Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

This “leaky system” refers to what is not absorbed by the crops on the field, most dangerously, in this case, fertilizer. “It’s And farmers know they’re going to lose some fertilizer. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. As a consequence, they apply extra as insurance.”

Fertilizer 130

Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 130

Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

The idea, the manager explained, was that Supreme Beef would run a feedlot, and Feeder Creek would supply a biodigester, a machine that would process manure and capture the resulting methane to be sold as energy. We need at least 10,000 cows to get enough manure for the amount of methane we want to generate,’” Stone said.

Manure 144

Manure Cattle Construction Farming 144

Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. A primary cause of these nonpoint sources is runoff from nitrogen fertilizer on cropland. A wellhead in Boardman, Oregon.

Animal Agriculture 104

Animal Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Manure 104

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

There was one [Sunnyside] family that had built an outdoor swimming pool for their grandchildren to enjoy, and one of the dairies came in and built a manure lagoon right next to the swimming pool,” she said. A primary cause of these nonpoint sources is runoff from nitrogen fertilizer on cropland. A wellhead in Boardman, Oregon.

Ruralism 76

Ruralism Manure Farming Farming 76

Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases. Harsh chemical fertilizers disrupt natural soil networks made up of plants and fungi.

Compost 59

Compost Fertilizer Crop Food 59

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Within decades, a network of dams, levees and canals had dried up the basin, transforming the fertile crater into an agricultural hub. She points to wide-scale implementation of anaerobic digesters, which capture methane from sealed manure lagoons to create biogas.

Farming 87

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 87

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

These practices include reducing or eliminating tilling of soil, planting “cover crops” that grow during the off-season and are not harvested, improving how farmers use fertilizer and manure, and planting trees. Better manure management is among the climate-smart practices the USDA is funding in the partnerships.

Agriculture 74

Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Manure 74