Pharmaceutical residues and chemicals from personal care products in sewage sludge and cattle manure do not have a detectable toxic effect on nematodes living in agricultural fields, according to ...

A dairy worker and his 8-year-old son died in a manure pit on the farm where they lived, authorities said Tuesday. Luis Gutierrez, 27, and Luis Armando Gutierrez went to feed calves Saturday night and ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It was still dark the morning Ruperto Vazquez-Carrera began his shift at Sunrise Organic Dairy. It was mid-February 2016. A winter heat wave had melted snow and ice overnight, ...

The ponds are common at dairies as a way to store manure to prevent it from polluting waterways. The waste can later be used as fertilizer on crops. Neither dairy had fences or barricades to keep ...

Hurricane Florence’s potential for destruction goes beyond damage to homes and businesses. It also includes risks to the environment and public health if torrential rains overwhelm pits holding toxic ...

(Bloomberg) — Hurricane Florence’s potential for destruction also includes increased risks for the environment and public health as torrential rains could overwhelm the pits where toxic waste from ...

An outbreak of blue-green algae has closed Lake Carmi in northern Vermont. File photo [T]he state’s Agriculture Agency this week finished removing phosphorus-laden sludge from a pond in the Lake Carmi ...

An engineering firm has submitted a draft closure plan for C&H Hog Farms to state environmental regulators. The plan would prevent farm owners from placing any remaining hog manure on the ground in ...