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Poultry Farm Pioneers Low-Rate Composting

Tony Pastore, Sr. started Park Farms in Canton, Ohio decades ago to process and market chickens. In 1989, it was decided that instead of buying chickens from other producers, a new venture would be launched to raise chickens directly for Park Farms. This led to the formation of A & J Farms, a 1,900-acre operation that contains 14 separately operating chicken farms. Each sub-farm has up to ten ...

Jan. 1, 1999

By BioCycle Magazine

Prevalence and types of Campylobacter on poultry farms and in their direct environment

To study whether broiler and layer farms contribute to the environmental Campylobacter load, environmental matrices at or close to farms, and caecal material from chickens, were examined. Similarity between Campylobacter from poultry and environment was tested based on species identification and Multilocus Sequence Typing. Campylobacter prevalence in caecal ...

Sep. 14, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Changing the face of poultry farming across China - Case Study

Supporting the modernisation of China's agriculture Anhui, China China is the largest egg producer in the world, amounting to over 35% of global production. Cargill has devised a world class strategy to modernise agriculture and food safety in China. Background China’s poultry industry has grown at an average annual rate of 8.8% ...

Mar. 27, 2018

By Addfield Environmental Systems Ltd.

animal feed pellet machine for home use and poultry farm to make best pelleted feed

the advantages of this animal feed pellet machine are nice looking in shape, simple in structure, easy in operation and service, safe in solidity, small in volume. and light in weight etc. No special training needed and operation available through manual,The pellet mill accepts the dry ...

Aug. 21, 2014

By Victor Pellet Mill

Dutch Farmers Find It Pays To Manage Poultry Manure

Poultry farmers in Holland face challenges similar to their North American counterparts in dealing with manure from concentrated operations where there is insufficient cropland for application. This creates a need for exporting manure from the producing farm to users in other places. Poultry operations in Holland differ from most North American poultry farms in that most are not vertically ...

Jan. 1, 1999

By BioCycle Magazine

Sunnyside poultry diversify into pet cremation - Case Study

Sunnyside Poultry is an established poultry farm who wanted to expand and diversify their business. After meeting Addfield at the pig and poultry show, the Hornsby’s decided that pet cremation was unquestionably the next step forward for their company. Fitting into the plan Mr and Mrs Hornsby plan to expand the business with another cremation unit when they reach ...

Mar. 27, 2018

By Addfield Environmental Systems Ltd.

Poultry case in UK - Neuthox increasing growth and egg production - Case Study

Farm in UK using Neuthox to remove dangerous bacteria from water installation Agri Performance Products Ltd has a hen farm consisting of 16000 hens used for egg production. Three years ago Nicola Beavers (director at Agri Performance Products Ltd) was searching for a product to remove all dangerous bacteria in the drinking water for the hens. In May 2014 at the exhibition in ...

Oct. 6, 2016

By Danish Clean Water A/S

Certified Organic Farm Relies on Compost

Located 50 miles northwest of Dayton, Ohio, the owners of Fresh Aire Farms grow crops on over 250 acres of farmland, relying on high quality compost as a soil conditioner and nutrient amendment. Dan and Michelle Young started composting seven years ago to reduce the amount of chemical inputs they had to buy. “We are a certified organic farm incorporating sound cropping principles,” says Dan ...

Jan. 1, 1999

By BioCycle Magazine

U.S. Farm-Raised Finfish and Shellfish

Seafood has long been recognized as an important component of a healthy diet. Seafood contains high quality, complete protein and an important array of nutrients, while it is low in calories, cholesterol, and saturated fats. The health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids found primarily in fish have been clearly documented. U.S. farm-raised seafood is an important center of the plate choice that can ...

May 31, 2017

By Aquacare Environment Inc

How green was my Vertical Farm?

By 2050, 80% of the earth’s population will live in cities and 3 billion more people will need to be fed. The simple fact is we are running out of available land to grow enough food to feed them. If we can’t grow our cities outward to find more arable land, the only solution is to grow them upwards. This may change the way we design cities forever.The problem is real and immediate. Even by most ...

Jul. 23, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Chicken Feed Pellet Mill for Farm Use

More and more chicken breeders claim that the feed companies sell their broiler feeds so expensive that farmers have no margin left when it comes to selling the chicken. So start to make feed for their own poultry is popular now. While how to start? What is the chicken feed formula, what is the feed pellet machinery that you require? What should you pay attention to make high quality chicken feed ...

Apr. 17, 2014

COOL: A salute to consumers in the International Year of Family Farming

This month we are celebrating one particular aspect of the International Year of Family Farming: the consumer. In order to be successful, family farmers must always have consumers and their needs in mind, which is why NFU has been a long-time champion of Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) for meat, poultry and seafood. More than 90 percent of consumers want to know the origin of their food, and ...

Jan. 17, 2014

By National Farmers Union

The Poultry Industry - Perfectly clean water without the use of toxic chemicals - Case Study

Improved water quality increases earnings significantly, in the poultry industry Bacterial contamination in drinking water can be heavily attributed to biofilm buildup inside the water pipes. Danish Clean Water manufactures a line of ECA generators that produce the disinfectant NEUTHOX, which is a highly effective terminator of biofilm. Improving the quality of animals’ ...

Oct. 6, 2016

By Danish Clean Water A/S

Cost-Benefit Analyses: Exploring the Economics of On-Farm Composting

When exploring the merits of on-farm composting, the question most often raised is: What are the economics? How do the savings or revenues from on-farm composting compare to the costs? Of course, the answer is the ever present “it depends.” Expenses, resources, revenue opportunities, environmental constraints and circumstances vary greatly from one farm to the next. Most people would agree that ...

Jan. 1, 2001

By BioCycle Magazine

NEUTHOX optimal water quality - maximum revenue in farming - Case Study

Improving weight gains and lowering mortality rate by: Reducing bacteria levels in local water supply Eliminating Biofilm in water system Reducing animal self-contamination of drinking water and system Using an economical, non toxic and eco friendly solution Dosing Levels and Methods It is recommended that the dosis is flow ...

Apr. 24, 2018

By Danish Clean Water A/S

Analysis of energy and exergy utilisation of Jordan's agricultural sector

This paper presents detailed analysis of energy and exergy utilisation in the agricultural sector of Jordan, by considering the sectoral energy and exergy flows through the main end uses of sub-sectors. Artesian water wells, agricultural machinery, poultry and cattle farms consumed about 57.0, 12.3, 27.3 and 3.4%, respectively, of the total energy used by the agricultural sector in the year 2004. ...

Jun. 23, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Chicken waste could produce unexpected energy windfalls in Ukraine

Ukrainians soon could enjoy a new windfall of electricity and heat from an unexpected source – chickens. In some unusual news, the Swiss company Alter Energy Group AG is assessing Ukrainian poultry farm sites to implement a sophisticated waste to energy process. The process takes chicken and poultry manure and turns it into clean, environmentally safe, industrial scale electricity and heat. This ...

Aug. 24, 2009

By Foundation for the Development of Environmental and Energy Markets

Managing core competences to create value for customers

This article investigates the role of company's core competences in increasing product value for customers. The conceptual model included the steps of managing a company's core competences confirms that developing core competences makes company's products more valuable for its customers and thus provides its competitiveness in the global market. Nowadays Russian poultry farming enterprises are ...

Nov. 29, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Manure Compost A New Cash Crop

A growing number of livestock producers are discovering manure compost as a new cash crop. When Mark Meyer refers to the “magic” at New Day Farms, he isn’t referring to the liquid egg products generated by more than 2.5 million laying hens. Rather, Meyer, the environmental manager at the Ohio facility, is talking about the ...

Aug. 9, 2010

By Security Shredding & Storage News

Antibiotics and the Livestock Industry

The Earth’s population has more than quadrupled in the last 150 years, which has led to dramatic changes in the livestock industry because farmers had to increase the density of animals in order to meet demand. As a result of the increased proximity of animals to one another, disease became a huge problem. Subsequently, antibiotics began being commonly used on livestock farms. Originally, ...

Nov. 20, 2017

By NW Solutions

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