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A large farm in western Michigan plans to start producing electricity from manure produced by its 3,000-plus dairy cows.

A large southeastern Michigan dairy farm and the state’s environmental regulators say the farm’s practice of spraying manure on croplands is OK.

NRCS invested over $8 million in manure management plans and structural practices to help dairymen comply with increasingly stringent federal and state water quality regulations.

Free registration is available for the Nov. 12 conference in Fresno.

Without a dollar into it, a California dairy generates income from an anaerobic digester

For every gallon of milk shipped from the front door of a dairy farm, around 2 gal. of liquid manure is produced and must be managed out the back door.

The new categories: Outstanding Achievement in Resource Stewardship and Outstanding Achievement in Community Partnerships.

Scenic View Farms will optimize their manure management by capturing power, recovering valuable fertilizer nutrients, and recycle clean, potable water from their manure.

Prairieland Dairy has made composting not only sustainable, but a community effort.

A Wisconsin-based dairy company is eliminating manure storage lagoons from the former Vreba-Hoff dairies it bought last year in southeastern Michigan.