Around six years ago, Ferrisburgh dairy farmer Allan Brisson began rethinking the way he fertilized his corn fields. He decided come that fall, he’d inject manure from his herd of dairy cows into the soil, rather than spread the waste on the fields’ surface.
The University of Vermont Extension’s Champlain Valley Crop, Soil and Pasture Team recently wrapped up a two-year grant project bringing new manure injection technology to Addison County hay fields and pastures. Perennial forages are the largest crop by … (read more)