Publications
Available Through Hog Watch
DOLLARS AND SENSE: An Economic Analysis of Alternative Hog
Waste Management Technologies (11/00)
This report shows that pork producers can afford to replace outdated lagoons
with new systems for managing harmful hog waste that would better protect the
environment and public health.
Hog Lagoons: Pitting Pork Waste Against Public Health and
Environment (6/99)
North Carolina has more than 2,600 registered hog operations using at least
one, and often more, open-air pits to process the waste from the state's 10
million hogs. Environmental Defense highlights the severe threats to public
health and the environment associated with these lagoons.
Save Our State Report. Report from a meeting of legislators,
policy makers, industry representatives, environmentalists, and scientists.
Includes summaries of the participants' presentations on the relationship
between hog waste and human health, the environment, economics, technology, and
public policy. A Report on the Save Our State Forum, June 11, 1998. Raleigh,
NC. [Proceedings from forum entitled "Hog Waste and Environmental Quality
in North Carolina: Defining the problems, finding the solutions"].
Environmental Defense's Recommendations for a Plan to Phase Out
the Use of Anaerobic Lagoons and Sprayfields (5/98)
A detailed proposal for a realistic, effective, and lasting alternative to the use of anaerobic lagoons and sprayfields to dispose of hog waste. The proposal calls for the use of
performance-based criteria for swine waste systems that are designed to achieve
specific environmental and public health goals. Environmental Defense.
Recommendations for a Plan to Phase Out the Use of Anaerobic Lagoons and
Sprayfields.
Resources Available Elsewhere on the Internet
An in-depth, state-by-state summary of the impacts of waste from
intensive animal operations. Clean Water Network and Natural Resources Defense
Council.
Animal Waste Management and the Environment: Background for
Current Issues
Congressional Research Service report on waste from animal agricultural
operations. Summarizes various state
and federal policies.
Animal Waste Pollution in America: An Emerging National
Problem (12/97)
Report produced by Senate staff for U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Ia.) on
potential regulatory solutions to the problems created by large volumes of
animal waste. United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, &
Forestry.
"Boss Hog: North Carolina's Pork Revolution"
(2/19-26/95)
The Raleigh News & Observer's Pulitzer Prize-winning series
of articles on North Carolina's hog industry.
Congressional Testimony About Animal Factories from EPA
Officials (5/13/98)
Testimony regarding animal operations and clean water made by several leading
EPA officials before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry and the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource
Conservation, and Research of the Committee on Agriculture.
Evidence of swine influenza in farm residents and employees
CDC report on Serologic Evidence of H1 Swine Influenza Virus Infection in Swine
Farm Residents and Employees.
Human Alteration
of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Causes and Consequences (8/97)
Summary of scientific research on issues related to nitrogen pollution.
Ecological Society of America.
Large Scale, Corporate Hog Operations: Why Rural Communities
Are Concerned and What They Should Do (10/98)
Article by agricultural economist John Ikerd. University of Missouri, Columbia.
Law
and Policy for Feedlots: A Report on the ABA Special Committee on Agricultural
Management Roundtable on Environmental Issues in Animal Feedlots
(Spring 1998)
Summary of discussion and findings made at an American Bar
Association-sponsored conference on animal operations, including information on
regulatory and compliance issues, common legal actions, and potential technical
solutions to current problems. Council for Agricultural Science &
Technology.
Managing
Odors from Swine Waste (4/96)
Engineering information by Richard E. Nicolai for farmers on how to best manage
odors from hog waste. University of Minnesota Extension Program.
Manure Management in Harmony with the Environment and
Society (2/98)
Proceedings and summaries of presentations from a major conference on animal
waste management.
Nonpoint
Pollution of Surface Waters with Phosphorous and Nitrogen (Summer
1998)
Summary of scientific research on causes and effects of nutrient pollution from
nonpoint sources, such as agricultural run-off. Ecological Society of America.
North
Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual (2002)
Information on chemicals and fertilizers (including manure) used in
agriculture. Center for Integrated Pest Management.
Nutrients Available from Livestock Manure Relative to Crop
Growth Requirements
Scientific study on the potential for using crops to absorb nitrogen and
phosphorous produced by factory farms. Includes color maps. USDA.
Options
for Managing Odor: A Report from the Swine Odor Taskforce (3/95)
Summary of government-funded university research into odor issues. North
Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University.
Pollution Potential of Livestock Manure (Winter
1995)
Engineering Notes article by John Chastain on pollution strength of
livestock manure. University of Minnesota, Department of Agricultural
Engineering.
Pork Facts 2001/2002 (pdf file)
Pork industry publication which includes sections on pork production,
marketing, and industry structure. National Pork Board. (Earlier editions
available at their web site.
Successful Farming article
on major pork producers. Includes chart of 50 largest producers. Previous
years' articles also available at the Successful Farming web site.
Rural Health and Large-Scale Swine Operations
(12/98)
Article by Kendall Thu.
'Sold
Down the River' News Series (3/96)
Series of news articles by
Raleigh's News & Observer staff on the causes and effects of
pollution in North Carolina's Neuse River.
The Ray Kroc of Pigsties. (10/97)
Forbes article
on Wendell Murphy, CEO of Murphy Family Farms.
This Little Piggy Went to Market: Will the New Pork Industry
Call the Heartland Home? (pdf file)
Mark Drabenstott article on
geographic and structural changes in the pork industry during the 1990s.
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review, 1998Q3, Vol. 83.
Water
Quality and the North Carolina Swine Industry (3/95)
Summary of how hog farming can
affect water quality. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North
Carolina State University.
What's That Smell in the Air? (1997)
Summary paper on hog issues
prepared by professor Melva Okun of the UNC-CH School of Public Health's
Environmental Resource Program.