Using poultry litter as a fertilizer source has been a long-established practice on the Eastern Shore and is readily available due to the amount of poultry house operations present. This fact sheet ...

The research shows that reusing litter can play a vital role in poultry health, as well as controlling the spread of antibiotic-resistant foodborne bacteria. Oladeinde explained that these ...

"Scented litters are dangerous as cats have very sensitive respiratory tracts and highly sensitive sense of smell," she said.

Learn critical poultry litter management techniques for winter. Join experts from UGA and U of A to improve bird health, performance, and environmental control.

Poultry are in continuous contact with litter, so it is no surprise that when conditions are poor, birds will not perform to their genetic potential. Sara ...

The shift away from using poultry litter for crop fertilization has transformed this once-valuable agricultural byproduct into an environmental liability for poultry producers. Addressing this ...

In the 1990s and 2000s, as industrial poultry production grew in eastern Oklahoma, chicken litter became increasingly used as fertilizer on area crop farms, leading to complaints that key water ...

PITTSBURGH, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to automate the process of removing accumulated litter from the walls of a poultry house," said an inventor, from Carthage, Miss., "so I ...