Cattle

Livestock air emission and odor study completed
A recently completed study by Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Department of Natural Resources has increased the understanding of air emissions and odors on larger-sized livestock farms, and lays the groundwork for future studies in this important area, officials say.

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NCBA files appeal of EPA’s ‘endangerment’ rule
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) filed a petition in late December 2009 in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent greenhouse gas (GHG) “endangerment finding” rule.

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County willing to negotiate in disputed expansion
January 29, 2010 – Earlier this month, after a heated dispute erupted over a dairy expansion Kings County officials said was unauthorized, it looked like a major confrontation was brewing between the struggling dairy industry and county officials worried that the law is being ignored.

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Canton weighs biogas project
January 20, 2010, Canton, NY — A long-sought system to turn methane gas into usable energy could become a reality this year for the State University of New York - Canton.

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Chatham digester project gets $1 million boost
January 18, 2010, Chatham, VA – VanDerHyde Dairy’s anaerobic digester project in Chatham is one of 15 biomass and waste-to-energy projects to receive a share of $10 million in funding from Virginia’s Biomass Energy Grant Program.

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McDonald’s launches study into flatulent cows
January 14, 2010 – Fast food chain McDonald’s is to investigate the methane produced by cattle used for its burger meat as part of a project to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Air program available in NY counties
January 14, 2010, Watertown, NY – State Conservationist Astor F. Boozer of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced a new initiative to help farmers improve air quality on and around their farms.

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Environment wins on Miedema dairy farm
January 13, 2009, Circleville, OH – The environment is declared the winner on the Pickaway County dairy farm of Andy Miedema on State Route 104 in Wayne Township.

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