$1 Million Granted to Iowa Pork Industry
Settlement with Smithfield Foods funds projects over the next 10 years. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has announced that $1 million in grants over...
NPPC Says EQIP Program a Bust
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) the primary environmental assistance program for agriculture has done little for pork producers, charges...
Five Technologies Rise to the Surface
The long-awaited, five-year, $17.3 million study to identify effective swine manure management alternatives is nearing completion. North Carolina's pork...
NPPC Seeks Reversal of Clean Water Act Ruling
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other agricultural groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling regarding the Clean Water Act....
EQIP Benefits Improve in Illinois
Sludge Boat Eases Lagoon Testing
Two University of Illinois researchers have developed a small, remote-controlled boat to simplify testing lagoon manure....
In the Home Stretch
Environmentally Superior nutrient management systems could be determined by year's end. Five nutrient management systems are now in the running for the...
The sludge eaters
The technology used to clean up oil spills is proving effective in mopping up sludge from the bottom of hog lagoons. About 10 years ago, Ronnie Kennedy...
Sorting Out Environmental Compliance
When a federal appeals court in March struck down a 2003 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule for large livestock operations to have environmental...
Clean Water Act Rehearing Denied
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a landmark ruling that only requires producers who discharges pollutants into navigable waters to obtain a permit under the Clean Water Act....
