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  • From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Poplar trees may be new draw for pig farms
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:22:38 -0600

The factory pig farms are the real problem which needs to be addressed. Finding green solutions for corrupt corporate farming practices seems like a miniscule bandaid for a much larger problem. mIEKAL


On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 12:44 PM, Saor Stetler wrote:

Poplar trees may be new draw for pig farms


Tuesday, December 16, 2003
By Estes Thompson, Associated Press


There are 1,700 inactive lagoons in North Carolina waiting cleanup and 4,500 more lagoons in use. North Carolina ranks second in hog production at 9.6 million animals, behind Iowa at 15 million head.

National Pork Board figures show one animal produces between 8,000 pounds and 64,000 pounds of waste a year, depending on its > development.

Cleaning out a typical lagoon could cost as much as $40,000 an acre, not counting the cost of land on which to spread the sludge. The sludge can't fertilize crops for human consumption. Humenik said the typical lagoon cleanup using the poplars would cost between $15,000 and $20,000 for a lagoon that is two to three acres.





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