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Large-Scale Swine Production Facilities

A bibliography compiled in 1997 by
Illinois Citizens for Responsible Practices



No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.
- Voltaire


1. Documents

Arkansas. Department of Pollution Control and Ecology. Regulation No. 5: Liquid Animal Waste Management Systems, July 1992.

Illinois. Livestock Management Facilities Act (HB 3151), 1996.
...Amended (House Bill 1547), 1997.

Iowa. Corporate or Partnership Farming Law (Iowa Code chapter 9H), 1993.

Iowa. Livestock Regulation Act (House File 519), 1995.

Iowa. Livestock Regulation Act (Senate File 2220), 1996.

Kansas. Corporate Hog Farming (Senate Bill 554), 1994.

Minnesota. Court of Appeals (C2-95-2479)...Danville Township interim ordinance upheld.

Minnesota. Lincoln Township Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Order, 1995.

Minnesota. Livestock Regulations. Renville County.

Minnesota. Amendment to Rice County Feedlot Ordinance, 1996.

Missouri. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, 1996.

Missouri. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20, 1995.

North Carolina. Zoning/Intensive Hog Operations (House Bill 523), 1995.

North Carolina. Moratoria on Construction or Expansion of Swine Farms (House Bill 515), 1997.

Oklahoma, Animal Feeding Operations, 1997.

South Carolina. Confined Swine Feeding Operations (H.3446), 1996. [Summary] [Full Text]

Wisconsin. Animal Waste Management, DNR Chapter 243, 1984.



2. Secondary Sources

General

Aiken, J. David, Annette M. Higby, and Nancy L. Thompson. A Farmer's Handbook on Livestock Regulation in Nebraska. Nebraska Pork Producers Association and the Center for Rural Affairs, 1994.

Barkema, Alan and Michael L. Cook. "The changing U.S. pork industry: A dilemma for public policy," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2Q/93): 49-65.

Bartz, Merlin E. A Report to the Iowa Senate Agriculture, Judiciary, and Commerce Committees: The Similarities and Differences between Iowa and North Carolina in the Production of Livestock. Unpublished report based on Iowa State Senator Bartz's recent visit to large-scale swine production facilities in North Carolina, 1996.

Breimyer, Harold F. "Megafarms and Rural America." Unpublished paper presented at the Public Policy Forum on Hog Farm Issues (University of Missouri-Columbia), July 25, 1994.

Breimyer, Harold F. "The Structure of Livestock Production - Overview of the Issues." Unpublished paper presented at the Conference on Livestock Production for Sustainable Rural Communities (Kansas City, Missouri), October 28, 1994.

Cecelski, David and Mary Lee Kerr. "Hog Wild: How Corporate Hog Operations Are Slaughtering Family Farms and Poisoning the Rural South," Southern Exposure XX, 3 (Fall 1992): 9-15.

Charandura, Bridgit. "Large-Scale Swine Production: The economic, environmental and social implications." Unpublished paper prepared for a college-level economics course.

DeLind, Laura B. "The State, Hog Hotels, and the Right to Farm: A Curious Relationship," Agriculture and Human Values 12, 3 (1995): 34-44.

Field, E. "Hogs R Us?" Illinois Issues 22, 4 (1996): 16-21.

Hamilton, Neil. "Agriculture Without Farmers," Successful Farming (April 1994): 28-29.

Henderson, Dennis R. "Vertical Ties in the Agro-Food System." Unpublished paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (Newark, Delaware), June 27-29, 1994.

Henderson, Harold. "Money...Hogs," Chicago Reader 26, 30 (May 2, 1997).

Hurt, Chris. "Industrialization in the pork industry," Choices 9, 4 (4Q/94): 9-13.

Illinois Agronomy Handbook, 1995-1996. Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois College of Agriculture, 1994.

Illinois Chapter - Soil and Water Conservation Society Position Paper. Soil, Water, and Other Natural Resource Concerns Related to Livestock Megafacilities, August 12, 1996.

Johnson, Bruce. "Corporate restrictions in U.S. production agriculture: Economic implications," Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (1995): 21-26.

Koenigs, Deo. North Carolina Trip to Hog Heaven (July 13-19, 1996). Unpublished trip report of Iowa State Representative Koenigs' recent visit to large-scale swine production facilities in North Carolina.

Meatpacking Industry Changes: Causes and Consequences. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, 1994.

Pound, E. T. "Hog Heaven-and-Hell - Pig Farming Has Gone High Tech and That's Creating New Pollution Woes," U.S. News & World Report (January 22, 1996): 55-60.

"The Power of Pork," The News & Observer [Raleigh, North Carolina]," March 19, 1995. Pulitzer Prize winning series of articles on large-scale swine production facilities in North Carolina. http://www.nando.net/sproject/hogs/hoghome.html

Rhodes, V. James. "The industrialization of hog production," Review of Agricultural Economics 17, 2 (May 1995): 107-118.

Smith, Stewart. "Is There Farming in Agriculture's Future? The Impact of Biotechnology." Unpublished paper presented to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Lecture Series, University of Vermont, 1991 (Revised October 1992).

St John, Ronald Bruce. "Illinois needs tougher hog factory rules." The Register Mail [Galesburg, Illinois]. September 16, 1997.

St John, Ronald Bruce. "Mega-farms take jobs, income from area." The Register Mail [Galesburg, Illinois]. September 17, 1997.

St John, Ronald Bruce. "State lags behind neighbors in regulation of mega-farms." The Register Mail [Galesburg, Illinois]. September 18, 1997.

Stout, Cherry Brieser. "How Illinois' New Manure Management Laws Will Affect You," Prairie Farmer (September 1996): 24.

Stout, Cherry Brieser. "The Rise of Super-size Swine Farms in Illinois," Prairie Farmer (September 1996): 8-15.

Thu, Kendall and E. Paul Durrenberger. "Industrial Agricultural Development: An Anthropological Review of Iowa's Swine Industry," Unpublished paper presented at The National Association for Rural Mental 20th Annual Conference (Des Moines, Iowa), July 1-4, 1994.

Thu, Kendall and E. Paul Durrenberger. "Iowa and North Carolina's Hog Industry: The Rest of the Story." University of Iowa. Unpublished paper, n.d.

Thu, Kendall and E. Paul Durrenberger. "North Carolina's Hog Industry: The Rest of the Story," Culture and Agriculture 49 (Spring 1994): 20-23.

Thu, Kendall and E. Paul Durrenberger. "Our Changing Swine Industry and Signals of Discontent," Iowa Groundwater Quarterly 5, 4 (December 1994): 5-7.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Concentration in Agriculture: A Report of the USDA Advisory Committee on Agricultural Concentration. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1996.

Vitousek, Peter M. Beyond Global Warming: Ecology and Global Change. The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture (Madison, Wisconsin), August 2, 1993.


Contract Production

Hamilton, Neil D. "Agriculture Without Farmers? Is Industrialization Restructuring American Food Production and Threatening the Future of Sustainable Agriculture?" Northern Illinois University Law Review 14, 3 (Summer 1994): 613-657.

Hamilton, Neil D. "State Regulation of Agricultural Production Contracts," The University of Memphis Law Review 25, 3 (Spring 1995): 1051-1106.

Hamilton, Neil D. "Why Own the Farm If You Can Own the Farmer (and the Crop)?: Contract Production and Intellectual Property Protection of Grain Crops," Nebraska Law Review 73, 1 (1994): 48-103.

Ikerd, John E. "The Economic Impacts of Increased Contract Swine Production in Missouri: Another Viewpoint." Unpublished paper, 1994.

Phillips, Jim. "Shakeup in the Swine Industry," Progressive Farmer Midwest (January 1995): 42-45.

Wind-Norton, Laura and James Kliebenstein. "Size and Growth of Contract Hog Production in Iowa." Department of Economics Staff Paper No. 256. Iowa State University, 1994.

Wind-Norton, Laura and James Kliebenstein. "Motivations, Attitudes, and Expectations of Growers, Contractors, and Independent Hog Producers in Iowa." Department of Economics Staff Paper No. 255. Iowa State University, 1994.


Economic Development & Economic Efficiency

Benjamim, Gary L. "Industrialization in hog production: Implications for Midwest agriculture," Economic Perspectives (January/February 1997): 2-13.

Bridson, Randy. "Farmers Wary of Mega Hog Farms Despite Economic Infusion; Jobs," FarmWeek (August 29, 1994): 2.

Chism, John Wade. "Local Spending Patterns for Farm Business in Southwest Minnesota." Unpublished Masters Thesis, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics [St. Paul, Minnesota]. September 1993.

Chism, John W. and Richard A. Levins. "Farm Spending and Local Selling: How Do They Match Up?" Minnesota Agricultural Economist 676 (Spring 1994): 1-4.

Chism, John W. and Dary Talley. "Local Spending Patterns of Mountain Lake Area Farmers." Unpublished paper, September 1993.

"Corporate Farming Boosts Pigs, But Not Pork Producers, in North Carolina." Center for Rural Affairs [Walthill, Nebraska] Special Report (Spring 1994).

DiPietre, Dennis D. "Access to Markets." Unpublished paper, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1995.

DiPietre, Dennis D. and Carl Watson. The Economic Effect of Premium Standard Farms on Missouri. University Extension Commercial Agriculture Program. University of Missouri, Columbia, 1994.

Duffy, Michael. "Are We Out of Control?" Unpublished paper, Iowa State University, 1995.

Duffy, Michael. "In Hogs Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better," Iowa Farm Business Association News, June 1994.

Durrenberger, E. Paul and Kendall M. Thu. "The Expansion of Large Scale Hog Farming in Iowa: The Applicability of Goldschmidt's Findings Fifty Years Later." Unpublished paper, 1995.

"Farrow to Finish State Summary," 1995 Iowa State University Swine Enterprise Record. Iowa State University Extension, 1996.

Goldschmidt, Walter. "A Tale of Two Towns." In The People's Island, ed. P. Barnes. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1975.

Good, K. et al. "Comparative Costs of Hog Production in the Midwest and North Carolina." Unpublished paper presented at the Pork Global Competitiveness Seminar, St. Louis, Missouri, January 9, 1995.

Heffernan, William D. "Agricultural Profits: Who Gets Them Now, and Who Will in the Future?" Proceedings from the Fourth Annual Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Conference (August 4, 1994), Iowa State University.

Ikerd, John E. "The Economic Impacts of Increased Contract Swine Production in Missouri: Another Viewpoint." Unpublished paper, 1994.

Ikerd, John E. et al. Potential Local Economic Impacts of Alternative Farming Systems: A Case Study. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1995.

Langemeier, M. R. and T. C. Schroeder. "Economies of Size for Farrow-To-Finish Hog Production in Kansas," Swine Day (1993).

Lasley, Paul. "Economic Development." In Understanding the Impacts of Large-Scale Swine Production: Proceedings from an Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop, edited by Kendall Thu [Associate Director, Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health], 117-151. Des Moines, Iowa, June 29-30, 1995.

"North Carolina Courts Corporate Farming...While Nebraska Builds on Mid-Sized Family Farms," Center for Rural Affairs Special Report [Walthill, Nebraska], June 1995.

Thornsbury, Suzanne, S. Murthy Kambhampaty, and David Kenyon. "Economic Impact of a Swine Complex in Southside Virginia." Unpublished paper.

Thu, Kendall M. "Piggeries and Politics: Rural Development and Iowa's Multibillion Dollar Swine Industry," Culture and Agriculture 53 (1995/96): 19-23.


Environment

Hamilton, Neil D. "Current Issues in Environmental Law Impacting Agriculture." Presentation to the Ag Law Update 1993 Teleconference, December 9, 1993.

Hatfield, J. L. "Environmental implications of livestock production." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52, 5 (September-October 1997): 312-313.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Understanding the Pollution Potential of Livestock Waste. Springfield: Division of Water Pollution Control, 1991.

Kerr, Larry, et al. "Chronic Copper Poisoning in Sheep Grazing Pastures Fertilized with Swine Manure," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 198 (1991): 99-101.

"Livestock and the Environment: A Report from the Nebraska Livestock Task Force." Walthill, Nebraska: Center for Rural Affairs, June 1995.

Melvin, Stewart, rapporteur. "Air Quality." In Understanding the Impacts of Large-Scale Swine Production: Proceedings from an Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop," edited by Kendall Thu [Associate Director, Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health], 47-69. Des Moines, Iowa, June 29-30, 1995.

Miller, Stauffer. "Copper Poisoning in Sheep Grazing in Pastures Fertilized with Chicken Litter," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 173 (1978).

Noble, Martha L. "Selected Topics: Agriculture and Environmental Law." National Center for Agricultural Law Research & Information, School of Law, University of Arkansas, n.d.

Strauch, D. and G. Ballarini. "Hygienic Aspects of the Production and Agricultural Use of Animal Wastes," Journal of Veterinary Medicine 41 (1994): 176-228.



Groundwater Contamination & Runoff

Boyle, R. H. "Phantom," Natural History Journal (February 1996): 16-19.

Boyle, R. H. "The Phantom Strikes," Outdoor Life (January 1996): 24.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. "Spontaneous Abortions Possibly Related to Ingestion of Nitrate-Contaminated Well Water - LaGrange County, Indiana." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 45 (1996): 569-572.

Forrest, Clyde W. and Robert Olshansky. Groundwater Protection by Local Government. Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 1993.

Goetsch, W. D., D. P. McKenna, and T. J. Bicki. Statewide Survey for Agricultural Chemicals in Rural, Private Water-Supply Wells in Illinois. Bureau of Environmental Programs, Illinois Department of Agriculture, 1992.

Jackson, Laura, L. rapporteur. "Water Quality." In Understanding the Impacts of Large-Scale Swine Production: Proceedings from an Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop, edited by Kendall Thu [Associate Director, Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health], 11-45. Des Moines, Iowa, June 29-30, 1995.

Libra, Robert D. and Deborah J. Quade. "Status Report on Groundwater Monitoring at Earthern Manure Storage Structures." Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey Bureau, March 1995.

McIssac, G. F., et al. "Dissolved Phosphorus Concentrations in Runoff From Simulated Rainfall on Corn and Soybean Tillage Systems," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 50, 4 (1995): 383-388.

"New Problem with Hog Manure," Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa), September 19, 1996.

Schulle, Dennis D. "Oral Testimony to be Given to the Missouri Clean Water Commission." Unpublished paper (Trenton, Missouri), August 31, 1994.

Sharpley, Andrew, et al. "Determining Environmentally Sound Soil Phosphorus Levels," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 51, 2 (1996): 160-166.



Lagoons

"Boss Hog and the Power of Pork," Center for Rural Affairs [Walthill, Nebraska] (July 1995): 3-4.

Funk, Ted, Georgios Bartzis, and Jonathan Treagust. Designing and Managing Livestock Waste Lagoons in Illinois. Urbana-Champaign: College of Agriculture, 1993.

Huffman, R. L. and P. W. Westerman. "Estimated Seepage Losses from Established Swine Waste Lagoons in the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina," Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 38, 2 (1995): 449-453.

McCurdy, M. and K. McSweeney. "The Origin and Identification of Macropores in an Earthern-Lined Dairy Manure Storage Basin," Journal of Environmental Quality 22 (1993): 148-154.

Stith, P. and J. Warrick. "New Studies Show That Lagoons Are Leaking," The News & Observer [Raleigh, North Carolina], February 19, 1995.

"25-m. Gal. Hog Lagoon Spill Became a Major Media Event," LandOwner 17, 10 (July 10, 1995): 2.

Warrrick, Joby and Pat Smith. "New Studies Show That Lagoons Are Leaking," Image The News and Observer Publishing Company (February 19, 1995): 33-46.



Local Community - Social Issues

Cecelski, David and Mary Lee Kerr. "Hog Wild: How Corporate Hog Operations Are Slaughtering Family Farms and Poisoning the Rural South," Southern Exposure XX, 3 (Fall 1992): 9-15.

Chism, John W. and Richard A. Levins. "Farm Spending and Local Selling: How Do They Match Up?" Minnesota Agricultural Economist 676 (Spring 1994): 1-4.

DeLind, Laura. "Social Consequences of Intensive Swine Production: Some Effects of "Community Conflict." Unpublished paper prepared for the workshop Understand the Impacts of Large Scale Swine Production: An Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop (June 29-30, 1995), Des Moines, Iowa.

Donham, Kelley J. and Kendall M. Thu. "Relationships of Agricultural and Economic Policy to the Health of Farm Families, Livestock, and the Environment," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 202, 7 (April 1993): 1084-1091.

Flora, Cornelia Butler and Jan L. Flora. "Assessing Community Effects of Large-Scale Hog Confinement Systems." Unpublished paper prepared for the workshop Understanding the Impacts of Large-scale Swine Production: An Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop (June 29-30, 1995), Des Moines, Iowa.

Heffernan, William D. "Social Consequences of Factory Hog Production Systems." Unpublished paper prepared for the workshop Understanding the Impacts of Large-scale Swine Production: An Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop (June 29-30, 1995), Des Moines, Iowa.

Palmquist, Raymond B., Fritz M. Roka, and Tomislav Vukina. The Effect of Environmental Impacts from Swine Operations on Surrounding Residential Property Values. North Carolina State University (Department of Economics), 1995.

Schiffman, Susan S. et al. "The Effect of Environmental Odors Emanating From Commercial Swine Operations on the Mood of Nearby Residents," Brain Research Bulletin 37, 4 (1995): 369-375.

Thompson, P. and B. A. Stout. Beyond the Large Farm: Ethics and Research Goals for Agriculture. Boulder: Westview Press, 1991.

Thu, Kendall M., rapporteur. "Social Issues." In Understanding the Impacts of Large-Scale Swine Production: Proceedings from an Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop, edited by Kendall Thu [Associate Director, Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health], 71-116. Des Moines, Iowa, June 29-30, 1995.

Thu, Kendall M. and E. Paul Durrenberger. "North Carolina's Hog Industry: The Rest of the Story," Culture and Agriculture 49 (Spring 1994): 20-23.

Thu, Kendall M., K. Donham, R. Ziegenhorn, S. Reynolds, P. S. Thorne, P. Subramanian, P. Whitten, J. Stookesberry. "A Control Study of the Physical and Mental Health of Residents Living Near a Large-scale Swine Operation," Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 31, 1 (1997): 13-26.



Odor

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Background Paper Regarding: Odor Control Regulations and Technology for Large-scale Livestock Operations in Illinois. December 1994.

Kiefhaefer, M. et al. "Cross Seasonal Studies of Airborne Microbial Populations and Environment in Swine Buildings: Implications for Worker and Animal Health," Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2 (1995): 37-44.

Melvin, Stewart, rapporteur. "Air Quality." In Understanding the Impacts of Large-Scale Swine Production: Proceedings from an Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop, edited by Kendall Thu [Associate Director, Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health], 47-69. Des Moines, Iowa, June 29-30, 1995.

Schiffman, Susan S. "Measurement of Environmental Odors Emanating from Commercial Swine Operations." Unpublished paper presented at the North Carolina Pork Producers Conference (Fayetteville, North Carolina) January 10-11, 1995.

Schiffman, Susan S. et al. "The Effect of Environmental Odors Emanating From Commercial Swine Operations on the Mood of Nearby Residents," Brain Research Bulletin 37, 4 (1995): 369-375.

Spoelstra, S. F. "Origin of Objectionable Odorous Components in Piggery Wastes and the Possibility of Applying Indicator Components for Studying Odor Development," Agriculture and Environment 5 (1980): 241-260.


Real Estate Values

"Impact of Megafarms Is Property Rights Issue," Successful Farming (August 1995).

Noble, Martha L. Selling Real Estate: The Property's "Environmental Status" [Ag Law Update: 1993 Teleconference]. College of Law, University of Toledo. Unpublished paper, 1993.

Palmquist, Raymond B., Fritz M. Roka, and Tomislav Vukina. The Effect of Environmental Impacts from Swine Operations on Surrounding Residential Property Values. North Carolina State University (Department of Economics), 1995.

Palmquist, Raymond B., Fritz M. Roka, and Tomislav Vukina, "Hog Operations, Environmental Effects, and Residential Property Values," Land Economics (February 1997).

Taff, Steven J., Douglas G. Tiffany, and Sanford Weisberg. Measured Effects of Feedlots on Residential Property Values in Minnesota: A Report to the Legislature. University of Minnesota. Unpublished paper. June 1995. Also see Loren Haskins, Feedlots and Property Values: Some Comments on the Paper (Carlton College, 1996), for an enlightening critique of the methodology and conclusions of the highly controversial report by Taff, Tiffany, and Weisberg.



Siting & Zoning

Aiken, J. David. "Rural Zoning and Livestock Operations." Unpublished paper presented at the Livestock Production for Sustainable Rural Communities Conference (Kansas City, Missouri), October 29, 1994.

James Duncan and Associates. Planning and Zoning for Animal Agriculture in Minnesota: A Handbook for Local Government. Minnesota Department of Agriculture, 1996.

Hamilton, Neil D. "Understanding Zoning: Local Land Use Controls and Livestock Production." In A Livestock Producer's Legal Guide to Nuisance, Land Use Control, and Environmental Law (Des Moines: Drake University Agricultural Law Center, 1992).



Waste Management

Boyd, W. H. "Agricultural Waste Management Planning," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Nutrient Management Special Supplement (1994): 53-57.

"Copper Poisoning in Sheep Grazing Pastures Fertilized with Chicken Litter," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 173, 12 (December 1978).

Davis, Jessica G., Monica Young, and Bret Ahnstedt. "Soil characteristics of cropland fertilized with feedlot manure in the South Platte river basin of Colorado." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52, 5 (September-October 1997): 327-331,

Favero, Philip and Charles Abdalla. "Creating workable implementation rules to meet the complexities of manure management: Pennsylvania's Nutrient Management Law." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52, 5 (September-October 1997): 320-322.

Funk, Ted. "Manure Storage and Land Requirements for Application at Agronomic Rates." Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois, 1995.

Hoban, J. and W. B. Clifford. "Livestock and Poultry Producers' Waste Management Practices and Attitudes in North Carolina." In Animal Waste and the Land-Water Interface, edited by K. Steele. Boca Raton: CRC Lewis Publishers, 1995.

Hoban, Thomas J., William B. Clifford, Michael Futreal, and Marybe McMillan. "North Carolina producers' adoption of waste management practices." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 52, 5 (September-October 1997): 332-339.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Understanding the Pollution Potential of Livestock Waste. Springfield: IEPA, 1991.

Kerr, Larry A. and H. Donald McGavin. "Chronic Copper Poisoning in Sheep Grazing Pastures Fertilized with Swine Manure," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 198, 1 (January 1991): 99-101.

Letson, David and Noel Gollehon, "Confined animal production and the manure problem," Choices 11, 3 (3Q/96): 18-21 & 24.

"Manure Facts," Center for Rural Affairs Newsletter [Walthill, Nebraska] (September 1995): 1.

"Manure Management in the European Pork Industry." Center for Rural Affairs Newsletter [Walthill, Nebraska] (August 1994): 3.

Mclsaac, G. F., J. K. Mitchell, and M. C. Hirschi, "Dissolved phosphorus concentrations in runoff from simulated rainfall on corn and soybean tillage systems," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 50, 4 (July-August 1995): 383-387.

Nelson, Darrell W. and Charles A. Shapiro. Fertilizing Crops with Animal Manure. Nebraska Cooperative Extension, 1994.

Pierce, Carroll and Dennis Ramsey. "Regulation of animal waste - The North Carolina experience." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52, 5 (September-October 1997): 323-326.

Shapiro, Charles A. "Agronomic Considerations in Utilizing Animal By-Products."

Paper presented at the Agricultural Research Development Center Symposium (University of Nebraska), October 9-10, 1995.

Sharpley, Andrew, T. C. Daniel, J. T. Sims, and D. H. Pote. "Determining environmentally sound soil phosphorus levels," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (March-April 1996): 160-166.

Sutton, Alan L. "Proper Animal Manure Utilization," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Nutrient Management Special Supplement (1994): 65-70.

Van Dyne, Donald L. and J. Alan Weber. "Biogas Production from Animal Manures: What Is the Potential?" Industrial Uses (December 1994): 20-26.

Warrick, Joby and Pat Smith. "Heavy Metal Deposits in the Soil Pose a New Concern for Farmers," The News & Observer [Raleigh, North Carolina], September 17, 1995.



Worker Health

Cain, Steve. "Diseases You Can Catch from Your Livestock," Farming Magazine (September/October 1996).

Donham, Kelley J. "Physical Health Consequences of Intensive Swine Confinement Production on Workers." Unpublished paper presented at The National Association for Rural Mental Health 20th Annual Conference (Des Moines, Iowa), July 3, 1994.

Donham, Kelley J. "Respiratory Disease Hazards to Workers in Livestock and Poultry Confinement Structures," Seminars in Respiratory Medicine 14, 1 (January 1993): 49-58.

Donham, Kelley J. and Joel R. Leininger. "Animal Studies of Potential Chronic Lung Disease of Workers in Swine Confinement Buildings," American Journal of Veterinary Research 45, 5 (1984): 926-931.

Donham, Kelley J. and William J. Popendorf. "Ambient Levels of Selected Gases Inside Swine Confinement Buildings," American Industrial Hygiene Association 46, 11 (November 1985): 658-661.

Donham, Kelley J. and Kendall M. Thu. "Relationships of Agricultural and Economic Policy to the Health of Farm Families, Livestock, and the Environment," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 202, 7 (April 1993): 1084-1091.

Donham, Kelley J. et at. "Potential Health Hazards to Agricultural Workers in Swine Confinement Buildings," Journal of Occupational Medicine 19, 6 (June 1977): 383-387.

Donham, Kelley J. et al. "Respiratory Dysfunction in Swine Production Facility Workers: Dose-Response Relationships of Environmental Exposures and Pulmonary Function," American Journal of Industrial Medicine 27 (1995): 405-418.

Essen, Susanna Von. "Health Effects of Work in Swine Confinement Units." Unpublished paper, n.d.

Hradek, Carol. Livestock Confinement Dusts and Gases. Agricultural Respiratory Hazards Education Series, Unit 4. Iowa State University. Cooperative Extension Service, 1986.

Rylander, Ragnar, et al. "Effects of Exposure to Dust in Swine Confinement Buildings - A Working Group Report, Scandinavian Journal of Worker Environmental Health (1989): 309-312.

Strauch, D. and G. Ballarini. "Hygienic Aspects of the Production and Agricultural Use of Animal Wastes," Journal of Veterinary Medicine 41 (1994): 176-228.

Thorne, Peter S. "Occupational Health." In Understanding the Impacts of Large-Scale Swine Production: Proceedings from an Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop, edited by Kendall Thu [Associate Director, Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health], 47-69. Des Moines, Iowa, June 29-30, 1995.