Now more than ever, manure management is critical for successful farming. Last year, Canada’s government set a target to reduce nitrogen emissions by 30%, and improving manure management will be necessary to reach that goal.

After a several-year hiatus of an in-person Midwest Manure Summit after COVID-19 restrictions on community gatherings, the regional educational event returned with an impressive lineup.

Accidental manure spills happen. The difference between being the lead story on the 6 o’clock news or it being a minor incident can depend on what you or your employees do in the first critical minutes.

Jason Oliver, PhD, joins the PRO-DAIRY team as Senior Extension Associate of the Dairy Environmental Systems program. 

Cattle producers use a variety of tactics when handling acute or chronically sick animals in cold winter weather. Some pull them for treatment before placing them in a series of designated hospital pens, while others prefer to return almost all to their home pens.

Adoption of advanced application technology is providing an economic alternative to costly commercial fertilizers, while also organically building soil biology.

The saying “smells like money” when an individual smells manure could not be more accurate than at the present time. With fertilizer costs at record highs, livestock producers must be more cognizant of the byproducts of their animals.

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change, adopted in 2015. Its goal is to limit global warming to 2.7ºF. “To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate-neutral world by midcentury,” according to the United Nations.

Safe and secure manure storage is very important on your dairy. In order to maximize contents during the growing season, manure pits must be agitated and pumped out regularly