Research is at the heart of the National Pork Board’s mission and is funded by your Pork Checkoff dollars. Research is administered in all areas of pork production, processing, and human nutrition to develop a higher quality and more profitable product in the competitive meat protein market.
Learn more about how you can help advance the pork industry through ongoing research.
The purpose of this analysis is to help the pork industry improve efficiency. Using anonymous production data, standardized business logic, and consistent calculation methods, the study reports on production trends and provides benchmarks for comparison.
The swine industry is focusing on improvements in environmental stewardship practices
with a goal of a 40% reduction in carbon footprint by 2030.
This research evaluates whether low-quality carbon feedstocks can be used effectively in SBC systems, providing critical information for swine producers looking for practical solutions during disease emergencies. It also investigates the impact of grinding carcasses on the SBC process, exploring whether pre-processing can accelerate decomposition and further mitigate environmental risks.
Provide participants with a high-quality and safe program, including observational situations to view trailers and methodology.
Evaluate management, compost activity, and aesthetics associated with increasing tissue densities in the windrow core by using grinding and mixing to manage swine carcasses.
Carcass management is an important challenge in any livestock industry, as management is often expensive and time-consuming. Composting has become an acceptable alternative to rendering and burial for some operations. Integrators have constructed compost facilities, but many continue to have limited success with this process.
This study continued source tracking efforts for fecal waste in the Stockinghead Creek Watershed and expanded surface water testing to sights previously monitored by the NC Department of Environmental Quality and the NC Legislature funded Rivernet program.
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