Waste Not
The Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center converts animal by-products into value-added solutions.
North Carolina ranks consistently in the top three states producing turkeys, broilers and hogs in the nation. The food animal industry employs tens of thousands of North Carolinians involved in raising, feeding and supporting production. NC State’s Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center is on the forefront of animal waste management by developing infrastructure, training and innovative approaches to covert animal by-products into value-added solutions for producers and the industry.
In collaboration with the North Carolina Food Animal Initiative, we develop knowledge and waste management options to enhance the animal production industries in North Carolina and the nation, and improve the environment and quality of life for all citizens.
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Lastest Food Animal News
New USDA Report Explores the Economics of Precision Agriculture in Dairy Farming
Zach Raff, assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics, discusses trends in precision dairy farming and how the technology is impacting the profitability of the dairy industry in a new report.
Excrement Enterprise
There’s an on-farm product that’s full of potential to those with a waste-not, want-not approach – animal and poultry feces. Mahmoud Sharara, director of NC State University’s Animal and Poultry Waste Management Center (APWMC), says this digestion by-product can be the key to creating bespoke self-sustaining farm systems, biofuels, offering profit-savings and revenue-enhancing streams for farmers.
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After earning a bachelor’s degree in animal science, Madison Turano is applying her animal care and nutrition knowledge through a job training program at Perdue Farms.