Ag engineers from Michigan State recently reported on the use of manure slurry seeding of red clover for grassland renovation. Slurry seeding is an innovative process that combines low disturbance aeration tillage, manure slurry application and the seeding of cover crops in one efficient operation.
As summer health warnings come out cautioning recreationists about algal blooms on area lakes, Wisconsin farmers may want to prevent access to ponds to decrease the potential for livestock toxicity from cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae. Blue green algae are naturally occurring in many ponds during the summer months, and hot, dry conditions seem to stimulate algal blooms. Although not common, livestock can be poisoned from drinking or wading (then grooming themselves) in ponds w
