Water & Climate

Aerial photo of a flooded landscape.

What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields

If you've ever looked out over a freshly fertilized field and noticed a tangle of net wrap or a bit of old plastic poking out of the soil, you're not alone. Recent work on my own farm reminded me of something that might be bugging you too: finding plastic and other junk in livestock manure and worse, seeing it show up in the field.

Pasture and Forage Minute: Silage Inoculants, Fall Armyworms, and Managing Stock Tank Algae

From improving corn silage quality to preventing pasture pests and algae-filled water tanks, this week’s Pasture and Forage Minute offers practical tips to protect your forages and livestock.

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