Manure to Money: LWE’s Farming Revolution

Barn Talk

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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sawyer and Tork sit down with Travis and Torsten, the brains behind Livestock, Water, and Energy (LWE), to dive deep into a revolutionary approach to manure management on modern hog farms. If you’ve ever wondered about turning manure into profit, reducing hauling costs, recycling water, or making carbon credits actually work for farmers, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for.

Over two years in the making, this conversation sheds light on the cutting-edge technology being implemented to separate manure in real time, transforming waste into dry, pathogen-free fertilizer, creating a new revenue stream with liquid nitrogen, and capturing valuable carbon credits—all without relying on government grants or tax credits. Sawyer and Tork share their own farm’s experience as the test site for LWE’s first agricultural system, revealing the nitty-gritty of what actually works, the value for everyday farmers, and why so many have failed at this before.

Whether you’re a livestock producer curious about the future of manure, a skeptic of the carbon credit market, or just interested in how innovation is changing the ag industry from the inside out, this lively and honest episode has you covered. Plus, hear about the challenges, breakthroughs, and the real-life impact on family farms looking to build a more sustainable and profitable future.

So pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and let’s get into it—because today, everything that happens in the barn is coming out into the open.

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00:00 "New Frontiers: Beyond Snake Oil"

07:06 Wastewater Treatment for Pig Farmers

11:20 Carbon Credits: A Controversial Market

16:09 Conventional Pig Farming Explained

25:30 "Solving Expanding Water Problems"

31:46 Reevaluating Manure Management Systems

32:47 Benefits of Efficient Manure Processing

40:23 Air Filtration Challenges in Sow Units

43:07 "Domestic Fertilizer Revitalization"

51:03 Optimizing Manure Management Timelines

56:28 LWE Contract and Fertilizer Uncertainty

01:03:30 Questioning LWE's Business Model

01:04:37 Farmer Revenue Share Agreement

01:10:01 Net Zero Pork Opportunity

01:19:29 Passion Project with Travis

01:22:49 "Wife's Grounding Influence"

01:26:18 Milestone Moment

01:30:41 Gratitude to Key Contributors

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0:00.0	All of the food we eat and much of the clothing we wear comes from plants and animals that are raised on
0:04.9	farms. Farms are different in type, in size, and even in name.
0:38.9	Welcome to Barn Talk. What happens at the barn stays in the barn, but not today. We're going to let it all out for you guys. Today is going to be a real, real special guest episode. We got the founders of livestock, water, and energy here today that are going to talk about everything manure separating.
0:44.4	We're putting in a system, as you guys know, on our farm. We're going to be separating the manure from our hog barns into a dry product. And these are the boys, these are the guys behind that
0:51.8	business of making it all happen. So lot of a lot of good stuff to
0:56.7	talk about today and i know we get a ton of questions all the time about how's it all work and
1:00.9	all that so we're going to try to get as much as we can answer today but before we do you guys
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