Envirokure only recently began selling its organic fertilizer. But the Pennsylvania startup could soon help answer a question that’s been vexing local farmers and environmental regulators for years.

Chicken manure, often called "black gold," provides one of the most nutrient-rich boosts for your soil. Different types of chicken manure exist, with variations in quality and composition. You can ...

POCOMOKE CITY, Maryland — On an overcast Friday morning, Jason Lambertson goes through one door, then another, and peers across a long, warm, dusky room at the 80,000 teenagers whose poop the state ...

Whether you are a Louisiana poultry farmer or just keep chickens in your back yard, there may soon be a solution to the vexing problem of disposing of chicken waste, thanks to a research project ...

Not all types of renewable energy are created equal, some environmental advocates say. In Maryland, they're figuratively turning up the heat on chicken manure, hoping that others literally won't. The ...

BLACKVILLE – Necessity was the mother of invention when it comes to Humble Acres Organics in Blackville, its owners say. Chicken farmer Tim McCormick and his son, Kevin, said they trusted in the Lord ...

Several environmental groups are renewing a push to make Perdue and other agribusiness companies financially responsible for excess chicken manure on the Eastern Shore. Last summer’s implementation of ...

The author’s hens stay on pasture during warmer months and then overwinter inside a greenhouse. Use chicken manure in garden to boost crops’ productivity, while also utilizing a greenhouse chicken ...

The AG in Oklahoma wants a ban on fertilizing hay fields and other pastures with the chicken litter, and a federal court has ruled that Tyson Foods and 10 other companies are liable for pollution. No ...

Chicken manure, the scourge of the Chesapeake Bay, has suddenly become the toast of African-violet growers and landscapers. Baked into pellets and marketed as commercial-grade fertilizer -- with names ...

A research team reveals that soils surrounding intensive livestock farms can become hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), even when fertilizers are considered “low risk”.