It may not be the first thing you want to get your hands dirty with in the garden, but as a fertilizer, manure is something you’ll want to be up to your boots in. It may not be the first thing you ...

Chicken manure, often called "black gold," provides one of the most nutrient-rich boosts for your soil. Different types of chicken manure exist, with variations in quality and composition. You can ...

Feeco International Inc. wants to provide a new profit center for farmers by providing the equipment to turn manure into fertilizer. A leader in fertilizer plant design and production machinery for 60 ...

Organic and synthetic fertilizers are the most common way to add nutrients to the soil, but animal manure is good too, if you can find and transport it. Unless applied properly, however, it can kill ...

The turbulent regulatory aftermath of the recent outbreaks of E. coli in spinach and lettuce risks making manure a dirty word and use of manure suspect. In September, E. coli in spinach caused the ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. It seems that a lot of garden enthusiasts are really beginning to think about spring, judging by the volume of e-mailed questions ...