If you live near a Connecticut farm, chances are you may smell manure this summer. While its foul odor may be an inconvenience for some, farmers say it is an essential tool to help grow crops and ...

Seven years ago, Matt Slegle was ready to build a brand-new slatted-floor barn to house more than 1,000 backgrounder cattle ...

With supply chain issues pushing commercial fertilizer to record high prices, good, old-fashioned livestock manure is in demand. Darrin Kaspers, who farms near Willmar, Minnesota, said he usually buys ...

Manure pits are essential to many farm operations, but gases from them can be toxic, incapacitating and sometimes deadly. Four family members and a farm employee in Rockingham County were killed by ...

Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. This report, co-published with The New Lede, is part of an ongoing series on how changing agricultural policies ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — As hundreds of thousands of people filed through the Pennsylvania Farm Show complex, hundreds of thousands of pounds of manure piled up. While it’s not the sight or smell that draws ...