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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Waste Management
Thursday, December 22, 2011
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.
Monday, May 10, 2010
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,...
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
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...
Monday, March 29, 2010
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.
Monday, June 01, 2009
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...
Thursday, December 04, 2008
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,...


