Chicken manure composting proposal rejected
January
16, 2012, San jacinto, CA – A split vote by the San Jacinto Planning Commission
has stymied a poultry firm’s proposal to compost chicken manure in the city’s
Gateway area.
MD board approves lease for energy project
December
21, 2011, Annapolis, MD — The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a
lease agreement for a facility at the Eastern Correctional Institution that
will turn chicken manure into energy.
Perdue AgriBusiness, Fibrowatt partnering on project
December
16, 2011, Salisbury, MD – Perdue AgriBusiness, Inc., in partnership with
Fibrowatt LLC, is submitting a proposal to the state of Maryland in response to
the state’s Clean Bay Power Request for Proposal.
EPA notifies WV farms to obtain permits
 December
7, 2011, Philadelphia, PA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently
announced it has notified four poultry growers in West Virginia to cease
discharging pollutants from farms to waterways and obtain the necessary permits
that are required by the Clean Water Act.
AviHome receives grant from USDA
November
21, 2011, Salisbury, MD – AviHome, LLC recently received a grant from the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) to demonstrate its AviHome Flooring System (AFS) to
the poultry industry.
Illegal chicken manure in NM removed
October 17, 2011, Las Cruces, NM - Some 8,900 cubic yards of illegally dumped chicken manure in southern Do-a Ana County have been cleaned up, a State Land Office official said.
USPoultry releases carbon footprint toolkit
October 4, 2011, Tucker,
GA – The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has released a poultry carbon
footprint estimation toolkit, which is available to all members of USPoultry.
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November 30, 2011, Riesel, TX – Experiments using poultry
litter for fertilizer began 11 years ago at the Riesel Watershed Center in
Texas.
