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From Pig to Pump – Smithfield Tackles Sustainability

Published by Ag Annex
Written by Diane Mettler

What happens when you bring an alternative energy company and pig farms together? Well if the farm owner is Smithfield Foods Hog Production in northern Missouri, which finishes two million pigs a year, and the energy company is Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE), the answer is a lot of renewable natural gas.

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Could Restoring Prairie Grasses Improve Water Quality and Reduce Flooding?

Published by Fox 2 Now St. Louis
Written by Chris Higgins

KIRKSVILLE,  MO (KTVI) – Scientists from the University of Missouri are conducting extensive research on a farm northwest of Kirksville to see if restoring some of the state’s native prairie grasses could dramatically improve the health of our waterways and reduce the magnitude of river flooding in the future.

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Governor’s Youth Hunt participant hooked for life with the help of Rudi Roeslein.

Published by Conservation Federation of Missouri

Written by Brandon Butler

Chris Brown had never turkey hunted before. As a sixth grade boy at Fayette Middle School, that left him in a minority. So when he asked me if I’d take him turkey hunting, I didn’t hesitate a second before telling him I’d be proud to. What he didn’t know was my plan included more than just hunting.

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Manure from millions of hogs fuels natural gas project.

Written by Associated Press, posted originally on AP News. Also posted in Farm Forum, Washington TimesSociety of Environmental Journalists, San Diego Union-Tribune, BakkenCincinnati, Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

ALBANY, Mo. (AP) — One recipe for renewable natural gas goes: Place manure from about 2 million hogs in lagoons, cover them with an impermeable material and let it bake until gas from the manure rises. Then, use special equipment to clean the gas of its impurities and ship the finished product out.

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