Poultry poop's a problem.

• Position: STATELINE - Streams contamination - Brief Article

Lawmakers in Arkansas listened to a presentation by developers of a product that could reduce the amount of phosphorous in chicken litter by as much as 75 percent. They asked for a grant to do a pilot project. The problem is that a common practice in parts of Arkansas is applying chicken litter--which contains phosphorus--to farmland as fertilizer. The eventual runoff lands in nearby creeks and streams, which can eventually make the...