Page 5 of articles about manure in Swine news

Minister Coveney noted that 83% of applications were received online for 2014 and confirmed that applications can only be submitted using the online facility for 2015. The closing date for applications is 31st March 2015.

2013: 8.1 million litres of liquid manure and slurry released in accidents involving water hazardous substances.

The majority of the issues set out in the sentence of the Court of Justice of the European Union have already been corrected in the new regulation.

It is the first biogas plant in the west of France with a direct injection of biogas into the natural gas network.

Dutch farmers will be able to use, instead of 170 kg of slurry or manure nitrogen per hectare during years 2014-2017, 250 or 230 (depending on the location) kg of nitrogen per hectare and year.

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of a Commission's regulation amending regulation 142/2011 as regards the use of animal by-products and derived products as a fuel in combustion plants.

The official approval of these products obtained from agricultural methanisation will allow the authorisation of their market entry in all the national territory.

The French Ministers of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, and of Agriculture, Food and Forestry have signed two decrees for strengthening the battle against the contamination by nitrates.

Nitrates concentrations are slightly decreasing in both surface and groundwater and sustainable agricultural practices are more widespread.

For the Court, the designations of vulnerable areas are insufficient in the Adour-Garonne, Rhône-Méditerranée, Rhin-Meuse, and Loire-Bretagne basins.

After the enquiry carried out consulting stockbreeders and farmers, some modifications are suggested with the aim of keeping the French agricultural production while respecting the environmental demands.

1,440 new municipalities have been added to the list of affected municipalities, although 617 have been able to leave that list thanks to the actions carried out.

The CFI project uses the Destruction of Methane Generated from Manure in Piggeries methodology determination, developed in collaboration with the Australian Government.

The system uses gas-permeable membranes that are similar to materials already used in waterproof outdoor gear and biomedical devices.

Research is also being undertaken to develop technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from animal waste.