Premium Standard Farms Plans To Appeal $11 Million Verdict
Premium Standard Farms (PSF), the hog production company owned by Smithfield Foods, says it will appeal a jury’s decision to award 15 plantiffs a total of more than $11 million in damages from hog odors created at its Missouri operations ...
EPA May Require Farms To Report Gas Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday it is considering requiring concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to report releases of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), according to the National Pork Producers Council...
Pork Checkoff Corrects Critic of Pork’s Healthiness
The Pork Checkoff has countered the claims of a cookbook author who recently suggested that America’s “collective hankering for meat has left us with some expensive problems,” including human health issues and environmental degradation...
Texas Officials Test EPA’s Right To Regulate Greenhouse Gases
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, Attorney General Greg Abbott and Gov. Rick Perry joined in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act...
Environmental Steward of the Pork Industry Nominations Open to All
Each year, National Hog Farmer magazine joins forces with Pork Checkoff to identify and recognize some of the top environmental management programs in...
Metabolic Inhibitor Cuts Hydrogen Sulfide Output from Swine Manure
Adding the metabolic inhibitor molybdate to swine manure significantly reduces hydrogen sulfide emissions...
Straight Talk About Hog Barn Ventilation Screw-Ups
In the last 12 months, the Mankato, MN-based specialist says he has spent a great deal of his consultancy time on what he describes as the screw-ups that...
Swine Manure-to-Energy is Feasible | Manure-to-Energy NOT Far-Fetched
The day that hog manure can be transformed into petroleum will happen when pigs fly. The pig-flying reference is commonly used as a sarcastic quip to...
Carbon Credits - A New Revenue Stream for Pork Producers?
A covered lagoon helps control odor, while methane will be used to heat barns and generate offset credits. The future is here and along with it comes...
Pennsylvania Pork Producer Receives Environmental Stewards Award | Renewal on Rolling Hills
Livestock bring about a renaissance in lovely Pennsylvania Dutch country. Lancaster County, PA, is known for its small and scenic farms woven like a quilt...
