Live Swine Carbon Footprint Calculator Now Available for Pork Producers
Using a recently released tool from the National Pork Board, pork producers can now calculate their farm’s carbon footprint, writes Jerry May, Extension Educator in Ithaca, Gratiot, Colorado, in the latest issue of MSU Pork Quarterly.

Our Alternative Methods
The Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team at the University of Illinois has developed a systems approach for processing and land applying liquid pig manure, according to Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment Alternatives (SWEETA). ...

Alternative Methods – What is Solid-Liquid Separation?
The Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team at the University of Illinois has modified a method for processing liquid pig manure, according to Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment Alternatives (SWEETA).

Alternative Methods – How Does it Work?
How the solid and liquid fractions of pig manure are separated in the system developed by the Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team at the University of Illinois, described by Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment Alternatives (SWEETA). ...

Alternative Methods – What Is the Effectiveness?
The Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team at the University of Illinois outlines the efficacy of its new system for slurry separation into solid and liquid fractions. From Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment Alternatives (SWEETA). ...

Alternative Methods – Who Should Consider It?
Producers who have limited acres available for land application of liquid manure and whose land has phosphorus content above 60 to 70 pounds per acre should consider separation of pig manure, according to Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team...

Slurry Separation – A Systems Approach to Manure Management
The Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team at the University of Illinois explains its manure management system, which involves the separation of the solid and liquid fractions of pig manure. From Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment...

Composting Manure
The Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team at the University of Illinois explains how composting works. From Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment Alternatives (SWEETA).

Land Application of Separated Effluent from Swine Slurry
The Livestock and Urban Waste Research (LUW) Team at the University of Illinois has developed a successful manure treatment system that couples polymer-assisted separation of liquid manure with composting. From Swine Waste Economical and Environmental...

Alternative Systems for Pig Slurry Processing
A series of articles on a systems approach for processing and land applying liquid pig manure from the Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment Alternatives (SWEETA) team at the University of Illinois.

Hazards on Farm – Be Informed and Work Safe
Advice on preventing accidents from thr build-up of manure gases from Jaydee Smith, Production Systems Program Lead, in the latest Pork News and Views from Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture.

Phytogenic Feed Additives and Ammonia Emissions – Thinking outside the Box
There is great potential in reducing ammonia emissions by including phytogenic substances in pig diets, according to Ahmed Aufy, Eduard Zentner and Tobias Steiner of Biomin.

Research Results on Alternative Uses for Pig Manure
Papers presented at the Pig Development Department's Research Dissemination Day entitled Research Results on Alternative Uses for Pig Manure held at Teagasc's Pig Development Department at Moorepark in County Cork in the Irish Republic in June...

Trends and Developments in Hog Manure Management: 1998-2009
Pig farm operators have changed their practices between 1998 and 2009 in ways that indicate they were seeking to manage manure in a more environmentally sound manner, according to the report by Nigel Key, William D. McBride, Marc Ribaudo and Stacy Sneeringer...

Danish Pig Research Centre: Annual Report 2010: Environmental Regulations
The 2010 annual report from the Danish Pig Research Centre outlines the latest environmental regulations in Denmark.

Things You Need to Know about Manure Gas
Robert Chambers P Eng, Engineer Swine and Sheep Housing and Equipment of OMAFRA offers advice on avoiding tragic accidents resulting from toxic gases in the latest Pork News and Views from Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture.

Prairie Swine Research Centre Annual Report 2010
The annual report from the Prairie Swine Centre in Canada includes articles on some recently completed research in the fields of engineering, behaviour and nutrition.

Impact of Medicated Feed on Development of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in Integrated Pig-Fish Farms
Researchers in Viet Nam have found evidence that tetracycline and enrofloxacin added to pig feeds led to the development of resistance in bacteria in the water and pond sediments in combined pig-fish farms.

Livestock Manure and Agricultural By-Products for Biogas
A team of researchers from the Institute for Animal Science and Technology of the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) has developed a project that combines pig slurry and agricultural by-products to optimise biogas production.

What is Reactive Nitrogen and Why Should I Care?
Reactive nitrogen in the environment is an emerging issue, according to Gerald May (MSUE Educator in Gratiot Co., Ithaca) and Natalie Rector (MSUE Educator in Calhoun Co., Marshall). They explain why in the latest issue of Pork Quarterly from...

Air Issues Associated with Animal Agriculture: A North American Perspective
Academic experts have examined a large amount of data and provide analysis on a wide scope of issues, from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the logistics of manure storage facilities, in this report for the US Council for Agricultural Science and Technology...

Adoption of Methane Digesters on Livestock Operations
The extent to which livestock operations in the US can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manure management depends in part on the number of livestock operations that adopt methane digesters, which in turn depends on digester profitability from...

Pit Foaming and Manure Gases
Douglas Richards, Swine Grower Finisher Specialist, warns about the potential dangers of dealing with liquid manure in confined spaces like barns or pump out ports in the December 2010 Pork News and Views newsletter from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,...