Environment - Manure Storage / Application
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Environment - Environmental Footprint
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Field-to-Fork Pork Supply Chains in the United States and the European Union
The goal of this study was to compare impacts of pork production and consumption in the US and EU. The impacts were calculated using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. The LCA provides...
Environment - Air
Vegetative Environmental Buffer Builder and Economic Review: A Decision Support Tool for the Pork Industry
This project created a user-friendly online decision support tool for livestock producers (and their advisors) to design and plan for the use of Vegetative Environmental Buffers (VEB) for odor...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Identifying the Mechanism and Subsequent Remediation of Foaming in Swine Manure Management Systems
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Swine Manure Nutrient Fate and Pathogen Reduction for Midwestern Corn Production with Cover Crop Utilization
Recently the Midwestern US has seen a push has seen a movement to improve water quality for waters eventually reaching the Gulf of Mexico; this is in an effort to reduce the hypoxic zone. Cover...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Influence of the Method and Timing of the Land Application of Manure on the Fate and Transport of Manure Constituents in Soil
Through land application multiple manure constituents are introduced to soil. These constituents include nutrients, organic matter, and contaminants such as antimicrobials and antimicrobial...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Recovery of phosphorus and fine particles as fertilizer from swine manure by electrocoagulation
Pork production is one of the most important agricultural activities in the United States, and 75% of the swine operations are geographically located in the Upper-Midwest. The environmental effects...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Influence of the Method and Timing of the Land Application of Manure on the Fate and Transport of Manure Constituents in Runoff
The objective of this study was to determine how the method and timing of swine manure application may impact the movement of multiple manure constituents in agricultural runoff. The manure...
Environment - Air
Effectiveness of vegetative environmental buffers to reduce swine facility emissions
In order to ensure compliance with the current and future air quality regulatory requirements, and to co-exist with increasing numbers of neighbors, practical and cost effective air mitigation...
Environment - Environmental Footprint
A Life Cycle Analysis of Land Use in US Pork Production
The goal of this study was to analyze land use in the production of US pork using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a comprehensive methodology for quantitatively analyzing potential...
