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From Ohio AgNet:
MVP Dairy* named 2021 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winner | The award was received MVP's commitment to sustainability, including regenerative farming practices that recharge the soil, promote biodiversity, sequester carbon and efficiently use natural resources, as well as its animal care.  |  Article

*MVP Dairy will host the 2021 Manure Science Review | Details

Emergency order filed to stop leakage of manure into Ohio stream | The Ohio Attorney General issued a temporary restraining order to a Clermont County dairy farmer for failure clean up a manure storage pond overflow that has resulted in animals standing in up to a foot of manure and fish kills.  |  Article

From LPELC:
Free webinar: Hunkering Down for Extreme Events | June 18 at 2:30 pm (EDT) | Three speakers will discuss how to prepare for extreme weather events or supply chain disruptions and how these can affect mortality management and water quality.  |  Details

Call for abstracts: Waste to Worth 2022 | The Ohio State University will be hosting this national conference, which will be held at Maumee Bay Lodge. The conference  brings together the nation’s best science on animal agriculture to address water quality, air quality, soil health, manure storage and treatments systems, and much more.  |  Call for abstract details

From Biogas News:
Farmer shows pig industry the benefits of renewables | A North Carolina contract grower has continued to improve its 1 million gallon manure storage lagoon ‘turned anaerobic digester’, increasing biogas production.  |  Article

From Morning AgClips:
Wisconsin sheriff thanks ‘Bovine Unit’ after cows confront car police had chased for 13 miles | The headline says it all!  |  Article