Environmental Stewardship

Sustainability in Pig Farming

Raising livestock takes specialized care. With advancements in technology and continued innovation, raising pigs is becoming more sustainable every year. Farmers use practices like manure management and crop rotation to maintain soil health. Additionally, planting crops and harnessing renewable energy helps to reduce their carbon footprint.

Protecting Our Waterways

Water quality is important to every Iowan.

Many farmers use cover crops and no-till farming practices to ensure soil and nutrients stay in fields, where they need them, and out of waterways. Coupled with active monitoring practices, farmers are constantly reviewing and revising their practices to maintain safe soil and water.

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Pig farmers reviewing soil sample results on the back of a pickup.

Manure Management

Manure is more than just animal waste. Packed with essential nutrients, manure is used to replenish the soil as a natural fertilizer and grow next year’s crop.

Farmers use advanced technology to analyze nutrient profiles in both manure and soil. Then, the manure is applied only to the places it’s needed in the field. This precision application process ensures those valuable nutrients don't go to waste.

This process is outlined in each Iowa pig farmers’ manure management plan.

Conservation & Air Quality

Repurposing waste as fertilizer, planting crops that remove carbon from the air and utilizing renewable energy sources are just a few of the many ways farmers practice conservation.

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Manure Management

Environmental Stewardship for Future Generations

Advancements in Technology and Innovation on the Farm

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Caring for Community

Iowa’s hard-working pig farmers have been here for generations, and are proud to provide jobs, support local businesses and help keep our communities thriving.

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Caring for Animals

Every day, Iowa’s hard-working pig farmers are driven by a strong sense of responsibility to the animals entrusted to their care – ensuring that pigs thrive, because it’s the right thing to do – and because farmers love what they do.

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Iowa's pig farmers work day in and day out to care for the environment, our animals and our communities.

By providing programs and resources for all Iowans, IPPA is dedicated to the state, and especially to rural Iowa.

IPPA is committed to serving Iowa's pork producers with education, information and research.

IPPA has many types of memberships. Find the one right for you.

Environmental Stewardship

Protecting Our Waterways

Learn more about water quality and maintenance in Iowa

Manure Management

Conservation & Air Quality

Hear more about conservation and
environmental care from the farmers themselves.

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Iowa's pig farmers work day in and day out to care for the environment, our animals and our communities.

By providing programs and resources for all Iowans, IPPA is dedicated to the state, and especially to rural Iowa.

IPPA is committed to serving Iowa's pork producers with education, information and research.

IPPA has many types of memberships. Find the one right for you.

Environmental Stewardship

Protecting Our Waterways

Learn more about water quality and maintenance in Iowa

Manure Management

Conservation & Air Quality

Hear more about conservation and environmental care from the farmers themselves.

Ready to Learn More?

Hear more about conservation and
environmental care from the farmers themselves.