ST. PAUL -- Sand bedding is very popular with many dairy producers - until it comes to handling sand-laden manure. Sand is very comfortable for cows to lie on in well designed and managed freestalls.

For years, Paul Danbom let good fertilizer go to waste. On his 900-head dairy farm in Turlock, California, he was buying fertilizer for his distant cornfields. Meanwhile, he was paying to dispose of ...

Great quantities of manure have become more concentrated geographically with the rise of larger dairy farms, Murphy said. Farmers spread it on fields as fertilizer, but it can’t be done year-round, so ...

A manure management company in Auburn is the latest recipient of funding in the 12th round of the state's Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Cuff Farm Services has been awarded $240,000 ...