Page 8 of articles about manure in Swine news

On Jan. 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities.

Scientists at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences have studied the effect of the co-firing of slurry solids and straw on energy efficiency and environmental impact.

Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development (DLD) and the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC) have started a project to turn waste water and manure from swine farms to a worth at crop farms.

Scale increase in the agricultural sector is set to continue apace in the long term. In this context, technological innovation offers opportunities to meet rising social demands. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Wageningen UR for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV).

A feed barley variety that allows hogs to use dietary phosphorus rather than lose it to manure will now need enough hog producers to use it so as to encourage more seed production.