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Use Caution Spreading Manure with Rapid Snow Melt
2013-04-02 17:22:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency As winter’s snowfall and freezing rain gives way to warming temperatures, rapid melting and potential for flooding pose challenges for manure management among the more than 25,000 livestock farms in Minnesota, warns the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Farmers who spread solid manure during winter must ensure that it doesn’t run off with rapid snowmelt flowing to ditches, streams and other waters. read more
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