Animal Waste Control
Newest waste control technology implemented at giant hog farms, thanks to Nixon
A worker in Gentry County processes and disinfects hog waste in a pilot project to eliminate pathogens and make water safe for drinking.
Agricultural giant Premium Standard Farms will spend millions of dollars to implement the latest in animal waste control technology to reduce odor and pollution at its hog farms in northern Missouri. The farms contain hundreds of thousands of hogs.
Agriculture and Environment Division attorneys obtained a consent judgment that is the next step in a landmark 1999 court order which binds the company to research, develop and install “next generation” swine waste control technologies.
Under the order, PSF was required to begin construction on a multimillion dollar waste plant to process hog waste into commercial grade fertilizer. PSF also paid $332,200 to area schools as part of the judgment.
The 1999 order already has resulted in a wastewater treatment plant — the country's largest at a hog farm — that has reduced the land application of hog waste and nitrogen by 90 percent.
Animal Waste Control Headlines
Nixon agreement with Smithfield will protect jobs, farmers and the environment; MU to receive $250K in scholarships
Jefferson City, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon has reached an agreement with Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest hog producer, that will protect jobs in north central Missouri, preserve contracts with Missouri farmers, keep intact groundbreaking technology to protect the environment and establish $250,000 in scholarships for students at the University of Missouri.
June 13, 2007
Nixon obtains judgment for RES to pay record penalties for past odor violations; public nuisance lawsuit continues
Carthage, Mo. — A Carthage turkey-processing facility that repeatedly violated state odor regulations will pay $100,000 in civil penalties under a consent judgment obtained today by Attorney General Jay Nixon, the largest amount ever obtained in Missouri for an odor case.
June 27, 2006
Nixon sues RES for penalties over odor, permit violations at Carthage turkey-processing facility
Linn, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon today filed a lawsuit (PDF file. 42K) against Renewable Environmental Solutions (RES) for repeated violations of both state odor regulations and its permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Nixon is asking the Jasper County Circuit Court to order RES to pay penalties for the violations at its Carthage facility, which processes turkey parts. The MDNR cited RES six times for odor violations between March and August 2005 and referred the company to Nixon’s office for legal action on Jan. 3, 2006.
January 11, 2006
Nixon obtains court order requiring cleanup of more than 100 tons of rotting poultry at defunct processing plant
Cassville, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon has obtained a restraining order directing the owner of a Barry County poultry processing facility to clean up an estimated 250,000 pounds of chicken parts that have been rotting since the facility closed its doors in late September. October 14, 2005
Attorney General Nixon obtains court order for RES to make upgrades to curb foul odor from Carthage plant
Carthage, Mo. — In a court order (PDF file 36K) obtained by Attorney General Jay Nixon, Renewable Environmental Solutions will upgrade the emission-control equipment in its Carthage processing facility and take necessary steps to eliminate odors that residential neighbors said smelled like rotting or burned meat and chlorine. May 6, 2005
Nixon, city of Carthage file public nuisance suit against RES for failure to control foul odors coming from plant
Carthage, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon and the city of Carthage today announced a lawsuit filed in Jasper County Circuit Court against Renewable Environmental Solutions for failure to abate a public nuisance — namely, a foul odor that area residents have found intolerable. April 13, 2005
New agreement over hog facilities will use millions more in latest technology to manage waste; schools to get $332,000
Jefferson City, Mo. — Agricultural giants Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Conti-Group Cos. (CGC) will spend millions of dollars more to implement the latest animal waste control technology at all their farms to help reduce odor and pollution from their hog facilities in northern Missouri, Attorney General Jay Nixon said today. The requirements for next generation technology at the facilities are in a consent judgment ( 75K) with Nixon signed today by Jackson County Circuit Judge Preston Dean II. February 17, 2006
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