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On a farm in northern Belgium, not far from the hundreds of tractors blocking Europe's second-biggest port to demand more respect for farmers, Bart Dochy was switching on his computer, waiting for a government program to load with maps of his land next to empty digital boxes demanding to be filled with statistics on fertilizer, pesticides, production and harvesting. “They also supervise us with satellite images and even with drones,” Dochy said. From Greece to Ireland, from ...

Protesting German farmers set fire to tyres and dumped liquid manure on the road during a protest in the central German city of Magdeburg in the early hours of Thursday. The protest came amid an escalation of weeks-long demonstrations against cuts to fuel subsidies. Farmers blockaded a road in an industrial area in the north of Magdeburg, as a dpa reporter witnessed, and police and emergency services repeatedly extinguished tyres that had been set alight. The local state agricultural industry gr

Winter Ban on Spreading Manure Begins December 16The Maryland Department of Agriculture reminds farmers that the winter ban on spreading manure and other nutrie

The scent of manure filled the air in Casco Township as crews worked to put out a tanker trailer fire Wednesday afternoon.

Maryland’s winter ban on spreading manure and other nutrient sources on cropland, including food processing residuals, begins Dec. 16.

This weekend we have spent time feeling very thankful, like many of you likely have. We were able to spend time together with family and took some time off work

The North American Manure Expo will be held in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, July 13-14.

Editor’s note: Charles Taylor, Transylvania County native and former congressman, wrote the following that was published in the national collection, “More 4-H Stories From The Heart.”

Farmers who sidedress corn typically use purchased nitrogen fertilizer, but liquid manure could be a good alternative.

Spring is here and for some swine producers, moving manure is an important step as the crop gets planted. University of Minnesota Extension Nutrient Management Specialist Melissa Wilson provides good