Manure Management for Water Quality: Costs to Animal Feeding Operations of Applying Manure Nutrients to Land
By Marc Ribaudo, Noel Gollehon, Marcel Aillery, Jonathan Kaplan, Robert Johansson, Jean Agapoff, Lee Christensen, Vince Breneman, and Mark Peters, U.S.D.A., ERS - Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER824) - Nutrients from livestock and poultry manure...

Best practice guidelines for using poultry litter on pastures
By Neil Griffiths, District Agronomist, Maitland - Bulk poultry litter can be the basis of very productive and valuable pasture and agricultural production when used wisely. It also has potential to create human and animal health risks, plus cause dust,...

Composting Layer Mortalities: Agri-Foods Composter
By Charles D. Fulhage, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Joseph M. Vandepopuliere and Jesse J. Lyons, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia - Composting poultry carcasses is a common way for turkey and broiler operators...

The Benefits of Planting Trees Around Poultry Farms
By George W. Malone and Dorothy Abbott-Donnelly, University of Delaware - Planting trees as a visual screen, vegetative filter and windbreak around poultry farms is another opportunity for poultry growers to demonstrate their continued commitment to voluntarily...