(AP) - How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s piling up in barns ...
“We’re definitely seeing farmers move toward manure with the increase in fertilizer prices,” said ... as U.S. livestock herds and poultry flocks shrink. The number of hogs in the United ...
Chickens produce high-quality, nitrogen-rich, nontoxic, free fertilizer, so you can repurpose their waste to replace some of the chemicals used in gardening. Chicken manure is high in nitrogen ...
The proposed plant would gather 100,000 tonnes of poultry manure a year from the area’s farms Planners are being urged to reconsider an application for a large plant to dispose of chicken waste ...