Management of animal wastes has been the focus of intensive research for the past two decades. While manure management techniques have been studied, little information is available about the economic ...

Some gardeners have asked if composting garden, yard and food waste is sustainable or beneficial to the environment since the composting process generates lots of carbon dioxide, the principal ...

huntington, w.va. — Marshall University is set to officially open the first commercial composting facility inWest Virginia with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, April 14. The addition of the new ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

It takes time to make compost. Organic matter requires about two to three months to break down in hot compost piles, and up to a year or more in cold composting systems. But if you add a compost ...

Avon is preparing to implement a composting program as it pursues its own greenhouse gas goals and Eagle County’s, but the town is taking the process slowly to ensure it is best suited to residents ...