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Researchers Study Value of Chicken Litter in Cotton Production
June 23, 2010
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release:

Chicken litter is much more valuable as a fertilizer than previously thought, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study showing its newfound advantages over conventional fertilizers.

Litter is a mixture of chicken manure and sawdust or other bedding material.

Some cotton farmers in the Mississippi area are . . .

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