Tips Offered to Prevent Manure Pit Explosions
US - Recent explosions and flash fires that occurred in livestock buildings with manure pits in Iowa and Minnesota have a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension engineer and others offering advice on...

NPPC Supports New USDA Research Agency
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday applauded the launch of a new research and education arm within the US Department of Agriculture.

Texas Meeting Returns to Review Industry Change
TEXAS, US - Industry changes are the focus of the Animal Manure Management Conference, which started at Round Rock yesterday. Keynote speakers are addressing environmental, regulatory and public relations...

Pork Checkoff's Industry Environmental Stewards
US - The Pork Checkoff, along with its cosponsor, National Hog Farmer magazine, has selected four pork production operations to receive the industry's highest environmental honor, which is the...

New Technology Cuts Industrial Odours, Pollutants
US - A North Carolina State University researcher has devised a new technology that really does not stink. In fact, it could be the key to eliminating foul odours and air pollutants emitted by industrial...

Meat Production Not a Major Source of GHG Emissions
US - Ezra Klein's commentary "The Meat of the Problem" [Food, 29 July] was "inaccurate and not scientifically based," says AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in a recently published letter-to-the-editor...

AFBF: Climate Bill Embarks on a Fool’s Errand
US - American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman yesterday said that the House-passed climate legislation will have little to no impact on global temperatures. Testifying before the Senate Committee...

Carbon Market Opportunities for Agriculture
Carbon credits generated by agriculture are a relatively new commodity according to Dr Dave Beede and Dr Wendy Powers of Michigan State University in the latest MSU Pork Quarterly.

Farming Groups Welcome Clean Energy Bill
US - The House of Representatives has approved legislation that will allow farmers, ranchers and forest owners to fully participate in a market-based carbon offset programme, earning income for activities...

NPPC: Compromise Climate Change Legislation
US - "With US pork producers suffering record losses, the National Pork Producers Council cannot support climate change legislation even with the compromise language agreed to late Wednesday," NPPC said...

NPPC Opposes Climate Change Measure
US - In a letter sent yesterday to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Ranking Member Frank Lucas, R-Okla., the National Pork Producers Council indicated its opposition to...

US Farm Groups Oppose Clean Water Legislation
US – Farming groups in the US are partnering to oppose legislation to significantly expand the federal jurisdiction of The Clean Water Act (CWA).

NPPC: Cap and Trade Preferable to Carbon Tax
US - A cap-and-trade programme such as the one that soon will be before the House of Representatives is preferable to a carbon tax for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but added costs associated with...

EPA Plan is Not Well Thought Out, Says NPPC
US - The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Plan from Environmental Protection Agency could increase environmental problems, accoridng to the National Pork Producers Council, NPPC.

WPE REPORT: Certification in PQA Plus Called for
US - The US National Pork Board is calling on pork producers to become certified in the in the Pork Quality Assurance Plus programme, writes ThePigSite senior editor Chris Harris.

Schering-Plough Flips Switch on 1.7MW Solar System
US - Animal health and pharmaceuticals giant, Schering-Plough Corporation, has switched on a 1.7 megawatt solar energy system on the roof of its centre in New Jersey.

There’s Money in Managing Manure if Done Right
US - New and expanding swine production facilities in North Carolina are required to use manure management systems that meet the strictest environmental performance standards in the nation.

AFBF: EPA's GHG Finding Cause for Much Concern
US - AFBF President, Bob Stallman, stated that the Farm Bureau is deeply concerned by the US Environmental Protection Agency's finding on greenhouse gas emissions released on Friday last.

Biofuel Byproducts Both Economic and Environmental
US - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists of the USDA have found environmentally and economically sound uses for the byproducts of biofuel production.

Ethanol Super-Plant Can Clean Up Hog Farms
US - Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a tiny aquatic plant can be used to clean up animal waste at industrial hog farms and potentially be part of the answer for the global...

Dust Regulations Disappoint Producer Organizations
US - Both the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) have expressed disappointment with a recent federal court ruling that upholds a US Environmental Protection...

NPPC Attacks Ethanol Support Measures
US - The National Pork Producers Council is to oppose US government moves giving extra support to the production of ethanol from corn and to ethanol producers.

Know the Rules for Handling Animal Losses
US - A new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule could impact the disposal of dead farm animals.

NPB: Various Honours Awarded for 2008 Announced
US - The National Pork Board has given recognition to the latest class of Environmental Steward Award winners at the National Pork Industry Forum in Dallas, Texas held on Friday (6 March 2009). These...

AFBF Says 'Cow Tax' Bill is Timely and Critical
US - Legislation introduced yesterday (5 March 2009) to prevent a 'cow tax' on farmers and ranchers is both “timely and critical,” said the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).