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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...

Prairie Swine Centre Builds Air Quality Laboratory 

An air quality laboratory has been constructed at Prairie Swine Centre in Saskatchewan, Canada to understand the sources of air contamination in livestock...

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...

EPA Announces Landmark Air Emissions Agreement 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed a major consent agreement with agriculture to study air emissions from livestock, poultry...

Analyzing Manure Odors 

A new instrument will help Iowa State University (ISU) researcher Jacek Koziel study the components in livestock and poultry odors....

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