The presence of a robust broiler industry on the Delmarva Peninsula also necessitates the management of poultry litter (i.e., a composite of bedding material, feed, manure, feathers, and uric acid) in ...

Agriculture schools in chicken country have published brochures on how to store chicken litter, and the University of Maryland goes so far as suggesting having the fire department on hand if ...

Mike McGregor rumbles down the turnrow of a buckshot soybean field and pulls a long train of dust behind his truck as he checks up behind a blue fertilizer buggy filled with chicken litter.

Despite a heavy environmental impact, industrial animal agriculture is largely exempted from federal and state air and water ...

If granted, that permit would open the door for construction of a facility in Ottawa County that would use poultry litter for biogas. “They’re going to basically bring a lot of waste in ...

coli and other pathogens on organically grown vegetables. The research team was concerned with poultry litter compost and heat-treated poultry litter pellets used for organic fertilizer and soil ...