance farm resilience. Since its inception, Garda Pangan has rescued more than 8 tons of food, benefiting tens of thousands of people.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Many practices can lower a farm’s greenhouse gas emissions, including alternative manure management techniques and the use of renewable energy. Other practices that build soil organic matter, such as cover crops, compost, perennials and conservation tillage, can sequester carbon in the soil.

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