Environment

The April 15, 2013 issue of National Hog Farmer delves into strategies for capturing manure’s value at a time when pork producers are tightening their belts to weather less-than-favorable hog prices, persistent high feed costs and escalating energy charges....More

The eXtension Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center will be hosting a webinar at 2:30 p.m. (CST) on May 17, devoted to the topic of mono-slope beef barn design and management....More

USDA announced that it will conduct a four-week general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) beginning on May 20 and ending on June 14....More

If the thought of officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) flying over your farm makes you nervous, now is the time to get your questions answered and fix any potential problems. Both the Iowa Department of Natural Resource (DNR) and the EPA have indicated they will be doing inspections of livestock and poultry farms around the state, including on-site inspections, aerial surveillance and computer-based inspections (i.e. looking at the images on Google Earth and other websites with aerial images), says the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF)....More

A federal court’s refusal to agree to a request by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dismiss a case brought by West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt is being declared a victory for poultry and livestock farmers. Alt sued EPA challenging an agency order demanding that she obtain a Clean Water Act discharge permit for ordinary stormwater runoff from her farmyard, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, which supported the farmer in the case....More