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

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 ...

No one should ever enter a manure storage pit - even to rescue a victim overcome by gases - without a supply of air and assistance from a backup crew using a lifeline. Ventilation should be restored ...

Back in August, a game warden in Pennsylvania responded to a call about an animal trapped in a manure pit on a local farm.

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 ...

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 ...

Hostetler drowned in a manure pit after the tractor he was driving overturned. The Marshallville community has rallied around the Hostetler family, offering support and assistance. A funeral ...