North Carolina is about to end its decade-long lack of support for new hog waste lagoons. Legislation passed by the state house has earmarked $2 million in fiscal 2008 towards waste management, including lined lagoons. (Typical 4,000 swine farms use a 2.5-acre lined lagoon.) Other legislation and lobbying proposals are pushing for significantly greater funding. North Carolina is the United States’ second-largest hog farming state.

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