Environmental Stewards Nominations Now Open
The Environmental Stewardship awards program recognizes pork producers with all types and sizes of production systems who demonstrate a positive contribution...
Air Quality Workshops Planned
A series of air quality workshops will be held in late January to help address agricultural air emissions, federal air quality regulations and the most effective technologies and management practices for air quality control...
Manure/Odor Control
Vertical Biofilter Uses Less Space, Provides Payback.
Horizontal biofilters are a proven technology when it comes to reducing odor and gas emissions from...
New Pork Industry Handbook
Providing relevant information on all aspects of raising hogs for many years, the Pork Industry Handbook has recently been updated, repackaged and made available in a variety of formats....
Benchmarking Financial Health
Log onto a popular web browser, such as America Online (AOL), and you'll likely be hit with a chance to do some personal benchmarking. There are opportunities...
Validus Receives Quality Certification
Validus, a third-party certification company that helps producers address environmental and production problems, has announced that its quality management system has received ISO 9001:2000 certification....
Iowa Agency Seeks Ban on Applying Manure to Soybeans
Attempts by Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) to ban the application of liquid manure to ground planted to soybeans is another unnecessary prohibition that could negatively impact pork producers, according to Gene Ver Steeg, president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association....
Manure Increases Soil Enzyme Activity
Applying swine manure to cropland speeds up the nutrient cycling process. Research by Tom King, a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan in...
Manure isn't Waste
Manure has changed over the years, more so in value than composition. More and more, people recognize manure's true value. The nitrogen content in finishing...
A Better Idea
Great ideas tend to float through the ether until finding the right fertile mind to implement them. Something like that must have happened to Pat Hord....
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