Environment - Environmental Footprint
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Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Evaluation of Manure Injection Technologies and Development of a Manure Management Practices Assessment Tool
Environment - Air
Changes in Ammonia Emissions from North Carolina Swine Lagoons Associated with Improved Production Management
Environment - Environmental Footprint
A meta-analysis of life cycle assessments on environmental footprints of five representative finishing swine diets
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Re-defining growth efficiency accounting for the interaction between host genome and commensal gut bacteria.
Environment - Air
Cover crops, timing, and compaction: Evaluating practices to improve manure nitrogen management
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Carbon, water, and land use for pork production when modifying type and regional sourcing of feed ingredients
Environment - Environmental Footprint
Retrospective Analysis of US Pork Production from 1960 to 2015 Using LCA
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Meta-analysis of swine manure and commercial fertilizer on environmental endpoints and soil health
Swine manure is a valuable asset when applied to the soil; however, to others it is a waste material with little value compared to commercial fertilizer. Comparisons between commercial fertilizer and...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
