Illegal manure pollution, and cancer, on the rise in Iowa
An article by By Nina Elkadi, Sentient. A new report maps manure spills in Iowa, where factory farms produce 109 billion pounds of manure per year. Manure spills in the state of Iowa have contributed to what environmental advocacy groups call a water quality crisis....
Illegal manure pollution, and cancer, on the rise in Iowa
An article by By Nina Elkadi, Sentient. A new report maps manure spills in Iowa, where factory farms produce 109 billion pounds of manure per year. Manure spills in the state of Iowa have contributed to what environmental advocacy groups call a water quality crisis....
From grass to glass: The future for dairy companies on the path to net zero
An article by Thijs Geijer. An increasing number of large dairy companies have plans to become net zero in the future. There is a gap, though, between those plans and the existing technologies that would allow such ambitions to be carried out successfully....
Nitrogen wars: the Dutch farmers’ revolt that turned a nation upside-down
An article by Paul Tullis. Agriculture in Holland is responsible for 80% of emissions of one form of nitrogen pollution, and the largest share is coming from dairy farming. As the stikstofcrisis shows, if policymakers cannot devise effective political solutions to...
Greenhouse Gases: Why without them, we could not live. But we should not disrupt a fragile equilibrium!
An excellent article by Alain Buis, of the NASA. It describes in a condensed way, all we need to know about GHG (Greenhouse gases), and its relation with atmospheric water. Water vapor is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas. It’s responsible for about half of...
The EU nature restoration law would improve our food security
I agree completely with the authors of this paper. The only question is how the law will be implemented. By Facundo Etchebehere, SVP Sustainability Strategy & Partnerships, Danone, and Bart Vandewaetere, VP ESG Engagement for Europe, Nestlé Farmers and food and...
Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy manure management: a review of field-based studies
A review by Justine J. Owen and Whendee L. Silver. Livestock manure management accounts for almost 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture globally, and contributes an equal proportion to the US methane emission inventory. Current emissions...
News & Resources
Some of the latest news, as well as interesting facts, regarding dairy farms and manure management, and its impact on the environment.
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