First Swine Toilet Undergoes Testing
THE NETHERLANDS - The Swine Research Farm Sterksel (Wageningen UR) in the Netherlands recently started to test the first prototype of a swine toilet.

Manure Problem Could be Solved with Fewer Animals
NETHERLANDS - The oversupply of manure from Dutch livestock farms is rising as a result of stricter environmental regulations. To solve this problem without manure export or technological innovations,...

New Report Estimates Cost of Future Regulations
NETHERLANDS - New regulations on animal welfare and ammonia emissions due to come into effect in 2013 will cost €240 per fattening pig place and €500 per sow, according to a new report from the Agricultural...

Wageningen Looks to go Carbon-Neutral
NETHERLANDS - Scientists at Wageningen UR's Swine Research Farm are working on a biogas plant aimed to help make pig farms carbon-neutral, as well as other energy-saving ideas.

Energy from Pig Slurry Helps Fight Climate Change
NETHERLANDS - The 2,700 pigs on the farm that John Horrevorts manages yield more than ham and bacon. A biogas plant makes enough electricity from their waste to run the farm and feeds extra wattage into...

Bid to Cut Emissions as Consumption Increases
NETHERLANDS - The cows and pigs dotting the flat green plains in the southern Netherlands create a bucolic landscape. But looked at through the lens of greenhouse gas accounting, they are living smokestacks,...