Swine
Research on applying liquid livestock manure as a spring top-dress fertilizer to wheat has been ongoing in Ohio for several years. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
April 23, 2013, Michigan State University Extension is sponsoring a conference to exploring the issues straining the relationship between communities and farms. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
While it was nutrient management legislation that originally generated an interest in the greater precision of manure application, now it’s the high price of fertilizer that has driven a renewed interest in today’s more innovative manure distributors. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It was a military idea at first – deflating the tires on army vehicles that landed on the beaches of Europe in the Second World War made it easier to drive them on the sand. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A research team at the University of Guelph has developed a new line of transgenic "Enviropigs" that can pass on genes more reliably than before. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Pig manure is causing a stink among neighbors in Milford, PA. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
WI hog producer has been using a product that he says reduces gases and odor in his manure pits and helps increase yields in his corn fields. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A southwestern Indiana man suffered life-threatening injuries after being overwhelmed by fumes from a pit filled with pig manure. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Manure testing allows for accuracy in nutrient management specific to crop needs and it minimizes water contamination caused by nutrient run-off or leaching. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Manure from Chinese pig farms contains antibiotic residues and high concentrations of bacteria resistant to antibiotics according to a recent study Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The planning committee for the Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center National Conference is offering travel scholarships to the conference. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Commercial manure applicators in IA can attend three hours of training on Jan. 4, 2013, to meet commercial manure applicator certification requirements. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Harnessing the power of animal waste to become a carbon neutral farm; that’s what a piggery – home to 22,000 pigs – in Australia is doing. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It would seem the smell of a hog farm is more than just an annoyance to some people; it could also have an impact on their health. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers! 2 comments
The 2012 Midwest Pork Conference, being held Dec. 4, will feature discussion of manure management issues and Indiana’s CAFO rules. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Capturing and recycling ammonia from livestock waste is possible using a process developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture (CA) Program is offering a new three-day seminar for swine producers and design engineers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canadian government has made an investment of $350,000 to develop cost effective tools to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions on farm. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
To agricultural boosters, the increase in CAFOs in Indiana has been a godsend, providing a needed boost to the state’s agricultural economy. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Citizens Board will decide whether an Environmental Impact Statement is needed on the proposed hog feedlot. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!