Turning Hog Waste into Environmentally Friendly Fertilizer - America's Heartland

North Carolina is one of America's largest livestock-producing states, including hog production. However, handling hog waste has raised challenges in meeting new air and water quality requirements. We'll discover how that challenges is prompting new efforts by agriculture, education and private industry.

[@Mmmyess]

Holy smokes...Sarah Gardner sure is stunning. As of this writing, 12 years have passed since the publication of this video. I'm curious to know how widespread the technologies have become.

[@MegaJazz4]

I saw this for cow shit, human shit and now pig $hit!!! This shit is amazing!

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@FarmerAutomaticUSA]

Beautiful machine at 3:00 mark. ;-)

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@lasobaranch9994]

To much nutrients into pasture???? is that really a problem?

[@pteechka1]

Yes, too much can cause plant burn.

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@jagvindersingh4815]

Can this be done on small scale

[@hg2.]

No.
These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@tylerfrank7717]

Can anyone tell me how the hell this hog farmer has reduced his carbon footprint by 6,500 metric tons?!?!???!

[@andyh7537]

Those lagoons are secondary methane producers when the bacteria chomp down.

[@watchusoknown1126]

I was thinking the same thing! 😂😂

[@ro2466]

@@andyh7537 the carbon from just having a sess pool that sprays water vs these tubes is 10 fold a difference. The foot print is still there, the out put is not as high

[@pteechka1]

Over the entire scale, they estimated that the carbon footprint of pork for every kg (~2.2 lbs) of pig carcass weight has an emissions intensity of 6.1 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent.

[@grassfish01]

- The collected biogas from the pig waste can be burned to generate electricity, which would otherwise have likely been generated by coal or natural gas.
- As seen in the video, the solids from the waste are collected instead of being thrown into the environment.

[@JuiceCarver]

curious about how antibiotics are processed through the machine

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@pecantan292]

Heathens!!

[@robertbilyeu868]

Where can I contact the producer??

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@sampsonyuexiang9342]

Good

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@texitilemachineprint]

nice

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.

[@starpigfarmpunjab6107]

Sar nice pic aapki beautiful Sar Ham hamen bhi bula lo aapke pass

[@hg2.]

These tax-supported no-real-job busybodies want to apply human sewage treatment standards to hog farming. Get ready to pay higher prices for corporate-made pork.