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In Pennsylvania, Montauk Renewables, Inc. has acquired privately-held NR3, LLC, (NR3) a pioneering environmental technology and renewable energy company, based in Greensboro, NC, that specializes in the recovery, refining, and recycling of natural resources from the waste streams of modern agriculture. Montauk, historically focused on the environmental compliance and recovery of methane from landfills, commissioned its first agriculture waste-to-energy cluster project in August 2020. The Company believes the NR3 acquisition could be transformative in expanding its focus on decarbonization projects and the remediation of environmental and social issues surrounding industrial agriculture in underserved communities.
As a result of the acquisition, Montauk will look to exclusively deploy specialized, patent-pending, near-zero-emissions technology of NR3, which, through a commercially proven process, converts animal and agriculture waste into forms of environmentally friendly, 100% org
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Feb 25, 2021
National Pork Producer Council (NPPC) announced it has added two staff members to its Washington, D.C. office.
Jack Frye was hired as manager of congressional relations, joining Andrew Fisher as NPPC’s two lead Capitol Hill lobbyists. He most recently managed the National Restaurant Association s federal and state political advocacy programs and previously worked on Capitol Hill for Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.).
Jack Detiveaux also began his role as manager of competition, labor and tax. He most recently was senior manager of legislative affairs for the National Association of Chemical Distributors and previously was senior manager of government relations for the American Bakers Association.
Webinar Information
Start Date: Mar 11, 2021 - 01:00 PM CST
The recent COVID-19 pandemic and economic impacts in the swine industry have changed some of our normal practices in swine health and production. We will be hearing from two of the leading swine veterinarians on how they have adapted and applied technology and data analytics to make swine herd health and production decisions efficiently and effectively in today’s challenging environment.
Joining us as speakers will be:
Dr. Pete Thomas, DVM, MS
Director of Health Services
Iowa Select Farms
From 2007 – 2012, Pete was a partner at Veterinary Medical Center and ProPig Management in Worthington, Minn., where he specialized in veterinary services for pork producers. From 2012-2016 he served as a staff veterinarian for Smithfield Foods (formerly Murphy Brown LLC). Pete is a member of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians and has served on its program planning committee, budget committee, and pharmaceutical is