Health Management Articles & Analysis
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This technological revolution promises to improve efficiency, sustainability, and animal welfare, but it also raises ethical and environmental questions. In this article, we will explore the impact of AI on intensive farming, examining the benefits, challenges, and potential future implications. ...
SOUL LYF is a pioneering farmer extension firm. It is at the forefront of this revolution, guiding and servicing over 50,000 farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. By embracing digital solutions, SOUL LYF is redefining conventional farming methodologies, enhancing productivity, and promoting bio-dynamic farming practices. SOUL LYF is a private entity with a strong commitment to biodynamic ...
Kunz Farm in Beiseker, Alta., is a multifaceted operation focused on a sustainable future. With Pat Kunz at the helm, alongside his family, the farm has embraced soil health as the foundation for long-term success in their wheat, canola, barley, and pea rotation, as well as their cow-calf and feedlot ...
Brad McDougald’s 2,500-acre farm in Drumheller, Alta., experienced a challenging season with a dry spell leading to reduced yields. Yet, through strategic soil health management and the adoption of high-tech solutions from Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture, McDougald’s farm outperformed expectations, cementing his commitment to innovative farming ...
Additionally, a lack of awareness about soil health and fertility management resulted in the indiscriminate use of input treatments. ...
Avoid excess crop nutrients in your fertilizer strategy to maintain soil health and protect your pocketbook The push to produce higher yields per acre every year continues to weigh heavily on western Canadian farmers. That pressure is accompanied by economic and environmental concerns. Should you invest more money into crop nutrients to reach record yields? Will that investment pay off? Will ...
The goals for Split Pond PAS are to facilitate feeding, ease of inventory, ease of harvest, health management and protection from predators in an efficient way that lessens the need for management labor. ...
ByAquasend
To have the healthiest fish pond and increase fish production, you must do 5 things in pond health management. 1. Remove Silt And Vegetation From The Bottom Of The Pond Most, you need to clear the bottom of the pond for silt and vegetation. ...
Improve health, raise productivity, save money – herd management with digital technology by GEA offers large and small dairy farms powerful functions for monitoring and managing cow health and operational procedures efficiently on a daily basis. With GEA’s Herd Management your farm is front and ...
Creating lifelong immunity in baby calves has never been more important. A proactive approach to health, nutrition, and management is a must from day one. Having a proper program in place not only improves the health of the animal, it can improve resilience to stress and disease. ...
This blog is Part One of our three-part series highlighting livestock ventilation system designs. Livestock farmers understand how important maintaining their animals’ health and comfort is to their bottom line. Livestock ventilation systems contribute to profitability by helping to maintain good air quality not only for their animals but also for those who care for them. Whether animals ...
In the end, this can lead to overall health, feed intake, and weight gain. Promoting Gut Health in Sows When it comes to sows, demand for increased liter size continues to grow. ...
Photo: Supplied Building and maintaining soil health increasingly involves technology. The challenge for farmers is deciding which approach they invest in to monitor and maintain their soil health. ...
In its memo and attached Seed-Treatment Focus Group (STFG) Guidance Document dated January 26, 2018, EPA states that its Health Effect Divison (HED) has received “multiple waiver requests for seed-treatment field-trial residue data and has reviewed multiple field-trial datasets that indicated that there was the potential to reduce the number of field trials required to ...
The majority of our survey respondents would like to see our blogs all year round and are interested in any topical flock management advice. With this in mind we have made some key changes to our website which we hope will allow us to provide all the key information and advice to face the challenges ahead and make next lambing season your most successful yet! ...
He’s a pioneer of a movement that has recently stolen the spotlight from conventional agriculture. Known as the soil health movement, it is a management philosophy centered around four simple principles: reduce or eliminate tillage, keep plant residues on the soil surface, keep living roots in the ground, and maximize diversity of plants and animals. ...
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The objective of this paper was to assess the occupational and public health risks associated with management of raw and anaerobically digested livestock waste in two rural communities in Costa Rica based on fomite, soil and crop contamination and livestock waste management exposure pathways. ...
The primary objective was to determine whether the metal contaminants cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and selenium (Se) can have a detrimental effect on whole colony health in the managed pollinator, A. mellifera. We isolated small nucleus colonies under large cages and fed them an exclusive diet of sugar syrup and pollen patty spiked with Cd, Cu, Pb and Se ...
India is unique in its management of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) due to its distinct system of socio-religious beliefs with respect to cows and beef consumption. ...
Excessive thatch and mat can be detrimental to turfgrass health and management. Mechanical and topdressing techniques to reduce accumulation of thatch and mat were evaluated in a 24-mo field study of kikuyu [Pennisetum clandestinum (Hochst. ex Chiov.)] turfgrass of two contrasting organic matter (OM) contents in the surface 50 mm of soil. ...