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Idaho dairy innovations in manure management

August 14, 2023

Bioplastics, hydrochar, composted manure and value-added products are some of the uses for dairy manure being developed in Idaho and around the country.

How manure management can mitigate noxious weeds

Palmer amaranth runs rampant across the U.S. Researchers are focusing on certain manure-handling techniques to control the presence of this weed.

May 15, 2023

Jenn Coyne

Palmer amaranth is a prolific seed producer that competes with growing space for corn, soybeans and other commodities important to the dairy industry. An unlikely risk management tool to reduce this weed’s presence in fields is proper manure handling.

Recover energy from composting to heat water on farms

November 24, 2017

Matt Smith and John Aber

Have you ever stood by a large pile of steaming dairy manure and asked yourself: How much heat energy is contained in that manure? Can that heat be captured, or are there commercially viable technologies to capture that heat?

Scrap wallboard found useful in Lakeside Dairy compost piles

March 21, 2012

Alice Guthrie

Jeff Nonay is a third-generation dairy farmer in Alberta. His grandfather’s family business grew to include his father, Dave, and his uncle, Dan, and moved to its present location near Legal – 30 kilometres north of Edmonton – in 1976.

What really happens when we reuse separated dairy solids?

February 21, 2011

John Paul

Using separated dairy solids for bedding can be economically advantageous while offering a comfortable surface for your cows. Others in North America are using it, why can’t we? Because solids are an organic bedding, they have the potential to carry a bacterial load, as well as support bacterial growth if stalls are not managed properly.

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Idaho dairy innovations in manure management

How manure management can mitigate noxious weeds

Recover energy from composting to heat water on farms

Scrap wallboard found useful in Lakeside Dairy compost piles

What really happens when we reuse separated dairy solids?

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