The battle between swine producers and their neighbors over the hog production smells may be getting some new technology beyond tree and bush windbreaks. Electrostatic precipitator technology from commercial industries is being tested at Iowa Select Farms.
Source: National Hog Farmer, June 19, 2018. Link.
John Stinn, environmental projects manager, says, “the electrostatic precipitator’s whole purpose is to knock down dust and control dust before it leaves the farm. If we control dust, we control odor. Odor is just a chemical compound, so that chemical has to adhere to a dust particle before it can travel.”
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