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Deadline Approaches to Sign Up For Air Consent Agreement 

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is strongly encouraging producers to consider signing up to participate in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air emissions consent agreement. ...

Court Ruling Invalidates EPA Regulations 

A recent federal appeals court ruling has placed federal rules governing discharges from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) up in the air...

EPA Extends Air Emission Agreement Deadline 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the deadline for producers to sign the Air Emissions Consent Agreement to July 1, 2005. ...

Time's Tight to Sign Up for EPA Program 

As the May 1 deadline for signing the recently announced Air Emissions Consent Agreement nears, pork producers are scrambling for clarification. In an...

V-Shaped Scraper Helps Deter Ammonia, Phosphorus Concerns 

New scraper design studied at Michigan State University (MSU) is part of a cooperative study with two groups in Quebec, Canada. As nutrient management...

2005 World Pork Expo New Product Tour Nominations 

Clearing the Air 

Fresh from the announcement of the Air Emissions Consent Agreement and the informational meetings that followed, I've already heard from friends and foes...

Covering up the smell 

Negative air pressure systems offer other benefits besides odor reduction. You might think that big piece of black plastic fabric was floating on fresh...

The good lagoon 

Converting to a circulating, more aerobic type effluent system over the past six years has freed up the Prins dairy family from the everyday worries of...

Here to help 

Government resources are available to research new technology. With the concentration of animal production has come intense need for technology to handle...

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