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BioKW (A) Agricultural Plant - Case Study
Digester: 2 x 1.380 m³/h, 2 x 500 kWel; 1 x 1.000 kWth Manure, fruit- and vegetable waste, energy crops, fat sludge, slaughter house waste, food leftovers Scope of delivery: permission planning, detailed planing, tendering, project awarding, project management supervision, mixing technology, gas handling equipment, instrumentation Start-up: ...
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Feature of the month: Animal cycle, flock and livestock management in MILAS
ERP support is vital for companies operating within the nutritional industries. The importance of planning, checking and following up animal cycles and flocks shouldn’t be understated. If this flow is not handled correctly within the ERP, it can result in production and demand difficulties, causing supply issues at the farm. Moreover, it could mean that you simply won’t be able ...
By BESTMIX
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Lessons learned from bovine spongiform encephalopathy for the future management of the Canadian cattle industry
Globally, Canada is only a minor beef producing country, and yet ranks fourth among countries exporting beef products. That fact alone shows considerable market vulnerability. When coupled with dependence on corporate-owned slaughter capacity and heavy reliance on only one export market (the USA), that vulnerability is magnified. Economic losses from BSE in Canada following the occurrence of the ...
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Poultry Processing - Ave Impex, Romania - Case Study
AVE IMPEX was found in 1994 and it is placed in North of Romania. Having a turnover of 20 mil.euro/year and a production of 14.000 tones/year, it is one of the leaders on Romanian market in its field. In 2003 at Geneva the company win “GOLD” of international award “ERA” for quality in both management and products. AVE IMPEX has implemented ISO/22000 - quality management ...
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Bird Culling in the Battle Against Avian Flu
Carbon dioxide stunning is a common technique used in the bird culling and poultry slaughter processes. Outbreaks of avian flu have been spreading across the UK and beyond for the past several months, resulting in necessary bird culling to limit the spread of disease.Avian flu spreads from country to country as wild birds migrate seasonally. There are several strains which do little harm to the ...
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Take action to stop Chinese chicken imports
In August of 2013 the New York Times reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave the green light to four Chinese poultry processors to ship processed poultry to the United States. The move was aimed to only allow the export of birds killed and slaughtered in the United States or Canada, but the move sets a dangerous precedent towards allowing the export of Chinese poultry. In ...
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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 ...
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Renders Brothers NL 1 - Testimonial
We see a 70% cut in heat consumption and a dry well-ventilated house no matter the time of year! The brothers Jack and Mark Renders in Son & Breugel in The Netherlands produce 185,000 regular broilers in five houses. They chose DACS ventilation and controls for their new house, commissioned in September 2019. Easier to operate “The constant breeze of preheated air over the chicks ...
By DACS A/S
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Meat Processing and Rendering Industry - Pollution Prevention Guidelines
Introduction Pollution Prevention Guidelines to provide technical advice and guidance to staff and consultants involved in pollution-related projects. The guidelines represent state-of-the-art thinking on how to reduce pollution emissions from the production process. In many cases, the guidelines provide numerical targets for reducing pollution, as well as maximum emissions ...
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Testimonial Mr. Ingar Norway: My colleague spent 50% more money on heat and electricity per bird than I did
Kjell Ingar Boe lives in the town of Randaberg on the Atlantic West coast of Norway. He has been a broiler producer for more than ten years. His second house, built in 2017 and installed with a DACS system, is located just half a mile from the ocean – a location with extreme and constantly changing weather conditions. Focus on the birds – With a yearly rainfall of 1.2 meter ...
By DACS A/S
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Kjell Ingar_NO Print - Testimonial
” In the fiscal year 2018 my colleague spent 50% more money on heat and electricity per bird than I did.” Kjell Ingar Boe lives in the town of Randaberg on the Atlantic West coast of Norway. He has been a broiler producer for more than ten years. His second house, built in 2017 and installed with a DACS system, is located just half a mile from the ocean – a location with ...
By DACS A/S
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Testimonial Mrs. Andersen, Denmark: Low feed consumption - excellent growth
The climate in my houses is always comfortable, and the temperature is uniform all over the house. Ann Andersen from Denmark has been a poultry producer since 1997. She has DACS ventilation in her three houses - all built in 2010. Her chickens are healthy and grow well. Right from the start I have worked hard to optimize my production as I can only make a living from producing chickens if my ...
By DACS A/S
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Why are antibiotic residues in farmed shrimp a big deal?
Introduction The accidental discovery of antibiotics, penicillin, by Alexander Fleming in the late 1920s (1) reshaped human and animal medicine. Initially the focus was on limiting the impact of infectious disease processes in humans. As their usage increased, it was observed that they also could play an important role in the production of animals and they eventually were deemed essential to ...
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What is working principle of cooking machine in fish meal machinery
I believe everyone knows that the cooking machine is the key production equipment for processing fishmeal plant. It is indirectly heated by steam or heat transfer oil to ensure that the raw fish is cooked evenly; let's take a look at how the cooking machine works. The performance characteristics of cooking machine: Equipped with an automatically controlled feeding hopper, through the automatic ...
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Wild birds not the source of Avian Influenza in Korea
The recent outbreak of the H5N8 strain of Avian Influenza is causing many victims amongst poultry and wild birds in the Republic of Korea. The Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds has issued a statement on this outbreak saying that there is currently no evidence that wild birds are the source of this virus. Instead the focus of disease control actions must be on the domestic ...
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The KAHL Crown Expander - a Way out of the Feed Structure Dilemma
Introduction: For some time now, more and more have turned away worldwide, particularly in Germany, from the hitherto customary fine grinding of pig and poultry feed. For a time, fine grinding was seen as key to achieve high feed conversion rates and good pellet quality with low fines. But today, it is recognised more and more that the vulnerability of our livestock is growing with the genetic ...
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CO2 Shortage in the UK set to Disrupt Food Supplies
What is Carbon Dioxide and how is it used in the Food and Drink Industry?Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a chemical compound that is an odourless and colourless gas at room temperature. It enters the atmosphere through the exhalation of organisms and the combustion of matter as a byproduct of industrial production. CO2 has a wide range of uses across many different industries, in particular the food and ...
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Relaxed and confident in any farming season
Collated by Brendon Walsh from GrowFarm for Agrimap A lack of physical and mental stress in tough seasons has been a revelation for GrowFARM® client Nick Miller of Mandeville, Southland. “The 2014–15 year provided some challenges climate-wise,” says Nick, “and the following two years varied quite a lot again, but I now have more pasture cover to feed stock even ...
By Agrimap LLC
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The biofertilizer production method and process
Bio-organic fertilizer has high organic matter content, can improve soil, improve soil physical and chemical properties, enhance soil water retention, fertilizer conservation and fertilizer supply, and alleviate soil compaction caused by long-term use of chemical fertilizers; beneficial microorganisms in bio-organic fertilizer enter soil and soil Microorganisms form a symbiotic relationship with ...
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The dangers of Mad Cow Disease!
The dangers of Mad Cow Disease! For the first time in over ten years Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) better known as Mad Cow Disease has reared its head again in the UK with cases recorded on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this October. A highly problematic virus that has previously devastated livestock in 1986 when 180,000 cattle were found to be infected, which led to a mass ...
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