Vermont winter manure spreading ban takes effect

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont farmers must wait until spring to spread manure on fields.

The state's annual winter manure spreading ban went into effect on Thursday and runs through April 1.

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture says farmers must have a storage structure to hold all manure produced during that period or be able to stack it in a way that will not lead to water quality impacts.

Exemptions are available only for emergencies, like a structural failure of waste storage facility.

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