As winter approaches, the challenges associated with cattle manure application become more pronounced. Adopting best practices that maximize nutrient utilization and safeguard water resources is crucial. What follows are critical considerations for cattle manure application in the winter.

Manure is a gift and a curse for dairy farmers. It becomes the dark cloud for dairy operations, being the source of time constraints, nutrient runoff and financial strains. Finding methods and approaches that bring consistency and flexibility to applications is often hard to find. That was, until conservation agriculture.

It may seem simplistic to analogize soil with a checkbook, but it works and is more apt than perceived. Matter can be neither created nor destroyed. It’s a simple truth that drives everything in the universe and holds true in the soil as it does in the cosmos – giving rise to the soil nutrient balance.

Three anaerobic digester operators discuss how their systems complement dairies operations and how they up the value of their farms. 

Integrating biogas plants into Canadian dairy production has emerged as a transformative solution that not only addresses environmental challenges, but also establishes a circular economy within the dairy farming system.

As the crop planting season approaches for most regions in Idaho, understanding what operating costs will look like in 2024 is crucial for farm businesses.

To safeguard your controllers and on-board technology, follow the same end-of-season cleaning and storage prep practices you do for the machines.

In an era where many corporations and governments are promising to reduce emissions en route to net zero, new opportunities have emerged for agriculture to diversify into carbon markets. 

As more and more growers invest in their own dry fertilizer applicators – and as the cost of in-season downtime climbs upward of $2,000 per day – end-of-season equipment inspections have become increasingly important to help protect the machine investment and ensure timely fertilizer applications the next spring.