Manure Scraper System Reduces Hydrogen Sulphide Levels in Swine Barns
By B.Z. Predicala and E.L. Cortus, Prairie Swine Center, S.P. Lemay, Institut de Recherche et de D??veloppement en Agroenvironnement and C. Lagu??, University of Saskatchewan - The effectiveness of a manure scraper system for reducing the risk of barn...

Tech Talk: Benefits of organic manure
By BPEX - The benefits of organic manures are not taken into account by Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) rules because the intention is to reduce nitrate leaching.

Fiber Content of Diet Affects Percieved Odor Of Swine Manure
By Eric van Heugten, North Carolina State University - Ammonia and volatile organic compounds are major contributors to air quality problems associated with swine production. Odorants result from the fermentative degradation of carbohydrates, fats, and...

Managing Manure to Improve Air and Water Quality
By Marcel Aillery, Noel Gollehon, Robert Johansson, Jonathan Kaplan, Nigel Key, and Marc Ribaudo, Economic Research service, USDA - Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation from evaporation...

Practices to Reduce Ammonia
Prepared by Wendy Powers, Iowa State University - Practices to control ammonia emissions associated with livestock production can be applied to animal housing, manure and compost storage areas, and land where manure is applied. This document provides...

Converting manure into crude oil
By Yuanhui Zhang, Kim Ocfemia, and Malia Appleford, University of Illinois - Industrial-scale farming has a serious waste problem, but new technology can convert it into oil

Practices to Reduce Odor from Livestock Operations
By Wendy Powers, Iowa State University - Practices to control odor emissions associated with livestock production can be applied to animal housing areas, manure storage areas, and land where manure is applied. This document provides an overview of practices...

Harvesting pig manure on a conveyor belt shows promising test results
By Sam Bradshaw - Better Pork Magazine - In U.S. trials, the belt housing system proved easy to operate, resulted in good animal performance, and most importantly, yielded feces of five per cent dry matter, a clean urine stream and only one kilogram of...

Odor Control Methods Used By Iowa Pork Producers
By Iowa State University - Air and odor issues related to livestock production have received much attention recently and are a primary concern for pork producers. To establish baseline information about the odor control technologies used by producers,...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Swine Industry
By Claude Lagu??, P.Eng., Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan / Prairie Swine Centre Inc. - There is a general agreement in the scientific community to the effect that the increased atmospheric concentrations of what is referred to as greenhouse gases (GHG)...

Turning Swine Manure Into Fertilizer: The PSF Solution
By Theo van Kempen, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - Premium Standard Farms has started the construction of a "Next Generation" environmental system on one of its farm complexes, Valley View Farms in Northern Missouri. The...

Manure into Energy and Ash - New Gasification Technology
By Theo van Kempen, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - Animal Science swine waste researchers at North Carolina State University has been evaluating gasification technology. The primary purpose was conversion of animal manure...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Swine Production Systems
By Claude Lagu??, P.Eng., Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan / Prairie Swine Centre Inc. Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry - There is a general agreement in the scientific community to the effect that the increased atmospheric...

Livestock and the Environment
By Ontario Pork - This article looks at livestock farming issues, such as manure management, odour controls and ways to improve water quality.

An update on UK incinerator rules
By Defra, Edited and Published by the NPA - If your incinerator is used only for pigs/poultry and it has a capacity of less than 50kg an hour the following rules apply. This is a summary distilled from the latest advice from Defra.