Marguerite Tan, director of environmental programs with the National Pork Board, emphasized that every farm should have an emergency action plan in place before an emergency occurs, with all employees properly trained.
Pit foam is a thick layer of methane gas that can build on the surface of deep-pit livestock manure storage systems. Agitated pits are an explosion risk if there’s an ignition source nearby and not properly locked out or tagged out, if applicable, or isolated. Tan says producers should regularly monitor their manure pits.
A wet fall may delay manure application. Part of an emergency action plan is connecting with a regulatory agency for safe application solutions.
Stay safe this harvest season and visit pork checkoff dot org to stay up to date with on-farm resources.
