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Program to Fund Manure-to-Energy Projects

It’s widely known that in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, there are more nutrients being applied to fields than are actually needed. On Oren Heatwole’s 400,000-broiler farm....

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Military Shifting Towards Clean-Energy Fuels

As the nation’s single biggest energy consumer, the Pentagon has many reasons to want to diversify its fuel sources. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and others say the move toward alternative energy is....

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Regulation Nation: Farmers Worry Over Crop of New Rules

Farmers are concerned that some new, tighter federal regulations on agriculture are stunting the growth of their businesses and say regulatory uncertainty makes it difficult for them to plan....

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Project hopes to turn poultry manure into electric energy

Nearly $1 million is headed to the Eastern Shore of Virginia for a pilot project to convert chicken manure into electricity on....

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Poultry litter saves farmer $32,000 in fuel costs

Last year, Mac Curtis, owner of Windview Farm in rural Port Trevorton, saw a $32,000 savings in propane costs to heat his turkey barns. He credits that to measures he took....

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Delaware Delegation announces award to support landmark manure-to-energy project

Today, Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) announced $848,424 to help Delaware farmers convert manure to energy to generate income and improve water quality in

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Victory for clean water

Score one for clean water. A federal appeals court Wednesday rejected a bid by polluters and their enablers in state government to block new clean water rules....

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More money, less pollution from better waste handling

"Who's your farmer?" read the bumper sticker in the lot of a Grange hall where young farmers were meeting to discuss their place in a rapidly changing world of....

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Conservation programs spotlighted as lawmakers gear up for next farm bill

House lawmakers yesterday voiced bipartisan support for agricultural conservation programs but also hinted at more budget cuts down the line when they craft the...

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Wiese Brothers - Burning manure unfolding as potential disposal option

Two breakthroughs advanced the Elimanure technology developed by EcoCombustion Energy Systems compared to attempts to burn manure in the past. These were learning to...

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Chemicals in Farm Runoff Rattle States on the Mississippi

As the surging waters of the Mississippi pass downstream, they leave behind flooded towns and inundated lives and carry forward a brew of farm chemicals and waste that this year -- given record flooding -- is expected to result in...

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Judge Gives EPA Authority to Supervise Everglades Cleanup

A federal judge gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency power to enforce cleanup of the Florida Everglades after concluding state authorities haven’t done...

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EPA to inspect Virginia dairy farms

About half a dozen smaller dairy farms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in...

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Farm Pilot Project has been selected as a 2011 Technical Assistance Service Provider for The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

The grant program is designed to provide technical assistance throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, on an as-needed basis, to community groups, local governments and others engaged in restoration, conservation and watershed planning, and Chesapeake Bay TMDL implementation. The Foundation is working in partnership with the Chesapeake Network for Education of Municipal Offices (NEMO) and the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay office to facilitate the delivery of appropriate technical assistance to NEMO clients and Foundation grantees in the Chesapeake Bay region. For additional information or to learn more about the program, please visit the following link.

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Chesapeake cleanup funding at risk in federal budget battle

The Obama administration has proposed increases for many Chesapeake Bay programs in its 2012 budget, but the funding's fate is uncertain as...

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ChesapeakeStat allows public to track progress of Bay cleanup efforts

The Bay Program has launched a new feature on its ChesapeakeStat website to allow the public to track and verify nutrient reduction progress....

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Farm Bureau targets EPA pollutant limits for Chesapeake Bay

The Farm Bureau recently filed a lawsuit in federal court in Harrisburg, Pa., to stop the EPA. It argued that the bay’s cleanup is the responsibility...

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Renewable energy at USDA

USDA is “working hard to unleash the power of America’s innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy,” blogged Sec. Tom Vilsack...

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For Putnam, it's all about the water

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam told Florida reporters and editors Wednesday that the most important long-term policy issue facing the Sunshine State is quantity and quality of water. A rational long-range water policy...

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"Peak Fertilizer" To Make Manure A Valuable Commodity

Synthetic fertilizer is likely to become significantly more costly for US farmers. This trend will make manure a valuable commodity once again (as it was prior to the 1950s). There are two main reasons...

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Pollution rules appear likely to be enacted

Proposed state regulations intended to cut the farm pollution plaguing Grand Lake St. Marys could take effect as soon as Dec. 23. The state's plan includes rules that would limit...

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Chesapeake Bay area states, District submit plans to improve polluted waters

It took a little muscle flexing, tough talk and a few threats, but the Environmental Protection Agency got what it wanted Monday: Most states in the Chesapeake Bay region submitted detailed plans to reduce...

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Designer soils can help gardens grow

Got good soil in your garden? If not — just design your own. That's what U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists are doing in West Virginia. Researchers at the...

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Cutting through the crap - FPPC offers outreach on nutrient management and value-adding

Farms of all sizes now have more options to dispose of their manure and profit from its nutrient and energy value, thanks to the research work and demonstrations conducted over the past eight years by Farm Pilot Project Coordination...

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Florida Dairy Farms and Springs Protection - Got Solutions?

From the top of the main silo at Don Bennick's North Florida Holsteins dairy farm, all I can see is cows - 6,400 of them to be exact, grazing on some 1,500 acres. To the untrained eye, the scene is innocent and bucolic. But there's something else going on...

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Looking to Litter - Energy Company Sees a Future in Chicken Manure

Poultry farms in the U.S. generate roughly 17 million tons of chicken manure annually, creating a huge disposal problem. Some energy researchers believe they have a solution: use that manure to create electricity...

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Message from FPPC Chairman & CEO Richard J. Salem to Summit attendees

Thank you for the warm welcome extended Farm Pilot Project Coordination from our Nation’s “breadbasket.” Over the past half-decade, we have been working with conservationists, farmers and producers in the region to develop...

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Governor Culver Addresses Farm Pilot Project Coordination (FPPC) Iowa Technology Summit

Governor Chet Culver spoke this morning at the Farm Pilot Project Coordination Iowa Technology Summit in Des Moines, which brought agriculture experts together to address sustainability challenges facing animal...

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Green Fields: Pork producers want to 'do things right'

The National Pork Board, which runs the producer checkoff, celebrated at the World Pork Expo that about 60 percent of all hog production sites have been certified through the organization's...

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Governor Culver to Address Farm Pilot Project Coordination (FPPC) Iowa Technology Summit

Iowa Governor Chet Culver will be the keynote speaker this month at the Farm Pilot Project Coordination (FPPC) Iowa Technology Summit, to be held June 14-16 in Des Moines. The regional summit will bring...

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EPA Announces New Members of Agricultural Advisory Committee

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced new members of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC) for its 2010-2012 term. The FRRCC is an independent committee that...

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The whey to greener electricity - Using dairy waste as an alternative source of power

IT MAY seem ridiculous, but in the hunt for sources of alternative energy researchers have come up with fuel cells which are powered by cheese—or at least whey, a by-product...

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More than 100 people turn out in Tampa for EPA hearing on water quality

Gus Muench routinely pulls pieces of plastic from his crab traps on the Little Manatee River. It's the kind farmers use to grow crops. But it's what he doesn't see that...

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Manure becomes pollutant as its volume grows unmanageable

Animal manure, a byproduct as old as agriculture, has become an unlikely modern pollution problem, scientists and environmentalists say. The country simply has more dung...

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Down on the Farm, an Endless Cycle of Waste

Day and night, a huge contraption prowls the grounds at Frank Volleman’s dairy in Central Texas. It has a 3,000-gallon tank, a heavy-duty vacuum pump and hoses and, underneath, adjustable blades...

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New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks 'Manure War'

More and more milk comes from confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), where large herds live in feedlots, awaiting their thrice-daily trip to the milking barn. A factory farm with 2,000 cows produces...

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States struggle to meet rural behavioral health needs without federal funds

Facing increased demand for behavioral health services in rural areas that rivals what was seen during the 1980s farm crisis, agencies in at least 28 states have been looking to Iowa for advice...

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Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells

There are 41,000 dairy cows in Brown County, which includes Morrison, and they produce more than 260 million gallons of manure each year, much of which...

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New Culprit Seen in Ozone Depletion

Government scientists who study the depletion of Earth’s protective ozone layer are pointing to a previously unheralded culprit: nitrous oxide. Most of the nitrous oxide in the atmosphere emerges...

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