About Us

Ross Muhlbauer

Owner/Product Engineer

Ross, a Western Iowa native, received his Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering degree at Iowa State University. He was raised on a swine and row crop production farm near Manning, Iowa, which motivated him to spend three years researching H2S in Swine production as well as other areas of agricultural waste management. Check out the Research page to see some of Ross’ past work. He also has four years of custom manure application experience, and is a 10 year member of the Iowa National Guard with three deployments under his belt. Ross developed the original wireless H2S monitor, as seen in “Manure Manager Magazine" and “Iowa Farmer Today” while doing research at Iowa State University. He has used his research background to develop the line of SwineSafe H2S Management tools. He continues to research manure solutions for all types of livestock facilities and would be happy to visit with you about your operation and needs.
E-mail: Ross@ManureSafetySolutions.com

 

Randy Swestka

Contributing Engineer

Randy received his degree in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. He was raised on a swine and row crop farm near Cresco, Iowa. In his two years experience working in the Agricultural Waste Management Lab on H2S in swine production research Randy helped develop the wireless H2S monitor, as seen in “Manure Manager Magazine" and “Iowa Farmer Today” . Randy completed his masters in Ag & Biosystems Engineering at ISU, while studying spatial distribution of H2S in swine confinements.

 

Ember Muhlbauer

Marketing

Ember received her degree in Journalism & Mass Communications at Iowa State University. She has two years experience in agricultural waste management communications. Ember was raised on a cattle and row crop farm in western Iowa.
E-mail: manuresafetysolutions@gmail.com

"Life Saver" Manure Manager Magazine, Article by Diane Mettler

New technology helps keep both hogs and humans safe

"Each year swine loss occurs due to hydrogen sulfide poisoning during pumpout, and there have been human fatalities as well. Now a new technology, SwineSafe™, may make those deaths a thing of the past." -->More...