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Weekly Overview: Growing Attention on Pigs and Their Environmental Impact

2013-08-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

ANALYSIS - A UK study has highlighted areas where pig producers and pork processors should target their efforts to reduce their environmental impact. In the US, Seaboard Foods is using waste from its pig meat plant to make biodiesel to power its live animal and feed vehicles. A Danish study suggests more effort should be focused on cutting piglet mortality on organic farms. A first estimate has been made of the cost of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) to the US pig industry.

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