Environment - Air
Field and Wind Tunnel Evaluation of Vegetative Buffers for Particulate Trapping and Odor Reduction Near Swine Production Facilities
January 14, 2009By Thomas J. Sauer
Growing number of swine operations have turned to natural buffers (also called shelterbelts or vegetative buffers) as part of their odor mitigation strategy. However, there is little to no data on...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Effect of soybean peroxidase activity on phenolic compounds, ammonia, and other organic compounds in swine manure
January 6, 2009By Brian Richert
A simulated manure system was used to evaluate the potential for soybean peroxidase (SoyP) added to swine manure to control phenolic and other odorous compounds in head space air and manure. The SoyP...
Environment - Air
Alternative Biofilter Media Testing
October 31, 2008By Kevin Janni
Gas-phase biofilters are a proven method for reducing odor emissions from swine facilities and manure storage units. Woodchip and compost mixtures are commonly used as biofilter media. Widespread use...
Environment - Air
Alternative feedstuffs for reducing ammonia and odor emissions in pork production systems and improving the pig’s gut health
October 1, 2008By Pascal Leterme
Nutrition can help reduce the impact of pork production on the environment and improve pig gut health. The formulation of diets based on highly-digestible feedstuffs and which meet the exact...
Environment - Air
Facilitating Use of the Odor Footprint Tool by Nebraska Pork Producers
July 5, 2008By Richard R. Stowell
The goal of this project was to make Odor Footprint Tool (OFT) resources readily usable by pork producers and their technical advisors as a planning and screening tool when siting swine facilities....
Environment - Other
On-Site Biomethanol Production from Swine Waste Digester Methane
July 2, 2008By Ratna Sharma-Shivappa
It is important to conserve and utilize valuable constituents in animal waste and implement environmentally superior technologies that are economically feasible. The economically feasibility of...
Environment - Air
Monitoring Ambient Atmospheric Chemistry Along a Gradient of Ammonia Emission Density in Eastern North Carolina
June 15, 2008By Wayne P. Robarge
This project was designed to address the National Pork Board objective of needing to know ambient concentrations of gases emitted from swine operations (in particular ammonia, NH3) both...
Environment - Other
Thermochemical Conversion Process to Produce Oil from Swine Manure
June 6, 2008By Yuanhui Zhang
Laboratory scale tests show that more than 60% of the volatile solids in swine manure can be converted to bio-crude oil using a thermo-chemical conversion (TCC) process. The process can work with...
Environment - Other
Implementing Mass Nutrient Balance Procedures on Swine Production Facilities, NPB Award
April 13, 2008By Rick Koelsch
The purpose of this project is to collect the necessary data for creating the nutrient balances on 12 swine operations in Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana. The project will evaluate the producer’s...
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Swine Manure Applications for Soybean Production – Environmental and Pathological Implications
April 11, 2008By Robert Mullen
Environmental concerns regarding the application of nitrogen containing manure to soybean fields have been raised recently across the Corn Belt. The concern is that because soybeans are leguminous...
