Research Shows High Value of Chicken Litter in Cotton Production
Read this article to learn how researchers are studying the effects of poultry litter on growing cotton. In the study, litter’s value as a soil conditioner was determined as an extra $17 per ton of litter – as calculated by balancing the cost of the nutrients in litter with the resulting higher yields from the […]
Poultry Litter as a Fuel?
Read here to find out about the The Wall Street Journal article on a company interested in building chicken litter-fueled power plants in poultry-producing states. Could poultry-litter power plants be in California’s future?
Good News for Poultry Litter in Oklahoma
On a case in Oklahoma that began in 2009, the Court ruled, in response to a Rule 52(c) motion, among other things, that: Poultry litter is an agricultural commodity for which there is both a market and a market value in the watershed. Poultry litter has market value because it can be beneficially used as […]
What You Need to Know About Poultry Litter as a Soil Amendment
Micronutrients: Most farmers only apply micronutrients when their crops show a deficiency of some sort, the lack of micros in the soil have a direct impact on yields. It is very important to know that basically none of the chemical soil amendment that are available in bulk contain micronutrients of any kind, unless you purchase […]