Friday, December 27, 2013

Interesting Uses For Hog Waste

By Lianne Derocco


It is true that hog waste is foul smelling and dirty and annoys people but is also a fact that cannot be avoided in swine farming. Hog waste can also be of help to people however, rather than just a nuisance. Electricity can be produced using hog waste. The waste is contained and the methane gas produced by the waste is extracted and used as a source of fuel, producing electricity. Fertilizers can be made out of the waste, as well, which can help with the production of crops.

Hog waste used as fertilizers are liquefied and this liquid supplies the crops with much needed nutrients. Swine manure is composted and liquefied, making it easy to be applied and spread on the soil efficiently. This is often used in vegetable crops and is a good way to recycle hog waste nutrients in an environment friendly way. Composting is done first because this is the process that biologically breaks down organic matters found in the hog waste.

Swine waste also can be produced into synthetic crude oil, using a process that is currently scientifically studied. Currently, this is a scientific research project that is still in its infancy according to scientists, but is also very promising. Crude oil produced from the process could be a fuel source and also ease the problems of swine producers regarding their hog waste, which would benefit most of us.

Hog waste also can be used as a binding material for asphalt, and there is also a process to do this. The process involves converting the hog waste into asphalt binding materials, and the ultimate results are binding materials that are less costly than petroleum-based binders. The cheaper the asphalt can be made, the cheaper the total cost of the road will be.

Management of hog waste is quite important because an error in management can cause serious complications. Waste lagoons and pits on the hog farm should be contained well because a small leak can lead to great havoc because this can pollute the groundwater in the local area. The treatment and efficient liquefying of the waste lagoons should be done in order to avoid the building up of solid waste matter, which causes excessive odors and foaming.

These problems can be solved however, with natural agricultural waste products available that can help producers with their problems. Products that have natural bacteria that eat away the solid waste formations are these products, and these include products such as Agra Sphere and Lagoon Agra Sphere. Prevention of sludge and crust formations and also eliminating foam formation are objectives, and these are the products that can eat away at solid waste. In addition to liquefying waste, the bacteria in these agricultural waste products also improves the value of the nutrients in the waste, which improves the quality for fertilizers.




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