Pork Producers Score CAFO Suit Victory Over EPA
US - In a unanimous decision issued yesterday, a federal court ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency cannot require livestock operations to obtain Clean Water Act (CWA) permits unless and until...

Impact of Waste Disposal in Pig Production
US - Pig breeding is big business, but in order to make money the producer must have a large number of pigs. One of the problems is that a large number of pigs produces a large amount of waste.

Environmental Impact of Animal Waste
US - North and South Carolina have seen a steady increase in swine production over the last 15 years. In North Carolina alone, swine production generates approximately a quarter of the state's gross farm...

Pork Industry: Focus on Environmental Sustainability
US - The National Pork Board, along with the National Pork Producers Council, co-hosted a wide-ranging environmental update and question-and-answer session titled Environmental Sustainability Issues...

EPA GHG Regulations ‘Double Economic Jolt’ to Ag
US - America’s farmers and ranchers will receive a “double economic jolt� from the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases, the American Farm Bureau Federation told a House...

EPA Makes Data Available on Emissions Study
US - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making data publicly available from a two-year study of air emissions from animal feeding operations (AFOs).

EPA Decision on E15 Disappoints Pork Producers
US - The National Pork Producers Council on Friday, 21 January, expressed strong disappointment with the Obama administration’s decision to allow a broader range of vehicles to use gasoline blended with...

AFBF Outlines New Spirit of Ag Advocacy
US - America’s farmers and ranchers are positively embracing consumers like never before, but the adversaries of today’s agriculture – from overzealous regulators to those trying to split agriculture...

Cargill Defends Itself on Environmental Grounds
US - Cargill is refuting recent allegations by an environmental watchdog group that its pork processing plant in Beardstown, Illinois, is dumping toxic chemicals into the Illinois River.

Improving Energy Efficiency in Hog Buildings
US - Wasted heating energy due to excessive ventilation is a costly problem for hog producers during the winter months.

National Pork Board to Focus on Committee Structure
US - The National Pork Board will be asked next week to streamline the organization's producer-led committee structure. The board meets Tuesday through Thursday in Des Moines.

New Biofilter will Reduce Odour and Save Money
US - Anyone who lives in or around farm country has at one time or another wrinkled their nose and said "What's that smell?" Too often, it's the odor coming from a nearby livestock building. At best, these...

NPB: Tracking Pork’s Carbon Footprint
US - As part of the pork industry’s commitment to protecting the environment, pork producers are funding new research to identify and measure the overall carbon footprint of live swine production and...

Homes in North Carolina to Get Pig-Power
NORTH CAROLINA, US - The state's utilities are buying pig manure to produce power.

Pig Manure into Electricity in North Carolina
US - Hoffland Environmental Inc is introducing its technology to generate electricity from pig manure with the first one-megawatt facility planned for North Carolina near the city of Goldsboro.

Land O'Lakes Introduces New CSR Report
US - Land O'Lakes has announced the introduction of its 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report.

2010 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards
US - The Pork Checkoff, along with its cosponsor, National Hog Farmer magazine, has selected four pork production operations to be honored as the 2010 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards.

CAST Publishes Sustainability Report
US - The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has published the proceedings of its symposium on sustaining animal agriculture.

Environmental Management Standards Up for Review
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday announced a public review of five American National Standards (ANS) that address the environmental management of concentrated livestock operations.

High-Yield Agriculture Slows Pace of Global Warming
US - Advances in high-yield agriculture over the latter part of the 20th century have prevented massive amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG) from entering the atmosphere – the equivalent of 590 billion...

EPA Deal with Environmentalists will Hurt Farmers
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday expressed deep frustration and anger over the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) continuing efforts to develop costly agricultural regulations...

Senate Urged to Reject EPA GHG Regulation
US - The American Farm Bureau Federation and 48 other farm groups have joined together in urging the Senate to adopt a resolution that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating...

Updated Web Site on Environmental Regulations
US - EZRegs offers access to environmental regulation information affecting farmers.

Everyday is Earth Day for Pork Producers
IOWA, US - The world celebrates Earth Day once a year, but Iowa pork producers work daily to preserve and protect our natural resources.

AFBF Disapproves of EPA Blog on 'Going Meatless'
US - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a blog on going meatless. Bob Stallman, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, yesterday expressed concern regarding the contents...

AFBF Urges Congress to Nullify EPA’s GHG Scheme
US - Now is the time for Congress to nullify greenhouse gas (GHG) permit requirements that were announced this week by the Environmental Protection Agency, says the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)....

FAO Admits Flaw in Meat and Climate Change Report
US - One of the authors of the 2006 United Nations report claiming meat production is responsible for 18 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than transportation, is acknowledging that the...

Cutting Meat, Milk Intake Will Not Lower GHGs
US - Reducing meat consumption will not impact climate change, according to a paper published recently by researchers from the University of California.

Climate Change Prediction Research Programme
US - The US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) today created a joint research programme that designates nearly $50 million to develop climate system...

Projects to Help Prevent and Reduce GHG Emissions
US - USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) on Friday (19 March) announced more than $5 million in grants to address air quality issues, including reducing agricultural atmospheric emissions...