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. He turns ...

PETERSBURG, W.Va. — A new heat recovery system for poultry litter in use at Cottage Hill Farm may hold some promise for energy cost control for Maryland farmers and may even reap environmental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 14—Chicken litter was once considered a major negative byproduct when it came to poultry farming. The cost, the time and the ...

With the warm and nice sunny weather we had this past weekend it has me itching for vacations at the beach, more afternoons outside and fresh fruits and vegetables that will be on everyone’s table ...

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 ...

Poultry litter is a fancy term for a mix of feces, sawdust, feathers, spilled feed, and other waste that might result from raising chickens and turkeys. The byproduct, which is often used as ...

Bird flu outbreaks have affected 34 dairy cow herds across nine states, causing some to question whether the use of contaminated poultry litter as cow feed may be the source of transmission, though ...

Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by inhaling the microscopic spores of the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, which can grow in poultry litter. Chronic histoplasmosis affects the lungs and ...

Beneficial bacteria in reused poultry litter can reduce Salmonella levels. Chicken is the most consumed protein in the United States. According to the National Chicken Council, the U.S. produced more ...