A Chinese research team showed that adding phase-specific microbial consortia at different composting stages extended the ...

Researchers found that storing the microbial starter at 35°C preserved greater bacterial diversity than storage at 15°C, ...

The intensification of global agriculture results in significant disposal challenges, with 14 billion tons of crop straw and 125 million tons of livestock manure produced annually. Traditional ...

At barn No. 5 at the Larson Dairy farm just north of Lake Okeechobee, a line of cows pump out milk bound for grocery stores shelves and family refrigerators across Florida. Being cows, they are also ...

While at a meeting at the Ashland Public Library a few years ago I had a question from one of my readers and they asked me if they should use old farm yard soil in their vegetable garden. A few years ...

It has become standard practice to add organic matter such as compost when preparing soil. At least as far as information on ...