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Establishing Monarch Butterfly Breeding Habitat on Iowa Swine Production Sites
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Comparison of efficacy, emissions, compost characteristics, and costs of in-vessel rotating drum and open static pile composting of swine carcasses, whole and ground.
In the U.S. the use of composting to manage on-farm swine mortality has increased from 10.5 to 35.9% from 1994 to 2006 (USDA:APHIS, VS, CEAH 2001 and 2007). Very little is known about the emissions...
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Implementing Mass Nutrient Balance Procedures on Swine Production Facilities.
It is often a challenge for an animal feeding operation to know when it has achieved environmental “sustainability”. Typically, environmental sustainability is measured in terms of...
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Demonstrating Innovative Use of Precision Farming Technologies to Optimize Manure Nutrient Utilization and Reduce Environmental Concerns
Precision Agriculture Technologies are here to stay as more combines, applicators, and tractors are equipped with GPS receivers, steering systems and data recording systems. These technologies offer...
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Effect of Adding Sawdust and Corn Stover on Thermochemical Conversion of Swine Manure into Crude Oil
Our research team was able to produce bio-oil with blends of swine manure and cellulosic biomass. Laboratorial tests showed that adding cellulosic materials like sawdust and corn stover did not...
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Mass balance of nutrients for the finishing phase as affected by dietary manipulation
An experiment utilizing finisher pigs was conducted to determine the effects of dietary manipulation on pig growth performance, nutrient excretion, gaseous emissions, and the mass balance of...
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Demonstrating Innovative Use of Precision Farming Technologies to Optimize Manure Nutrient Utilization and Reduce Environmental Concerns
Precision Agriculture Technologies are here to stay as more combines, applicators, and tractors are equipped with GPS receivers, steering systems and data recording systems. These technologies offer...
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On-Site Biomethanol Production from Swine Waste Digester Methane
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...
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Thermochemical Conversion Process to Produce Oil from Swine Manure
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...
