In this research plot at the MU Bradford Research Farm, soil has been fertilized with pig manure to study its effect on corn yields and soil health. Corn, one of the most common crops grown in the ...

“Without chemical fertilizer,” says Norman Borlaug at the very end of a depressing story in Wednesday’s New York Times about rising fertilizer prices, “forget it. The game is over.” Bradsher and ...

Vermicomposting, using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. The resulting product, called vermicompost, or worm castings, ...

Living near livestock farms and manure-treated fields associated with higher rates of antibiotic-resistant infection. You have full access to this article via your institution. Previous research has ...

Yuanhui Zhang, University of Illinois, shows a poster and model of a USDA-funded project aiming to convert biowaste into fuels and pavement binder. (ACES photo by Marianne Figge Stein) This is not the ...

Corn, one of the most common crops grown in the Midwest, requires a lot of fertilizer, which can have environmental consequences. The University of Missouri and its research partners are now studying ...

People living near pig farms or agricultural fields fertilized with pig manure are more likely to become infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria, according to a paper ...