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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 samples was 97% at layer farms (n = ...
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Integration of the environment – flagship project for entire region - Case Study
Location: Stowell Farms, Wiltshire (England) Capacity: 499 kWel Input materials: Manure, grass and maize silage, feed remains Features: Processes the slurry of 500 herds of cattle into high-quality fertilisers. Digestion facility brings in revenues and helps boost the image of agriculture Stowell Dairies required capital investment to improve the dairy unit at East Stowell and to meet amended ...
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What Types Of Fish You Can Farm in Nigeria
Fish farming a profitable business in Nigeria, let’s now proceed to decide which specie of fish we want to farm. Below are some of the most popular fish species that is suitable for Aquaculture. 1. Catfish Even though Catfish is not the most popular fish in Nigeria, this fish species is by far the most cultivated in Nigeria. One thing good about catfish is that it is one of the easiest fish ...
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Food and Beverage Production
DEHUMIDIFIER FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCTION In Food industry, the production, processing, packaging and storage facilities require good hygiene. So regulated and consistent climate control is critical. BAKERY Overly moist or dry condition is not suitable for a bakery room. So let's discover some. BENEFITS OF DEHUMIDIFIER IN BAKERY ROOMS With a dehumidifying system installed, the indoor air ...
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A matter of keeping the litter dry - Asger Petersen, Denmark - Case Study
Asger Petersen from Denmark produce organic broilers with outdoor runs. Ventilation systems perform much alike during the mild period, but I saw significant differences during the colder/cold and the warm periods. Based on this, I found that a ventilation system from DACS would bring me the most. During winter the mixing of warm room air with incoming air is essential for the in-house climate and ...
By DACS A/S
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Forage Council to Delve Into Cattle Marketing at Meeting
Crow Wing River Basin Forage Council is exploring marketing options for cattle at its annual Winter Meeting from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 20, at the Commons at Central Lakes College in Staples. The meeting will also have a presentation on farm transitions, a direct marketing panel and a three-part marketing session with experts on branding grass-fed beef, aggregating and auctions. ...
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South Tyrol 04 - ZE-50-ULH - MAN Vegetable Oil-Fueled Gensets - Case Study
Plant: 2 x ZE-40-ULH Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Modules, nominal output 40 kWe each Nominal output: 40 kWe Application: Heat recovery from engines (MAN vegetable oil-fueled gensets) Location: Province of Bolzano / Bozen, South Tyrol, Italy Manager: Private Italian firm The client who commissioned this plant is a well-known construction company having its seat in a small ...
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Improper Use of Chemicals in Farming A Case Study
In India, thousands of tonnes of crop gets destroyed every year due to improper use of insecticides, pesticides, plant growth regulators etc. This destruction of crop can happen either if a farmer uses these chemicals without any scientific knowledge by themselves or by relying on their local shops. Most of the times, the people handling these local shops do not have any ...
By Farmonaut
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Project - NoAW - Agricultural Residues for Bioenergy and Bio-economy
The NoAW project is supported by EU-funded Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (grant agreement No 688338). Project period: 2016-2020 NoAW is an European Horizon 2020 EU research and development project that aims to contribute to the “zero waste economy”. Through the approach of a circular economy the project seeks to develop ...
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Fate of Chlorothalonil, Chlorpyrifos and Profenofos in a Vegetable Farm in cameron Highlands, Malaysia
The fate of chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos and profenofos in sandy loam soil under tropical condition was studied in a vegetable plot in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. The plot was treated with chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos and profenofos according to normal agricultural practices of the Cameron Highlands. Water (runoff and lysimeter), soil and bedload sediment samples were taken according to a ...
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Meeting the challenges of global rice production
Rice is the second most widely grown cereal crop and the staple food for more than half the world’s population. More than 3 billion people consume more than 100 kg of rice per year. Rice is cultivated on 155.5 million ha with an average growth rate of 0.39% a year, in the last 30 years. In the near future, the possibility for expanding areas under rice based systems will remain very limited ...
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The Effect of Summer Harvesting of Phragmites australis on Growth Characteristics and Rhizome Resource Storage
The effect of harvesting the aboveground biomass on the growth of Phragmites australis in the subsequent growing season was investigated following cutting in June or July. Seasonal changes in rhizome biomass and total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) in seven age categories, from newly formed to six-years-old, were monitored for the two treatment stands and a control stand. The growth of the ...
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Energy dependant plant stress acclimation
Plants may live and grow under suboptimal environmental conditions having certain biochemical and metabolic adaptations that facilitate their survival. Plant ‘‘metabolic flexibility’’ consists of the accomplishment of the same step ina metabolic pathway in a variety of different ways. Pyrophosphate which works as an energy donor when cellular ATP pools become diminished during stresses, ...
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Shifts in plant nutrient use strategies under secondary forest succession
Abstract In evergreen broad-leaved forests (EBLFs) in Tiantong National Forest Park, Eastern China, we studied the soil chemistry and plant leaf nutrient concentration along a chronosequence of secondary forest succession. Soil total N, P and leaf N, P concentration of the most abundant plant species increased with forest succession. We further examined leaf lifespan, leaf nutrient ...
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Aftermath of the Long-Term Application of Sludge and Water from a Sewage Treatment Plant to a Lemon Tree (Citrus limon) Plantation
The effect of sewage sludge application to agricultural soils in industrial countries (Raven and Loeppert 1997; Towers and Horne 1997) and that of the treated domestic and industrial effluents on plants (Hooda et al. 1997; Logan et al. 1997; Palacios et al. 1999; Samaras and Kallianou 2000, Weir and Allen 1997) have been ...
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Relationship between light and heavy fractions of organic matter for several agricultural soils in China
Although numerous studies about the nature and turnover of soil organic matter (SOM) in light and heavy fractions (LFOM and HFOM, respectively) have been made, little information is available in relation to the relationship between LFOM and HFOM, and no attempts have been made to quantify a general relationship between LFOM and HFOM for agricultural soils under field condition. Our hypothesis is ...
By IOS Press
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Trading off risks and benefits when valuing new GM technologies: a consumer perspective
While Genetically Modified (GM) crops and foods are in production and on the shelves of supermarkets in many countries, they are still under much criticism and scrutiny around the world. Many studies report that consumers' perceptions towards biotechnology are mixed. The main contribution of this paper is to present a Contingent Valuation (CV) modelling approach that allows for the calculation of ...
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Effects of the herbicide topogard on soil respiration, and denitrification in potato-cultivated soils differing in pH
We investigated the effects of Topogard 50 WP (3 kg ha–1) on soil respiration, mineral N content, and number of denitrifying and total bacteria in four coarse-textured volcanic soils for 91 days. Topogard application decreased CO2 evolution in acid soils (Tepedibi and Karaçakl) whereas soil respiration was initially increased in neutral and alkaline soils (Kaba and Balar). The herbicide ...
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Quality assurance mechanisms in agrifood: the case of the Spanish fresh meat sector
The largest fresh meat brand names in Spain are analysed here to study how quality is signalled in the agricultural and food industries and how the underlying quality-assurance organisations work. We obtain two main results. First, organisational form varies according to the specialisation of the brand name. Geographical indicators, which focus on achieving high organoleptic product attributes, ...
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Japan's non-trade concerns: legitimate or protectionist?
The purpose of this article is to explain why Japan, with its food self-sufficiency rate at 40%, is at risk from severe tariff reductions and why it should be accorded special dispensations in WTO agreements on agriculture. The main issue evaluated is whether substantial net food importing countries like Japan, with their extremely high-cost agricultures, should be granted some exemptions in ...
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