Nitrogen in the soil, where plants can readily utilize it, benefits crop growth and health. However, nitrogen leaving the soil—whether through leaching into the groundwater table, flowing with surface ...

Injecting cover crops with liquid manure can work, but using low-disturbance injection is important. When it comes to corn yield, manure application timing in the fall appears to be more critical than ...

The difference between a field treated with injected liquid manure (left) and broadcasted manure is obvious in this comparison photo. Injecting manure reduces ammonia volatilization and soluble ...

ANNAPOLIS -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture still has cost-share funds available for the use of minimum disturbance manure injection equipment this spring. This is an excellent opportunity for ...

For hundreds of years, farmers in Lancaster County and around Pennsylvania have spread manure on top of their fields to boost crop yields. But a four-year study by the federal government and Penn ...

Widespread adoption by dairy farmers of injecting manure into the soil instead of spreading it on the surface could be crucial to restoring Chesapeake Bay water quality, according to researchers who ...

A research plot after dairy manure slurry was injected into a growing cover crop in early spring when temperatures were cooler, A new study demonstrated that the practice achieved multiple ...