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Editor's Note 
 
One of our 2025 mantras will be to dig into the 'how.' We know manure works, but what do we know about how it works? When we understand how it works, that's how we can understand how to make it even more effective.
- Bree Rody, editor
 
News 
 

Can I spread manure right now?

For some, winter implies a few months of frozen ground. For others, winter is cold and wet, but with little snow and only a short period of frozen ground. But for farmers all over, many want to know when they can – and can't – spread manure.


Manure put potato growth 'into hyper speed,' says Canadian scientists

A potato crop grown with manure and leftover nutrients from a cover crop showed a nearly 80 percent increase in yield over the crop grown in 2023 with no manure.


Funding: $7Million for climate-smart dairy farmers

The $70 million Transforming the Farmer to Consumer Supply Chain project Dairy Manure Management Incentive program will provide up to $7 million for eligible farmers.


The biweekly brief: Dec. 18

New programs in Saskatchewan and B.C., and new funding for P.E.I. ag workers.


 
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Passing the smell test

Pig manure isn't exactly known for smelling like flowers. A recent Penn State demonstration project was created with one idea in mind: to reduce neighborhood odor complaints from new and expanded large-scale livestock farms, buildings and manure storage structures (but not from manure application). As urban areas encroach onto formerly remote rural areas, livestock operators are frequently targeted with complaints about manure odors – can this research change the game? » Read More...
 

ICYMI: Developing 4R practices for manured cropping systems

The 4R nutrient management system – using the right nutrient source at the right rate, right time, and right place to meet the crop’s needs – is well known as a system to help increase farm profitability, reduce the risk of environmental impacts, and improve sustainability.  However, Ontario’s 4R recommendations were developed for cropping systems in which only chemical fertilizers are used. What about 4R practices for fertilizers applied to manured cropping systems? » Read More...
 
 
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