Anaerobic Digesters
By Mahendran Navaratnasamy and Brian Koberstein of the Agriculture Stewardship Division, and Bruce Partington, Rural Utilities Division, Alberta Agriculture and Food. The anaerobic digestion process is gaining attention in the agriculture industry because...

Fertilizing With Poultry Litter
By Joni Ross, Agronomy Specialist, University of Missouri Extension. With the cost of commercial fertilizer increasing, more farmers are starting to look for a less expensive source of nutrients.

Litter Management During VLT Outbreak
By Casey Ritz, Extension Poultry Scientist, Louise Dufour-Zavala, DVM, Georgia Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory, The University of Georgia.

Exhaust air treatment systems for production facilities - what is their present performance spectrum?
By Lars Heyer, Big Dutchman International GmbH - Agriculture as source of environmentally hazardous emissions is entering more and more into the focus of public discussion, especially in regions with a very high livestock density.

Best practice guidelines for using poultry litter on pastures
By Neil Griffiths, District Agronomist, Extensive Industries Development and published by NSW Department of Primary Industries.

The Use of Refused Tea as Litter Material for Broiler Chickens
By N. S. B. M. Atapattu (Corresponding author) and K. P. Wickramasinghe , Department of Animal Science, University of Ruhuna. Published in Poultry Science, Volume 86, Issue 5, May 2007 edition.

Feasibility of On-Farm Broiler Litter Combustion
By Thomas A. Costello,P.e.,Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Arkansas and published in Avian Advice.

Ammonia emissions attracting significant attention
By G. Tom Tabler, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Farmers in all segments of animal agriculture of United States are under pressure to minimize the impact of their farming operations on the env...

Odor - An Emerging Concern for Producers
By G. Tom Tabler, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Agricultural odors are an unavoidable part of livestock production and are emitted from every poultry operation. These odors along with the growth...

Nitrogen Emissions from Broilers Measured by Mass Balance Over 18 Consecutive Flocks
By C. D. Coufal, C. Chavez, P. R. Niemeyer, and J. B. Carey, Texas A&M University and published by Poultry Science - Emission of nitrogen in the form of ammonia from poultry rearing facilities has been an important topic for the poultry industry because...

The Value Of Poultry Litter
By Casey W. .Ritz, Extension Poultry Scientist, The University of Georgia - Poultry litter is perhaps one of the most valuable and yet under appreciated by-products that a poultry farm generates. With the rising cost of commercial fertilizer, poultry...

Managing Manure to Improve Air and Water Quality
By Marcel Aillery, Noel Gollehon, Robert Johansson, Jonathan Kaplan, Nigel Key, and Marc Ribaudo, Economic Research service, USDA - Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation from evaporation...

Composting Mass Poultry Mortalities
By Casey W. Ritz, Extension Poultry Scientist, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia - Composting is a natural process where beneficial microorganisms decompose and transform organic materials into a useful and biologically stable end-product...

Poultry Litter Sampling
By Casey W. Ritz, Extension Poultry Scientist, Paul F. Vendrell and Armando Tasistro, Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratory, University of Georgia - Poultry litter is a mixture of poultry manure, feathers, wasted feed, and bedding material...

Poultry Mortality Composting Management Guide
By Casey W. Ritz, Extension Poultry Scientist and John W. Worley, Extension Engineer, University of Georgia - Disposal of dead birds can be a problem for poultry growers. Typical methods of mortality disposal include burial, incineration, rendering, and...