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Penn State researchers have recently published a new international standard to vent manure storage facilities in order to reduce the risk of fatalities. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Federal environmental programs have drastically overestimated the poultry industry’s contributions to water pollution, according to University of Delaware study Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is receiving part of a $10 million federal grant to study greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A federal court has rejected efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to dismiss a case brought by a West Virginia poultry farmer. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently renewed an agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate the adoption of innovative waste-to-energy projects. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A federal agency that addresses conservation practices has the same goal as that of farmers, its top scientist believes. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The owner of two mink farms is being fined $48,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology for discharging water contaminated with manure into nearby creeks. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
More than half of the U.S.'s rivers, streams - 55 per cent - are in poor condition according to the U.S. EPA. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Reducing phosphorus in dairy diets doesn’t change a cow’s productivity, but it does affect the environmental impact that cow might have, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A University of Alberta ecologist says governments shouldn’t be wasting money on controlling nitrogen to stop algae blooms in lakes. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached legal agreements with four Yakima Valley dairies that will help reduce nitrate in area groundwater. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Lawsuits filed against five WA dairies alleging pollution of drinking water and violations of environmental laws threaten fines that could total millions. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Western States Dairy Producers Trade Association is sponsoring the 2013 Western Dairy Air Quality Symposium in Boise, ID, on April 16 and 17. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farming can be a very dangerous business, which is why it is important to have clear labels and signs that show where hazards exist and how to deal with them. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, or NRCS, in Iowa is accepting public comments until February 6 for its updated nutrient management standard. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The spring of 2010 is one the Ziegmann brothers, Bob and Kermit, will long remember. The snow had piled high in Wall Lake, Iowa, and in early March it began to melt. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Alan and Kristin Hudson, fourth-generation poultry producers, received fantastic news this past December – a federal judge in Baltimore, Md., ruled against the Waterkeeper Alliance in a lawsuit that pitted the Berlin, Md., farmers against the New York-based environmental group. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The EPA issued a 307-page report this past September which claims four Washington State dairies produce "…a considerable amount of nitrogenous organic waste." Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The public has until Feb. 6 to comment on Iowa’s revised nutrient management standard released by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
U.S. EPA Region 7 is providing comments on the draft Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy released Nov. 19, 2012. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!