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These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better?

Civil Eats

The waste grease, collected from a local pizzeria, a Mexican restaurant, and a pub, will be mixed with manure in the dairy farm’s anerobic co-digester and converted into renewable energy. Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Vermeer Expands with Bunning Manure Spreaders

Agwired

Bunning & Sons Ltd, a UK-based leader in manure spreader manufacturing, to integrate Bunning spreaders into the Vermeer lineup serving North American hay, forage and livestock producers. Vermeer has announced a partnership with G.T.

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Is pasture-raised beef better for the environment? It sure could be.

Food Politics

We used on-farm data collected from the Michigan State University Lake City AgBioResearch Center for AMP [adaptive multi-paddock] grazing.

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Should Bioplastics Be Allowed in Organic Compost?

Civil Eats

The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) currently requires compost to be derived from plant and animal materials, such as manure, food scraps, leaves, and straw. The petition to include these materials is because manufacturers are looking for a way to easily dispose of these products.

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This Car-Free Michigan Island Is Leading on Composting

Civil Eats

At the island’s solid waste facility—hidden away in the hills and surrounded by forestland—piles of food scraps, manure, and green waste slowly turn to soil. Workers collect horse manure by bike along the streets of downtown Mackinac Island. Since horses provide transportation on the island, Mackinac compost contains a lot of manure.

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Precision Ag News 2/19

Agwired

According to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) , U.S. million by the National Resources Conservation Service to study nutrient runoff from manure fertilizer. Donica is a fourth-generation rancher from southern Oklahoma and a consultant for the regenerative agriculture consulting firm Understanding Ag, LLC.

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Factory Farms Explained

Modern Farmer

Concentrated animal feeding operations CAFOs are defined by the EPA as intensive feeding operations where many animals are confined and fed for at least 45 days per year (though it can be much more) and inevitably their manure and waste come in contact with ground and surface water.

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