Feasibility of hoop structures for market swine in Iowa: Pig performance, pig environment, and budget analysis

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 869-874

  Honeyman, Mark S ^a   Harmon, Jay D ^a   Kliebenstein, James B ^a   Richard, Thomas L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative swine production; Animal housing; Bedded swine housing; Hoop structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; COSTS; ECONOMICS; MANURES; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

ALTERNATIVE SWINE PRODUCTION; ANIMAL HOUSING; HOOP STRUCTURES;

FARM BUILDINGS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEDDING; COMPOSTING; HOOPS; MANURE; SHELTERS; SWINE; WEATHER;

EID: 0035502772     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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1. ISU Swine Enterprise Records Program
2. ISU Swine Business Record Program
3. ISU Swine Business Record Program
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10. Sustainability issues of U.S. swine production
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12. Eliminating waste: Strategies for sustainable manure management
13. Effect of windrow turning and seasonal temperatures on composting of hog manure from hoop structures
14. Carbon, nutrient and mass loss during composting