environment

SwineCast 0556, Industry Update - Environmental Regulations And The Impact On Your Operation

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Environmental Counsel for the National Pork Producers Council, Michael Formica, logs in with this update on environmental issues in Washington and elsewhere. There are some elements to this information which can dramatically change how you do what you do. Stay close to what's happening here!

SwineCast 0555, Serving The Industry - Ron Prestage Comments As Member Of National Pork Producers Council Board Of Directors

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New Board Member Dr. Ron Prestage discusses his perspective on working with other meat groups, market competition and working with the current administration in this conversation from World Pork Expo.

Hoax or Fact? Man-Made Climate Change

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Man-Made Climate Change: Hoax or Myth Dr. Jay Lehr, Science Director of The Heartland Institute, breaks down the hoax and myths behind man-made climate change. This is a presentation from the 2010 Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Convention in three parts (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3).

SwineCast 0547, Researchers Look At Filtering Nutrients From Wastewater With Algae

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USDA Agricultural Research Service ongoing research into low-cost algae-based systems to reclaim nutrients from manures as we talk with Microbiologist Walter Mulby.

SwineCast 0545, Seeking Solutions For Methane Emissions Mitigation

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Bruce Cochrane logs in with this conversation on research to mitigate methane emissions on swine operations. He talks with Dr. Nazim Cicek, an associate professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitoba.

SwineCast 0513, Reducing Ammonia Volitilization By Feeding Char

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Researchers at the University of Georgia looking at ways to use utilize biofuel byproducts discover a process to limit ammonia volitilization by feeding 'char' to poultry. Would it work for all monogastrics?

Eldon McAfee - Iowa Environmental Regulations & Nuisance Case Update

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Iowa Environmental Regulations & Nuisance Case Update - Eldon McAfee, Beving, Swanson & Forrest, from the Iowa Pork Congress, January 27-28, 2010, Des Moines, IA, USA.

Dr. Gregory Thoma - Pork’s Carbon Footprint

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Pork’s Carbon Footprint - Dr. Gregory Thoma, professor, agriculture chemical engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, from the Minnesota Pork Congress, January 20-21, 2010, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

SwineCast 0496, What's Up At The Iowa Pork Congress

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Iowa Pork Producer's Producer Education Director, Tyler Bettin, shares the program on tap at the Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines, January 27-28.

SwineCast 0483, Climate Change Legislation Issues From NPPC's Environmental Council

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Looking at the current state of climate change legislation and regulation with National Pork Producers Council's Chief Environmental Council Michael Formica at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters meeting in Kansas City, MO. NPPC's Green House Gas Emissions And Animal Agriculture information page provides positioning information to review.