USA - ARS: Second-generation system for manure management

http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=1261

30-Apr-2009 (17 years 1 months 14 days ago)
New and expanding swine production facilities in North Carolina are required to use manure management systems that meet the strictest environmental performance standards in the nation.

ARS scientists to develop a second-generation system that met North Carolina’s environmental standards for manure management. As would be expected for new technologies, significant cost reductions were achieved by innovations and on-farm testing. The revamped system was two-thirds less expensive to build and operate than the first-generation system, which was tested in 2003.