Hog Waste Cause Environmental, Socioeconomic Disasters
I have read your article titled, “Hog waste causes environmental, socioeconomic disasters.” I want to give you the correct information about the hog farms here in North Carolina and how they manage their hog’s waste products. These farmers are under attack each day by practices that are required by government in order to have their hog farm. First of all, one farmer can only feed 155 people, there are 7 billion people in the world, the most widely eaten meat in the world is pork, and 37% of the world meat consumption is pork. North Carolina is the second largest producer of hogs in the United States however.
The hogs “waste” is considered to be manure, this manure is full of fertilizers and nutrients that can be used on crops intended for their animal’s consumption, not human consumption. Manure is stored in a lagoon, this must be …show more content…
The swine industry only counts for 0.4% of US Greenhouse Gases, while human waste is 2.2%. Human waste facilities are allowed to dump their waste into our rivers after treated, on the other hand the hog industry are prevented from this practice, hog waste is prevented from leaving their farm.
Finally, there is no way of getting around smelly hogs, many farmers have made windbreakers, farmers plant tree around their farms to keep huge amounts of hog smells from smelling up their communities. Pigs are now farmed in houses which is safer for the environment. The practices used in hog house are removing their manure form the stall and transporting it to a lagoon, this action has reduced the usages of water to 41% per lbs. carcass weight (PLCW), the amount of land used decreased by 78% PLCW and the carbon footprint per lbs. carcass weight decreased by 35% PLCW.
In conclusion the waste from hog farms doesn’t cause the socioeconomic, environmental disasters that you have wrote about in your article. Hog farms have now become safer for our
The hogs “waste” is considered to be manure, this manure is full of fertilizers and nutrients that can be used on crops intended for their animal’s consumption, not human consumption. Manure is stored in a lagoon, this must be …show more content…
The swine industry only counts for 0.4% of US Greenhouse Gases, while human waste is 2.2%. Human waste facilities are allowed to dump their waste into our rivers after treated, on the other hand the hog industry are prevented from this practice, hog waste is prevented from leaving their farm.
Finally, there is no way of getting around smelly hogs, many farmers have made windbreakers, farmers plant tree around their farms to keep huge amounts of hog smells from smelling up their communities. Pigs are now farmed in houses which is safer for the environment. The practices used in hog house are removing their manure form the stall and transporting it to a lagoon, this action has reduced the usages of water to 41% per lbs. carcass weight (PLCW), the amount of land used decreased by 78% PLCW and the carbon footprint per lbs. carcass weight decreased by 35% PLCW.
In conclusion the waste from hog farms doesn’t cause the socioeconomic, environmental disasters that you have wrote about in your article. Hog farms have now become safer for our