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

OWATONNA — Steele County dairy farmer Dale Spindler wanted to get away from hauling manure every day, and he wanted to do his part to protect nearby Rice Lake. He approached the county feedlot officer ...

Some local farmers thought a proposed county manure ordinance stunk, so officials have reworked it. Members of the Land Conservation Committee agreed Thursday to invite concerned farmers to their ...

application equipment can be done by balancing out these concerns with the following factors: Manage manure application equipment as any other fertilizer or chemical applicator. Equipment needs to ...

Manure is big business for Connecticut farms, and the 10 biggest farms in the state generate a lot of manure. Under the Clean Water Act, those farms need a permit to discharge effluents “into the ...