Worrying Trends and New Developments at Agromek
As Christmas approaches, the shops in Denmark are brightly lit, with windows full of traditional red and green decorations, writes Stuart Lumb. Despite the Christmas festivities, sales are sluggish. Shop keepers are gloomy and so are Danish farmers, which...

Pumping Pits - You Need a Safety Plan
Planning ahead can help save time and lives when it comes to manure pit safety, according to Ohio State University (OSU) Extension safety experts.

Slurry Separation - A Systems Approach to Manure Management
By the University of Illinois Extension, Swine Waste Economical and Environmental Treatment Alternatives. Separation of municipal waste water into its solid and liquid components is a technology that has been utilized by municipal sanitation departments...

Drying Digestates from Biogas Plants
By Dipl.-Ing. agr. Janett Peschel, Big Dutchman International GmbH. Generating power from renewable energies is becoming increasingly important in Germany as well as on the international level.

Anaerobic Digesters
By Mahendran Navaratnasamy and Brian Koberstein of the Agriculture Stewardship Division, and Bruce Partington, Rural Utilities Division, Alberta Agriculture and Food. The anaerobic digestion process is gaining attention in the agriculture industry because...

Biodigesters resuscitated: trading waste for money
By Rogério G.T. da Cunha and Laura V.C. da Costa - Treating pig waste with biodigesters can not only be a solution to environmental problems, but also a source of net income.

Impact of Pork Industry on Rural Communities: Community Perceptions of Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of Livestock Production
By Wayne J. Caldwell and presented at the 2006 Banff Pork Seminar - Across Canada the continued viability of livestock production is increasingly dependent upon the willingness of the community to accept the industry as it continues to evolve.

Producing Hydrogen from Swine Manure?
By Dr. Jun Zhu, Associate Professor, U of MN Southern Research and Outreach Center - Energy is vital to global prosperity, yet dependence on fossil fuels as our primary energy source contributes to global climate change, environmental degradation, and...

Manure Scraper System Reduces Hydrogen Sulphide Levels in Swine Barns
By B.Z. Predicala and E.L. Cortus, Prairie Swine Center, S.P. Lemay, Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement and C. Laguë, University of Saskatchewan - The effectiveness of a manure scraper system for reducing the risk of barn worker...

Tech Talk: Benefits of organic manure
By BPEX - The benefits of organic manures are not taken into account by Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) rules because the intention is to reduce nitrate leaching.

Managing Manure to Improve Air and Water Quality
By Marcel Aillery, Noel Gollehon, Robert Johansson, Jonathan Kaplan, Nigel Key, and Marc Ribaudo, Economic Research service, USDA - Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation from evaporation...

Frequently Asked Questions: Manure Management Plans
By Mindy J. Spiehs, REE Livestock Manure Systems and published by University of Minnesota - This article answers a series of frequently asked questions about manure management plans.

Tips for saving water
By Lee Whittington and published by the Prairie Swine Center - Water is an essential nutrient in pork production. Research reveals how we can manage this resource for best results and minimal cost.

UK National Fallen Stock: Internet Survey Results - March 2005
Prepared by Andrew Knowles, BPEX Strategy Co-ordinator - The British Pig Executive, which represents pig industry levy payers including British pig producers, established an Internet based survey in December 2004 to assess attitudes towards the National...

Composting for Mortality Disposal on Hog Farms
By Allen F. Harper, Extension Animal Scientist-Swine, and Mark J. Estienne, Swine Research Physiologist, Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia State University - Even on well-managed hog farms, some animals die before...

Tech Talk: You cant see it but diffuse pollution could cost you dear
By BPEX - Diffuse pollution is the latest buzz-phrase but it is one pig farmers must be aware of. This is the pollution that cannot easily be seen.

Comment: IPPC - A good idea gone wrong
By Digby Scott, NPA - 'Unless the Environment Agency has a major rethink about the way it implements IPPC, the British pig industry, which has recently started to expand again after five years in the doldrums, will find it is critically short of pigs...

Practices to Reduce Ammonia
Prepared by Wendy Powers, Iowa State University - Practices to control ammonia emissions associated with livestock production can be applied to animal housing, manure and compost storage areas, and land where manure is applied. This document provides...

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

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...

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...