DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — When done right, composting manure and livestock is an environmentally sound way to dispose of animals and their waste, according to Mary Keena, North Dakota State University ...

Composting is one of the most effective ways to manage livestock manure and convert the waste into a valuable soil amendment. With fertiliser prices soaring almost every month, making own compost ...

For folks who don’t farm or garden, a malodorous pile of manure is usually a fly-attracting eyesore to be avoided. But most farmers and gardeners won’t turn up their noses at such a deposit; where ...

Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

Bison at the Oakland Zoo in Northern California love them a lil’ bit of compost. Exhibit A: One of these handsome beasts was ...

Oakland Zoo’s compost-recovery program allows animals like its bison some nutrient-rich enrichment time.This footage released by the Oakland Zoo shows a bison rolling around in a large pile of compost ...

The idea of starting a compost pile, or buying or building a compost bin, is daunting for many people – and for no good reason that I can see. The simple point is to get organic matter into our soil, ...

Research suggests that, in some cases, boosting urban soil health with compost and treated manure may reduce the amount of pathogenic and anti-biotic resistant bacteria. Urban soils often contain ...

NFSC PhD student Qingyue Zeng (left), first author of the paper, and undergraduate student Derek Konsen collecting soil cores in an amended plot at a local urban farm. Urban soils often contain ...