September 15, 2007

This month's Focus: Manure Management Technologies

It's the Pits!

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Taking manure pit samples in deep-pitted barns on several hundred company-owned and contracted farms is a huge task, but the payoff is huge, too...

A Burning Answer for Manure

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Suzanne Deutsch

Transforming manure into energy is hardly a new idea. People have been burning cow chips and chicken dung for centuries...

Software Savvy

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

One of the country's largest swine integrators joined forces with a software company to develop swine-specific modules for environmental management. That system is now available to others...

10 Steps to Manage Odor

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller, Editor

The seemingly ever-present challenge associated with raising hogs is keeping odors at bay. The questions commonly associated with odor control are basic...

Curbing Protein Cuts Smell

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

An Iowa State University field trial paves the way for practical reduction of odor intensity in hog manure. A three-year study by Iowa State University...

Circovirus Poll

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

University of Minnesota survey offers insight into disease symptoms and veterinary experiences. In 2006, porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD)...

Sows on the Silver Screen

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Sows at the University of Illinois are being videotaped around the clock to determine if their “microenvironment” might create stress. By filming the activities of sows...

Pork Packing Sectors See Constant Change

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Steve Meyer Paragon Economics Des Moines, IA

The catchphrase, “The only thing that is constant is change” certainly applies to the U.S. and Canadian pork packing sectors. The never-ending effort to maintain profitability...

Special Feature: Environmental Stewards

Pristine on the Prairie

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM

This High Plains hog operation uses an elaborate manure handling system to minimize environmental impact...

Polishing an Image

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM

Keeping a neat farmstead and connecting with the public helps this family promote pork production...

Building an Oasis

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM

Trees and shrubs help build a buffer that let this finisher site coexist with wildlife...

Hi-Tech Harmony

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, by Dean Houghton

GPS and high-volume application help this farm fit in with woods and streams...

From My Perspective

The Ties that Bind

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Dale Miller Editor

Show ring competition offers common ground for young and old...

Veterinarians on Call

Swine Flu Virus Turns Endemic

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Keith Wilson, DVM - Worthington, MN

Frequent changes make this virus difficult to control. As fall fast approaches, cool nights and warm days will challenge producers to keep pigs comfortable...

News and Views

Canada Sets Residue Level for Carbadox

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

After lengthy talks with U.S. officials over the use of carbadox in U.S. hogs, Canada has announced it will allow the importation of U.S. pork products that may have been raised using carbadox...

Canada Sets Initiative For Circovirus Relief

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM

Canada has announced a four-year allocation of $76 million to prop up its ailing hog industry. Canada's new government is committed to ensuring the profitability...

Pork Board Gains New Member

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has appointed Longford, KS, pork producer Roy Henry to serve a one-year term on the National Pork Board. The vacancy...

Tandem Tanks Boost Efficiency

Sep 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By Suzanne Deutsch

Hauling liquid manure goes a lot faster at Gary Hellickson's 25,000 hog finishing operation near Preston, MN, since he started using a 12,000-gal. twin tank system...