Converting manure into crude oil
By Yuanhui Zhang, Kim Ocfemia, and Malia Appleford, University of Illinois - Industrial-scale farming has a serious waste problem, but new technology can convert it into oil

Practices to Reduce Odor from Livestock Operations
By Wendy Powers, Iowa State University - Practices to control odor emissions associated with livestock production can be applied to animal housing areas, manure storage areas, and land where manure is applied. This document provides an overview of practices...

Harvesting pig manure on a conveyor belt shows promising test results
By Sam Bradshaw - Better Pork Magazine - In U.S. trials, the belt housing system proved easy to operate, resulted in good animal performance, and most importantly, yielded feces of five per cent dry matter, a clean urine stream and only one kilogram of...

Odor Control Methods Used By Iowa Pork Producers
By Iowa State University - Air and odor issues related to livestock production have received much attention recently and are a primary concern for pork producers. To establish baseline information about the odor control technologies used by producers,...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Swine Industry
By Claude Laguë, P.Eng., Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan / Prairie Swine Centre Inc. - There is a general agreement in the scientific community to the effect that the increased atmospheric concentrations of what is referred to as greenhouse gases (GHG)...

Turning Swine Manure Into Fertilizer: The PSF Solution
By Theo van Kempen, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - Premium Standard Farms has started the construction of a "Next Generation" environmental system on one of its farm complexes, Valley View Farms in Northern Missouri. The...

Manure into Energy and Ash - New Gasification Technology
By Theo van Kempen, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - Animal Science swine waste researchers at North Carolina State University has been evaluating gasification technology. The primary purpose was conversion of animal manure...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Swine Production Systems
By Claude Laguë, P.Eng., Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan / Prairie Swine Centre Inc. Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry - There is a general agreement in the scientific community to the effect that the increased atmospheric...

Livestock and the Environment
By Ontario Pork - This article looks at livestock farming issues, such as manure management, odour controls and ways to improve water quality.

An update on UK incinerator rules
By Defra, Edited and Published by the NPA - If your incinerator is used only for pigs/poultry and it has a capacity of less than 50kg an hour the following rules apply. This is a summary distilled from the latest advice from Defra.

Evaluation and Demonstration of Deads Composting
By T. A. Fonstad, D. E. Meier, L. J. Ingram, University of Saskatchewan and J. Leonard, University of Alberta, published by Prairie Swine Centre - The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether composting mortalities is a viable solution for...

Green House Gases and Odour Control
By Lee Whittington, BSc MBA and Stéphane Lemay Ph.D P.Eng - This article is from Prairie Swine Center and looks at manure management and the contribution of the pork industry to the odour, gas and particulate composition of air around pig barns.

Manure to Energy - The Utah project
By Theo van Kempen, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - At the 2003 Banff Pork Seminar, Smithfield Foods announced it would invest $20 million in a new environmental initiative at its Utah swine farms. The objective of the project...

Whole Farm Water Use
By Theo van Kempen, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - At the 2003 Banff Pork Seminar, Clarence Froese from DGH Engineering presented data on water usage and manure production. These data shed some light on the distribution...

Can Genetic Selection Enhance Nutrient Efficiency?
By Dr Todd See, Swine Genetics Specialist, North Carolina State University - This article looks at the role that genetic selection can have in reducing the amount of nutrients excreted in the urine and faeces of swine in a modern production facility.