Environment - Environmental Footprint
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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
Sustainability Evaluation of a Solid-Liquid Manure Separation Operation
Environment - Manure Storage / Application
Distribution of Discharge from Liquid Manure Applicator Manifolds
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...
