The use of permanent manure storage structures is supported by years of scientific data. Financial assistance is available (but not guaranteed) to offset the costs of establishing permanent manure ...

Manure runoff from a dairy farm in Monroe County killed hundreds of fish in nearby waterways, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Smaller farms often face unique challenges when it comes to manure storage and management and as dairy farmers are working to become more sustainable, they are looking for creative solutions to ...

Other incident types involved forage silos, manure pits, and pump pits ... there were 23 documented grain entrapment cases[1], 9 reported falls into or from grain storage structures, 2 asphyxiations ...

The State department says that farmers are required to store liquid manure sources in structures ... nutrient management specialist if they have storage concerns, questions about the regulations ...

Each barn includes a concrete pit for about 840,000 gallons of liquid manure, providing approximately 304 days of storage, along with three mortality composting structures offering over a year’s ...

By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient. Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration On March 10, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources ...