animal waste

SwineCast 0320 Show Notes:

• Trace minerals effect as antioxidants.  A conversation with Dr Gretchen Hill
• Grad Student Melissa Hahn logs in with some comments on her research with amino acids and birthweights
• North Carolina update... Todd See shares research on development waste storage systems to meet the state's requirements for new construction
• ARS may have an answer.. a water treatment plant for y

SwineCast 0192

• Tyson hooks up with Conoco to produce ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel from animal waste. More such partnerships out there according to David Kaluzny with the National Renderer's Association.
• Bruce Cochrane talks with animal handling expert Temple Grandin.
• HSUS says Cargill 'phasing out' gestation crates. Cargill disagrees.
• CEO of Validus discusses growth of on-farm assessments.
• "Building A Civilized Workplace" author Robert Sutton. Link to "Jerk" test. Link to book.