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For the past 200 years, Iowa farmers have
been producing food products to feed our growing population.
Because of Iowa's fertile soil, capable producers and excellent
transportation systems, this state flourishes in grain farming
and livestock production.
Today, food production is the economic backbone
of the state, with pork production alone bringing in $12 billion
annually and supplying almost 70,000 jobs to fellow Iowans.
However, with farming comes long hours, farm
machinery that creates noise and dust, slow-moving vehicles and
distribution of livestock manure.
Today, pork producers have made great strides
in reducing odor from their farms. By using concrete manure pits,
planting shelterbelts, utilizing feed additives and injecting
manure into the soil, producers are drastically reducing odors
from their farms.
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75% of the pork producers in
Iowa utilize concrete or other formed manure storage structures |
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70% of the manure generated
is incorporated below the soil surface near plant roots |
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