A manure storage tank in a buffalo farming region in Italy likely played a role in a major European Salmonella outbreak, according to researchers.
In 2024, a significant Salmonella Umbilo
Just a month ago, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected revisions to the Clean Water Act submitted in 2017 for more effective regulations of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
In response,
Watch children’s first reactions at a dairy farm and you’ll see their hands quickly going up to their faces and their fingers pinching their nostrils shut.
“What’s
“The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” — Bob Dylan
The question in the case of food safety is: “What’s blowing in the wind?”
Turns out it can
Federal officials want input on one of the loose ends they left dangling when they published the new produce safety rule this past fall — the use of raw manure in
Many farmers refer to manure as “black gold” and rightly so because it adds nutrients to the soil, which helps crops grow and be more productive.
In earlier times, before
(This article by Phillip Tocco of Michigan State University Extension was first published here on March 4, 2015, and is reposted with permission.) Manure can be a significant benefit to
A summary judgment has been awarded to the plaintiffs in lawsuits against four industrial dairies in the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington state for violations of environmental protection laws. The
