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, ...

When it comes to pollution, forget about all the nasty manmade chemicals that have contaminated urban America. Rural America has got its own problems. It’s practically up to its ears in manure, as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...