For hundreds of years, farmers in Lancaster County and around Pennsylvania have spread manure on top of their fields to boost crop yields. But a four-year study by the federal government and Penn ...

Widespread adoption by dairy farmers of injecting manure into the soil instead of spreading it on the surface could be crucial to restoring Chesapeake Bay water quality, according to researchers who ...

Headwaters Soil and Water Conservation District and Sustainable Chesapeake have teamed up with the Shenandoah Valley’s largest custom manure applicator, Shen-Valley Custom LLC, to bring new manure ...

With water quality in the Chesapeake Bay suffering from excess nutrients and fish populations in rivers such as the Susquehanna experiencing gender skewing and other reproductive abnormalities, ...

Those who have lived in the county for any length of time will tell you that the smell of manure is either a sign of spring or a sign of fall. In the spring, farmers are emptying their manure storage ...

With an agreement between Gehl Farmland Investments LLC and the village of Nashotah looking unlikely, the farmland is expected to be sold after a manure injection went wrong in 2017. According to ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBOC) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it will offer financial assistance to farmers who incorporate or inject manure or other eligible organic ...

The city of Delafield has agreed to allow Gehl Farmland Investments to inject manure on 262 acres of farmland. The common council approved the agreement on a 6-1 vote May 6. Located near the Nashotah ...

ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of Agriculture is offering cost-share grants to help farmers cover the cost of injecting manure into cropland to lower the potential for nutrient runoff to surface ...