EVERETT, Wash. — While it’s becoming more common to see round, white plastic-covered bales sitting in fields and storage sheds, the majority of western Washington livestock operations have yet to adopt the practice of making bagged or baled haylage. Haylage is made from the same crops as normal hay, but retains more moisture content. Using […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Extension is leading a nationwide program to help livestock and poultry operators and others develop ways to meet stricter environmental regulations for managing nutrients and to protect water quality by managing how and what livestock eat. Joe Harrison, an Extension specialist at the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Manure. It’s ugly, it smells, and getting rid of it can be a messy problem for agricultural producers throughout the country. Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, however, researchers at Washington State University will be working to find a new way for producers to make money from it. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Three faculty at Washington State University have received an $800,000 grant from the Department of Energy to do basic research on the use of animal manure to produce low-cost energy and other value-added products. Shulin Chen, associate professor of biological systems engineering; Ron Kincaid, professor of animal sciences; and Joe Harrison, Cooperative […]