Cattle Farming Articles
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How farmers are saving on feed costs, and boosting profits
With livestock feed being the single largest expense when running cattle, the need to focus on reducing waste, especially when margins come under pressure, is of utmost importance. How do farmers save on feed costs, and boost profits? Find out how... Our Hustler Business Development team in the USA recently got involved with a study being held at Oklahoma State University where they tested ...
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See How this Rancher Relieved his Stress and Improved his Lifestyle
Why is time so precious for Dan Hedgespeth, a part-time farmer in Kentucky who has chosen a Hustler SL360X chain feeder to help him save time and be efficient on his operation... Dan Hedgespeth has a 50-acre operation, raising 25 cow calves. Being a part-time farmer, he gets the help of his 4 kids to manage the farm, but it is not enough. Having the SL360X bale processor as part of his ...
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Legal Hemp In 2019 May Be A Boon For Stressed Out American Farmers
Legal hemp is about to enter the American scene in a big way. The 2018 Farm Bill, which includes language that legalizes hemp across the U.S., was signed into law this week by President Trump. The stroke of that pen unleashes a potential economic dynamo for American farmers. Currently used in over 25,000 products globally, industrial hemp-based goods include automotive parts, furniture, ...
By Pharmalogyx
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Abattoir and Slaughterhouse Waste Solution - Case Study
Location: Croatia Clients: Military Police & Government Waste Type: Animal Carcasses Solution(s) Supplied: i8-200 Inciner8 donated a state of the art waste management system worth €60,000.00 to Croatia. The minister of Agriculture Mr. Tihomir Jakovina thanked Business Development Manager, Mr. Nikola Vujec in Zagreb. Rapid deployment and operation are of paramount importance in these ...
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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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Catastrophic cost of Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth disease has never completely disappeared. Although it has been almost 20 years since the last major outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the UK, which cost the industry more than £8 Billion, it does not mean that the disease is not still a very real risk to the economy. This August the first outbreak since 2001 in the UK was identified at an abattoir in Brentwood in ...
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Rolled vs. Machined Cutting Edge Disc Mower Knives Case Study
Disc mower knives are used in mower conditioners to cut forage that will be dried and later gathered for cattle feed. There has been a long-standing debate between which knives are better: knives with a rolled cutting edge or the Kondex machined edge disc mower knives. Kondex participated in a recent study to answer this question. DMK Differences. As shown below, the rolled disc mower knife ...
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Testimonial Mr. Boode, The Netherlands: So much better in every aspect
Erik Boode from Markelo in the Netherlands were to build his third house, but wanted a better performing ventilation system. In his search he came across the ventilation system developed by DACS. In my DACS house it is quite different I have two houses, each with a traditional negative pressure ventilation system from a well-known manufacturer here in the Netherlands. I spend much time trying to ...
By DACS A/S
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Large scale dairy farmers in need of a solution - Case Study
Alsafi Danone is one of the largest integrated dairy farms in the world. Controlling fallen stock and bio-security is critical to the upkeep of a healthy productive herd. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Client overview Alsafi Danone, are the largest integrated dairy farm in the world. They first opened in 1979 and have has since expanded to a herd of over 37,000 cows who produce 700, 000 litres of milk ...
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Ensuring bio security in cattle production - Case Study
Central America’s largest meat producer looks to ensure their livestock’s bio security in Mexico and Nicaragua. With 1,058,000 livestock over multiple locations in Central America, a solution was urgently needed that could meet their demanding and distributed waste management needs. A thermal treatment solution is needed As the largest meat producer in Central America with ...
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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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Unpacking and cleaning of waste materials in Ribeauvillé (France) - Case Study
Location: Ribeauvillé (France) Capacity: 1,4 MWel Input materials: Cattle slurry, renewable resources, waste materials from the food industry Features: Separate hygienisation plant with a capacity of 25,000 t/a. The biogas plant AGRIVALOR ENERGIE The project was initiated by 3 farmers from Alsace: René Van der Meijden, Philippe Meinrad and Noël Adam. It took place under the ...
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Pasture Trial – Waroona (2014/2015) - Case Study
At Waroona in the Peel region of Western Australia in 2014, 12 by 1m square wire cattle cages were placed at random to evaluate the effects of Hibrix pasture treatment combined with 50kg/ha of super phosphate versus the growers standard fertiliser usage of 100kg/ha of super phosphate. The Hibrix treated plots produced significantly higher amounts of dry matter without any reduction in pasture ...
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Anodic oxidation of slaughterhouse wastewater on boron-doped diamond: process variables effect
A non-sacrificial boron-doped diamond electrode was prepared in the laboratory and used as a novel anode for electrochemical oxidation of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater. This wastewater poses environmental threats as it is characterized by a high content of recalcitrant organics. The influence of several process variables, applied current density, initial pH, supporting electrolyte nature, ...
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Salamaq17 will have the best sample of livestock in southern Europe
alamaq 2017 will hold a new edition from 6 to 11 September and Digitanimal will be present. The 29th International Exhibition of Pure Livestock will reach this year in Salamaq17 excellence thanks to the collaboration between the Diputación de Salamanca and the Livestock Associations. This was highlighted by the head of La Salina, Javier Iglesias, who accompanied the Agriculture deputy, ...
By Digitanimal
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Knowledge is power: A day in the life of a soil consultant
This week we talk with Amy Duckworth from Soil Matters Over time the agriculture sector has become more efficient and we are more equipped to measure and manage with a higher level of accuracy. Amy recognizes the importance of measuring what we manage — to reach new levels of efficiency. As a soil consultant, Amy is often involved in ‘on-farm’ decision making around fertilizer ...
By Agrimap LLC
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Great leaders start as great followers
arming is a deeply ingrained part of contemporary New Zealand society. For most of the twentieth century, farming was considered the ‘backbone’ of the economy. New Zealand’s temperate climate and fertile soils have supported almost every kind of farming — from sheep and cattle to cropping, horticulture and forestry. Farming has changed dramatically over time, and with it ...
By Agrimap LLC
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Bioenergy recovery from cattle wastewater in an UASB-AF hybrid reactor
New data on biogas production and treatment of cattle wastewater were registered using an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket-anaerobic filter (UASB-AF) hybrid reactor under mesophilic temperature conditions (37 °C). The reactor was operated in semi-continuous mode with hydraulic retention times of 6, 5, 3 and 2 days and organic loading rates of 3.8, 4.6, 7.0 and 10.8 kg CODt m−3 d−1. Biogas ...
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Beef Farmer Spring 2017 `Trace elements are key to growth rates`
Iodine has a direct impact on growth rates as it is incorporated into the thyroid hormones which control metabolism, promoting efficient live weight gain. Annie Williams, Animal Scientist with Agrimin says that many beef units fall short on achieving optimum growth rates because animals do not receive adequate levels of trace elements at grass. She says that with increased feed costs, many ...
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How a new way of thinking about soil sparked a national movement in agriculture
For three weeks every month, Ray Archuleta captivates audiences with a few handfuls of soil. He begins with two clumps, dropping them into water. The soil from a farm where the soil isn’t tilled holds together, while the tilled soil immediately disperses, indicating poor soil structure. Next, volunteers from the audience — mostly farmers and ranchers — pour water over a soil ...
By Ensia
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