Labour Costs in Straw Based Group Swine Housing
CANADA - Research underway at the National Centre for Livestock and the environment suggests higher manure handling and labour costs in straw based swine housing may be offset by reduced veterinary costs...

Anaerobic Digestion Boost to Energy Production
UK - The Environment Agency's decision to revise its regulatory position on the waste status of anaerobic digestate produced from farm-based inputs is a victory for common sense and a welcome boost to...

Higher Manure Handling and Labour Costs
CANADA - Research underway at the National Centre for Livestock and the environment suggests higher manure handling and labour costs in straw based swine housing may be offset by reduced veterinary costs...

Iowa Discovers New Value in Hog Manure
IOWA - High fertilizer costs have some Iowa farmers warming up to a previously shunned byproduct of the business - manure.

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,...

E. coli Kite Mark to Show Manure Pollution Risk
UK - Researchers have created a system to help farmers and advisors recycle manure without risking pollution to nearby streams and rivers.

NZ Pork Industry to Turn Waste into Biogas
NEW ZEALAND - A new project launched yesterday (2 December 2008) will look at the potential to turn pig manure on New Zealand farms into energy, significantly reducing harmful greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...

Liquid Manure: How Much is Too Much?
US - There is a limit on liquid manure or open lot effluent that can be land applied to fields that will be planted to soybeans next spring.

Value of Manure: Both Fertiliser and Biofuel in NI
NORTHERN IRELAND - Manures produced by housed farm livestock in Northern Ireland are a valuable resource both as a plant fertiliser and as a source of renewable energy.

Report: Unsustainable Livestock 'Eating our Future'
US - Current trends of industrial animal production have been branded as unsustainable in a new report released by an animal welfere association.

Veterinary Dept To Propose Enclosed Pig Farm
MALAYSIA - The Kedah Veterinary Department will make a proposal to the government to set up a modern farm using the enclosed farming system for pig rearing in the state.

Clarification Regarding NVZs Being Sought
UK - There has been some concern among producers that under the new NVZ rules (which will come into force from January), it will no longer be permissible to set nitrogen from outdoor pigs against whole...

Spiral Filter Press an Innovation
GERMANY - Big Dutchman says its spiral filter press, OptiSep, is a milestone in the development of separators for liquid manure.

Extension of Manure Spreading Period Confirmed
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, has confirmed a further extension of the period for the spreading of livestock manure, which includes both farmyard manure...

USDA: Treating Hog Manure with Borax Cuts Odor
US - Hydrogen sulfide is one of the compounds contributing to the stink from manure storage pits on hog farms. Microbial activity in the manure releases the hydrogen sulfide and other compounds.

Wastewater Treatment Upgrades Allow Expanded Hog Processing Capacity in Manitoba
CANADA - New funding agreements announced last week will allow upgrades and expansion of industrial waste water treatment facilities in Brandon and Neepawa, Manitoba. The two agreements, announced last...

Wastewater Treatment Upgrades Clears Path for Expansion Plans
CANADA - An agreement on wastewater treatment involving Maple Leaf Consumer Foods and three levels of government has cleared the way for Maple Leaf to move to a full second shift at its Brandon pork processing...

Engineering Firm Calls for Public Policies that Support Anaerobic Digestion
CANADA - A Manitoba based engineering firm is calling for public policies that will support the development of technologies that can convert livestock manure into electrical energy, writes Bruce Cochr...

Meat conglomerate and fuel company launch renewable venture
US - Tyson Foods, Inc., the world’s largest producer and marketer of chicken, beef and pork, is moving closer to its aim of becoming a leader in renewable energy. The company has launched a new venture...

Group seeks permanent ban on hog lagoons
NORTH CAROLINA - Opponents to large-scale hog farming operations are hoping a bill being introduced in Raleigh will help them in their plight.

Water Considerations Key For Intenstive Hog Operations
CANADA - Water is an important nutrient. It helps produce new tissue in growth and pregnancy and compensates for losses through respiration, evaporation and elimination of waste.

Owners of swine facility agree to settlement
ILLINOIS - Owners of a McDonough County swine facility will pay a civil penalty and continue to bring operations into compliance with air and water pollution laws as a resolution to a 2006 environmental...

Power from pig waste project wins CDM approval
UK - An innovative series of projects that generate electricity from pig waste in Mexico have been approved under the Clean Development Mechanism.

Company To Collect Dead Animals, Grease
US - For the first time in six years since the only rendering plant in Billings closed, residents will be able to take their dead animals to a processing plant instead of going to the landfill or illegally...

Denmark buys Carbon Credits from Thai Farmers
BANGKOK - H.E. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen, Danish Ambassador to Thailand, has on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed an agreement with a group of Thai pig farmers on purchase of carbon credits....