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Manure gas deaths keep occurring around the world. What can we do to make manure handling safer?

Every year, hundreds of accidents occur on the farm whether it's caused by livestock, tractors, machinery, or mistakes.

As a livestock producer, you may be unfamiliar with the processes involved in complete feed manufacturing. To start this conversation, let's first understand the FSMA and what it means for your feed mill to be in compliance with the FDA.

Adjusting growth rate of meat animals (market pigs, lambs, cattle, and goats) is a useful skill for livestock caretakers of all ages.

Understand the reasons for using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to identify swine in commercial herds and show pigs.

Patience and timing will help you maximize the value of manure applied this spring.

Whether you raise pigs, sheep, goats, or cattle, having an emergency plan for their care is critical for animal welfare and business continuity.

Pricing meat for direct-to-consumer sales.

The control of manure odors is an issue of such complexity that it requires a combination of control strategies.

Properly managing and disposing of dead farm animals is important. Every livestock and poultry operation should have a proper dead stock disposal strategy.

Meat quality begins at the farm level, where a producer's care for the animals plays a crucial role in determining the quality of the meat.

Provides the credentials to meet FDA requirements for development and implementation of a preventive system for food safety as stated within the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations.

Rendering changes and the livestock Industry, basic mortality composting procedures, and the composting process.

Weather can be extremely challenging when it comes to timely manure application. The following principles should be considered when making plans for your next weather-delayed application.

Sam Watson joined the Meat Science Faculty in Penn State's Department of Animal Science.

Learn about when a person is discovered unresponsive in a manure storage pit and the best management practices farmers can take to avoid an emergency on their farm.

Many farm people have never stopped and actually analyzed why animals behave as they do and, more importantly, what this behavior may mean to their own personal safety.

This video provides an overview of the approved methods of animal disposal in Pennsylvania, along with best management practices for each method.

Find out how to estimate homeowner or farmer water needs and calculate how much water must be delivered from a private water supply to meet these needs.

Learn to select the best replacement pigs for your sow herd within a given swine genetic population.

Pasture-based systems for rearing pigs are growing in popularity, but it is not a new approach. This article reviews the relationship of pigs and pasture through history.

This training is required to become a PDA swine health monitor. Volunteers learn roles and responsibilities, rules and regulations, and common signs of disease.

The Barnyard Podcast covers topics for the livestock industry, including general care, health, nutrition, breeding, milking, and marketing. A monthly market update is also published so producers can stay current on state and national trends.

Knowing a little about what is happening to the sow and piglets during farrowing can help farmers better care for their breeding swine herd, and improve piglet care during the birthing process.

In Pennsylvania, livestock slaughtered can be "Inspected" or "Custom." Meat from livestock harvested under custom slaughter is exempt from inspection but cannot be sold, donated, or given away.