Reed Hostetler, 31, of Marshallville, Ohio, died after a tractor he was on tipped into a manure lagoon at his Fulton Road ...

A few years ago, hog farmers throughout the Midwest noticed foam building on top of their manure pits. Soon after, barns began exploding, killing thousands of hogs while farmers lost millions of ...

Pork producers, commercial pumpers and others need to watch for a layer of foam on the surface when pumping barn manure pits. This foam contains numerous gases hazardous to people and animals ...

Hostetler drowned in a manure pit after the tractor he was driving overturned ... They just took care of it. They just cleaned that barn.” Others arrived to fix the driveways and bring food for the ...

The funeral service for Reed Hostetler was held in the barn at the family farm. 'It was truly a community effort," says Abby ...

Iowa State University Extension cites several cases in Iowa last year of manure pit fires and explosions. The danger of pit fires or explosions is highest during pumping and agitation. Manure in ...

The demand for it, from what we see, continues to increase every year,” said Lehman, who is also a certified manure broker.

Hefner's swine farm, 3507 Washington Township Road 105, Dola, is seeking a five-year renewal for its operating permit from the Ohio Department of Agriculture, according to a press release. The ...

The facility has an existing design capacity of 4,200 swine weighing more than 55 pounds housed in four deep pit finishing barns. An estimated 2 million gallons of liquid swine manure would be ...