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News ArchivesYEAR2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 MONTH Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec HEADLINES MPCA board shuts down Excel Dairy April 28, 2010, Theif River Falls, Minn. – State pollution control officials pulled the plug Tuesday on a troublesome dairy near Thief River Falls that has violated air quality rules hundreds of times during the past few years. Waste digester will power county buildings April 27, 2010, Sennett, NY — The Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District will put a new spin on the old expression waste not, want not, when it starts building a $9.5 million dollar sustainable-energy digester plant later this month. River meeting water standards after spill April 27, 2010, Snohomish, WA – The Snohomish River just downstream from French Slough is once again meeting state water quality standards for fecal coliform and dissolved oxygen. GHG emissions reporting now mandatory in US April 26, 2010, Oklahoma – Release of the first comprehensive national system for mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the United States is likely to change the lives of many farmers and ranchers across the country. Police find suspect neck-deep in liquid manure pit April 23, 2010, Albion, IN — Police said that officers searching for a man wanted on methamphetamine charges found him hiding neck-deep in a liquid manure pit at a northeastern Indiana farm. Manure in, money out April 23, 2010, Newton, WI — Cows in Manitowoc County are prolific, producing nearly 1 billion pounds of milk annually. But they also create a lot of manure — about three times more than that each year. Opinion: Let’s cut the crap on manure digesters April 22, 2010, Madison, WI – A few weeks ago, I took a tour of Statz Farm in Sun Prairie. The tour came after the State Journal’s incriminating report about concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in Wisconsin. Groundbreaking held for PA composting facility April 21, 2010, Lancaster County, PA – Local and regional leaders recently broke ground on an innovative facility that may be the first-of-its-kind to turn both excess manure from local farms and waste from yards and kitchens into compost and prevent polluted runoff from reaching Lancaster County’s streams and rivers. Hops help reduce ammonia produced by cattle April 21, 2010, Lexington, KY – An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist may have found a way to cut the amount of ammonia produced by cattle. WA dairy expanding digester April 20, 2010, Lynden, WA – An anaerobic digester on a dairy farm near Lynden will be able to generate enough electricity to power an additional 150 homes from cow manure and food waste, thanks to $320,000 from the Washington Department of Commerce. |
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