WILMINGTON, Del. — The company that pioneered brand-name chicken — Perdue Farms — is now trying to work similar magic with a less-appetizing end of the poultry industry: the mixture of woodchips and ...

Poultry farms today operate under increasing pressure. Environmental regulations are tightening, public expectations are rising, and farms are expected to ...

Underground phosphorus deposits around the world are mined for use as a much-valued fertilizer. Now soil scientists have found a way to "mine" the phosphorus in poultry manure. In 2006, the United ...

Chicken manure, the scourge of the Chesapeake Bay, has suddenly become the toast of African-violet growers and landscapers. Baked into pellets and marketed as commercial-grade fertilizer -- with names ...

Dan Rodricks’ recent column urged the new governor to get a large-scale poultry waste incinerator built on the Eastern Shore (“Larry Hogan has a chance to be a green governor,” Dec. 13). This awful ...

Chicken manure could be a great addition to garden soil. Chicken waste is not waste at all, it’s actually a garden seed of gold that can be used as an organic fertiliser for lawn and garden. Hello ...

The Sun’s editorial on poultry manure (“It’s time to clean up state’s poultry manure problem,” Nov 20) hits close to home but doesn’t go far enough when addressing this problem. Litter is not the only ...

In a major blow to the NFU, the High Court has ruled that chicken manure must be classified as “waste”, a decision that has been hailed as a victory by environmental groups but raises serious concerns ...