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- Environmental Challenges Require Industry-wide Effort
- by Pork news staff
- Environmental challenges facing the pork industry have often been the high profile kind. Panel moderator Jon Scholl, Environmental Protection Agency, guided discussion on critical environment challenges.
- New Livestock Pollution Rules ‘Monumental Shift’
- by Pork news staff (4/10/2008)
- Tough new regulations covering livestock farms represent a major step forward in environmental protection, imposing severe penalties on those who continue to pollute rivers and streams with manure runoff, the National Pork Producers Council said in comments filed Monday.
- Turn Hog Waste Into Energy
- by Pork news staff (4/7/2008)
- Hog waste is becoming more of a valuable commodity. A new pilot program developed by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources will give hog producers an opportunity to find out for themselves. The Methane Capture Pilot Program provides an opportunity for hog producers to register their farms for potential participation in a new program that will convert swine waste into renewable energy.
- EPA Raises Ethanol Fuel Standard
- by Pork news staff (2/19/2008)
- The Environmental Protection Agency will raise its 2008 Renewable Fuels Standard for ethanol from 4.6 percent (estimated in November) of the nation's gas supply use to 7.76 percent.
- EPA Proposes Air Reporting Exemption
- by Pork news staff (1/10/2008)
- The Environmental Protection Agency has exempted animal feeding operations from reporting certain air emissions under Superfund laws.
- Residue Avoidance Database Gets a Reprieve
- by Pork news staff (1/8/2008)
- The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database has gotten a late infusion of funds that will allow it to continue operations for another year. FARAD is a cooperative effort involving North Carolina State University, the University of California-Davis and the University of Florida.
- Turn manure into Concrete
- by Pork news staff (12/14/2007)
- Raleigh environmental company BGP, Inc. has designed a mobile environmental clean-up unit that can be deployed within hours of a natural disaster, bioterrorism act or the outbreak of disease. It can also be used on agricultural waste.
- Voluntary Plan Seeks to Reduce Livestock Odors
- by Pork news staff (12/5/2007)
- The Iowa Legislature has unanimously approved a plan to reduce livestock odors. The proposal provides incentives to producers to utilize technology available to reduce livestock odors.
- 2008 Restaurant Trends: Healthy Options and Environmentally Friendly
- by Marlys Miller (12/13/2007)
- As the first link in the pork value chain, pork producers need to know what's in store for participants further down the chain in the year ahead.
- Conference Examines the Second Decade of Crop Biotechnology
- by Pork news staff (11/20/2007)
- The widespread introduction and adoption of Roundup Ready soybeans and insect resistant “Bt” corn and cotton just more than a decade ago has reshaped the global food system, impacting everything from farmers' production tools to consumers' food choices.
- Adopting New Technologies to Reduce Environmental Impact
- by Gary Boyett, Prime Line Nutrition (9/1/2007)
- By the time a pig reaches 250 pounds, the animal will have generated 1.5 tons of waste.
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