Nitrate, pesticides, metals, plastic -- agricultural soils often contain pollutants. But are there sustainable and climate-friendly ways to restore and promote soil health in agricultural land? Yes, ...

There is an online tool Wisconsin farmers can use to help decide when to spread manure. Andrea Topper with Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection tells Brownfield ...

Pork accounts for at least 60% of all meat eaten in China, but its popularity exacts a heavy toll on the environment that has proven tricky to resolve until now.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s winter manure spreading ban is over for the season, but agriculture officials are reminding farmers to comply with the state’s required practices.

Assistant Director of Agriculture (Lalgudi) R Sugumar noted that farmers in Neikuppai and Puthur Uthamanur have extensively raised green manure. The 45-day plants are now in the flowering stage.

One system leverages heat from composting manure piles to warm a water reservoir, which then distributes heat throughout the ...