Commercial poultry operations are required to implement mortality management practices to comply with State and Federal regulations. New operations are unable to apply for financial assistance to ...

Instead of importing litter, new poultry growers are encouraged to use sawdust or wood shavings as the bulking agent for composting mortalities from the first flocks until enough litter is produced on ...

A growing number of states allow farmers to compost the carcasses of cows, horses and poultry. Some environmentalists question whether it could lead to groundwater and surface water contamination.

David Leaming/Morning Sentinel WINSLOW — A poultry vaccine manufacturer is moving ahead with plans for a composting facility and other upgrades at its Winslow location.

Last week, alarming reports indicated new composting rules could put many small, sustainable poultry farmers in Vermont out of business. "Until last year, ...

Independent contract poultry growers deal with dead chickens every day, disposing of hundreds of birds that don't make it to the slaughterhouse. Some poultry operations correctly compost carcasses ...

Poultry waste burning, like other forms of “biomass” incineration, releases 50 percent more carbon dioxide than coal, creating problems for global warming.

North Dakota State University Extension and the North Dakota Department of Agriculture will host a livestock and poultry mortality composting workshop from 3-7 p.m. CDT on July 1. The event will ...

Poultry companies and regulators are taking steps to combat any new outbreak of the avian-influenza virus that hit farms earlier this year and killed more than 48 million birds.

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has given the green light for an expansion of a composting facility in Seaford.