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West-African livestock farming offers opportunities for Dutch industry
By investing in livestock farming, Dutch industry can help improve food safety in West Africa. Taking a flexible and creative approach, and working alongside local partners, there is considerable potential in this respect. This is the conclusion of an analysis by Wageningen UR Livestock Research and La Ventana Consulting for the Ministries of Economic Affairs and Foreign Affairs. The analysis ...
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Japan Farmers Seek Aid For Radiation Zone Cattle
A pair of Japanese farmers whose livelihoods were wrecked by the 2011 nuclear disaster staged a protestFriday at Tokyo's agriculture ministry, scuffling briefly with police as they unsuccessfully tried to unload a bull from a truck. Masami Yoshizawa and fellow farmer Naoto Matsumura have remained at their farms seeking to care for their own and others' abandoned livestock in areas where access ...
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EPA Offers An $8 Million Grant to Provide Environmental Assistance For Livestock Operators
Washington, D.C. - EPA is requesting applications from organizations for a $7.9 million grant to provide technical assistance to livestock operators, including animal feeding operations, for the prevention of water discharges and reduction of air emissions. 'These funds support the Bush Administration's commitment to cooperative conservation and environmental stewardship in the agricultural ...
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Sizing up livestock farming’s carbon footprint
A new and interactive tool released by FAO allows farmers, policy makers and scientists to calculate meat, milk and eggs production as well as greenhouse-gas emissions from livestock to make the sector more productive and more climate-friendly. GLEAM-i, the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Modelinteractive, provides answers to a wide range of questions. For example, as a small ...
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EPA to Assist Livestock Operators
(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 15, 2007) EPA has awarded two grants totaling $8 million to provide direct technical assistance to livestock operators to prevent water pollution discharges and reduce air emissions. RTI International of Research Triangle Park, N.C., will provide assistance to farm operators in the East and Environmental Resources Coalition (ERC) of Jefferson City, Mo., in the West. ...
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Study Shows Opportunities for Soy Demand Growth through U.S. Meat and Poultry Exports
It appears that economic growth continues to create a surge in meat and poultry consumption around the world. According to a recent soy-checkoff-funded study, U.S. meat and poultry exports are rising faster than U.S. consumption, a trend that could benefit U.S. soybean farmers through greater demand for U.S. soybean meal to feed U.S. poultry and livestock whose meat is headed for other countries. ...
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EPA Schedules Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Meeting, Aug. 30 in Arcadia, Iowa
EPA Region 7 representatives will meet with livestock producers on Thursday, August 30, at the American Legion Hall, 210 W. Head Street, Arcadia, Iowa. EPA’s inspection program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), winter feeding areas, aerial overflights, medium-sized CAFOs, nutrient management plans and manure stockpiles will be discussed. EPA staff will also review the ...
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The Livestock Event 2014: new dedicated pig and poultry feature
The Livestock Event, the UK’s leading livestock trade show is launching a new dedicated feature for pig and poultry producers at the 2014 event, to be held at The NEC, Birmingham on 2 and 3 July. Specialist advice on feeding, health, equipment and housing will be featured in a new Pig and Poultry Feature in the Feeds and Forage Zone making it easy for visitors to locate within the main ...
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All-in-one solution to streamline your agricultural business
Today's agricultural producers have a much more complex job to do than their historical counterparts. Farmers of the past have basically either grown, harvested, or purchased their livestock feed from one of their nearest neighbors. As transportation options became more widely available in rural parts of the country, some farmers shifted solely to the production of animal feed, leaving others ...
By BESTMIX
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Young Farmers Get ExtruPro Education
Last week, our extrusion plant at Chettisham where ExtruPro® is manufactured, played host to the March Young Farmers Club. Gary Marsters, Site Manager, took the group on a tour of the site, explaining the various workings of the plant as they progressed from the weighbridge and raw material intakes, along the production line, finishing at the stock pile. He outlined the benefits of adding ...
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Ag Attorney Sheds Light on Manure Handling, Application Regulations
Although the Lake Erie algae problems that contaminated Toledo’s water supply in early August have subsided, the crisis raised questions about animal manure application on farmland in Ohio and how it may have contributed to the problem. In response, Ohio State University Extension’s agricultural and resource law field specialist has written a summary of Ohio laws relating to ...
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Farmers could cut emissions while boosting production
Farmers could earn more and protect the environment by using technologies and practices that reduce the global warming gases that livestock emit, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report's five case studies suggest that the potential for mitigation is greatest among low-productivity ruminant producers in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America ...
By SciDev.Net
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Complete Poultry Livestock Feed Pellet Production Line Equipment
In order to satisfy the specific needs and requirements of our clients, we design and install all scales highly efficient poultry & livestock feed pellet production line. The capacity ranges from 100 kg/h to 10,000 kg/h, which is applicable for large feed factory, poultry farms, or home use to make feed pellets for not only poultry like chicken, duck, geese, quail, but also livestock ...
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Planning for sustainable global biomass use
Projected future population growth, dietary changes and a growing need to use biomass for energy and fibre will increase the global use of biomass over the coming decades. Livestock are a major contributor to human biomass consumption, using from 30-75 per cent of all biomass harvested by humans, new research shows. The research suggests that integrated assessments of land and biomass use are ...
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Choosing for not-genetically modified soy results in higher costs for livestock
If the Netherlands together with Germany, France, Poland and Hungary would choose for an opt-out of the use of genetically modified (GM) soy in animal feed, then the current use of soy products in animal feed in these five countries must decrease by 40 to 50% to ensure that the demand for non-GM soy from the European Union (EU) does not exceed the available amount on the world market. Mid-term (3 ...
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EPA orders Illinois livestock operation to pay $40,000 penalty for unauthorized waste discharges (IL)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has ordered Greenville Livestock Inc., 25815 Hugo Road, Centralia, Ill., to pay a $40,000 fine for failing to comply with the Clean Water Act. EPA previously ordered the facility to stop all unauthorized discharges and apply to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for a permit to discharge wastewater. Greenville is a large concentrated animal ...
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Bion Releases Operational Update
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB/QB: BNET) released an operational update today. The Kreider Farms system Grand Opening was held on July 21, 2011, while the system was still in the early operational shakedown phase. Comprehensive sampling and testing began in September. The latest round of sampling demonstrates overall nitrogen management and Chesapeake Bay verified nitrogen credit ...
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The hidden environmental costs of meat production
The meat industry involves global trading of feed, live animals and processed meat. A new study suggests that environmental costs are not necessarily expressed in the price paid by the consumers benefiting from cheap meat, but as environmental damage further back up the supply chain. Global meat consumption has increased by 75 per cent in 20 years, with consumers becoming increasingly removed ...
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The plant extracts for feed additives
Application of Plant Extracts for Feed Additives:Broad-spectrum antimicrobial property and antiviralAntioxidant and Cleared freedom baseHeal digestive system. Treat diarrhea. Increase feed intake and feed returnsReduce inflammation and stimulate milk secretionImprove meat qualityFor a long time, the China market of animal feed was borrowing innovation ideas from the classical medicines. Chinese ...
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USSEC Attends World Soy-Feeds Conference in Russia
The World Soy-Feeds Conference is one of the main annual events in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for local crushers, feed millers and livestock companies. Organized in Saint Petersburg, the event’s main goal is to disseminate the latest international information from the field of market trends, soy processing, and soy ingredient use in animal feeds by the rapidly ...
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