In The News & Highlights
Chicken sludge creates disgusting smell despite new Alabama rules, neighbors say
Neighbors say new Alabama rules governing the spreading of poultry sludge on farmland aren’t doing enough to reduce the smell of decaying chicken or the animals it attracts.
One million tons of chicken waste in Alabama every year. Where does it all go?
Alabama sells one billion chickens a year, supplying chicken to the nation and across the globe, shipping leg quarters to Cuba and chicken feet to Asia and chicken dinners to the Midwest.
Report suggests that litter from chicken farms has upped contamination of water
A new report suggests that manure-laced litter, removed from chicken barns raising millions of chickens for Costco, is increasing contamination of some nearby streams in eastern Nebraska.
Poultry Litter: Issues and Opportunities
Many farm families throughout the southeastern and Delmarva regions of the United States rely on poultry production as their primary source of income. This has worked well for years but that is changing.
Development and environmental impacts of China's livestock and poultry breeding
With the ever-growing of livestock and poultry breeding (LPB) in China, its environmental problems have become a common concern. Pollution risk, resource potential and related policies evolution are essential to clarify, which is beneficial to better promote sustainable development of the LPB.
Poultry Litter: Issues and Opportunities
Many farm families throughout the southeastern and Delmarva regions of the United States rely on poultry production as their primary source of income. This has worked well for years but that is changing.
Report suggests that litter from chicken farms has upped contamination of water
A new report suggests that manure-laced litter, removed from chicken barns raising millions of chickens for Costco, is increasing contamination of some nearby streams in eastern Nebraska.
How Safe is Chicken Litter for Land Application as an Organic Fertilizer?: A Review
Chicken litter application on land as an organic fertilizer is the cheapest and most environmentally safe method of disposing of the volume generated from the rapidly expanding poultry industry worldwide.
