A new large-scale hog operation in North Dakota has carefully planned out its manure management program, and has addressed local concerns in the process. Owner Bruce Gibbens began building the $4 million operation two years ago. Elite Swine Inc contracts Dakota Country Swine LLP to raise and ship its pigs, totaling over 70,000 annually. Knowing up front that 20,000 hogs would be on the site at any one time allowed Gibbens to plan an effective manure
management system. Mikkelsen Construction out of Langdon, ND installed the system at the same time the buildings were being constructed.