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Oyster Farm Owners Eye Options After Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the appeal of a popular oyster farm that federal officials want to shutter and return to wilderness along the coast of Northern California. The justices without comment left in place lower court rulings against Drakes Bay Oyster Co. The owners said later at a news conference in San Francisco that they would keep fighting to stay in business. ...
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Women In Ag: Changing The Face Of Farming
Based on the 2016 agriculture census from Stats Canada, the proportion of female farmers is increasing even as the total number of farm operators decreases. In fact, women make up 28.7% of the 272,000 farmers in the country. Yet while more women are working hard on the land, sometimes they also have to work equally as hard to dispel public and industry perceptions. For women like Erica Thew of ...
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Biogas for Broiler Farm
PlanET receives its first order for an agricultural biogas plant in the UK. Clients are two farmers in Herefordshire, who are going to build a 190 kWel biogas plant. Construction is planned to start in spring 2010. The proposed plant will consist of one digester and one digestate tank and is designed to utilise approximately 3,300 tonnes of maize silage, 1,000 m3 of cattle slurry and 600 tonnes ...
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Ecological Laboratories, Inc. (USA) expanding global farm waste distribution network to bring cutting edge proprietary Microbial Solutions that will increase operational efficiencies
Ecological Laboratories, Inc. (USA) expanding global farm waste distribution network to bring cutting edge proprietary Microbial Solutions that will increase operational efficiencies, reduce cycling time for Manure handling, improve anaerobic digestor performance through its waste to energy proposition (BioGas) Ecological Laboratories, Inc. (ELI) a World-Wide Leader in Environmental Waste Water ...
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NCBA Showcases Cattle Operation’s Conservation Practices
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts hosted an event today to highlight the successful conservation efforts by farmers and ranchers that have led to the improvement of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Scott Yager NCBA’s Environmental Counsel said voluntary conservation efforts have proven successful at Hedgeapple Farm, an Angus ...
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The Future for Farmers is Bright - Positive Outlook Seen for Coming Years
After coming off of a record year, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is expecting farm incomes to remain high for Canadian farmers in 2015. The 2015 Canadian Agricultural Outlook was released today, pointing to a strong future for the agricultural sector. The report provides an overview of the current situation in Canadian agriculture and some of the key longer term drivers that will influence the ...
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NFU Announces Beginning Farmer Institute Participants
National Farmers Union (NFU) announced the 15 participants selected for the fourth class of its Beginning Farmer Institute. Those selected for the next class are Nicole Vojtech of Ohio; Tracey Zink of Nebraska; Courtney Krueger of North Dakota; Chris Holman and Kriss Marion of Wisconsin; Harrison Topp of Colorado; Glen Hughes and Thomas Clark of Indiana; Erin Bailey of Washington; Rick Duvall of ...
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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 slaughter of 4.4 million cattle in the ...
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US senator joins critics of federal cattle roundup
A Republican U.S. senator added his voice Wednesday to critics of a federal cattle roundup fought by a Nevada rancher who claims longstanding grazing rights on remote public rangeland about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said he told new U.S. Bureau of Land Management chief Neil Kornze in Washington, D.C., that law-abiding Nevadans shouldn't be penalized by an ...
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Australia completes historic purchase of water for the environment
The Rudd Government today completed the single largest purchase of water for the environment in Australia's history. The Government is buying almost 240 gigalitres of water entitlements for $303 million from Twynam Agricultural Group. That is equivalent to one half of all of the water used in Sydney each year. The water purchased today will be used to restore the rivers and wetlands of the ...
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Be Safe: Animal Control Tips for Livestock Producers
Livestock producers need to take precautions and be prepared to implement safety procedures when having visitors or tours on their farm or when exhibiting animals, to prevent risk of injury to both humans and animals, says a beef cattle expert with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. That’s especially true when visitors to farms or ...
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Stabenow, Leahy Lead Call for USDA to Reverse Decision to Decrease COVID-19 Relief Available to Dairy Farmers
Today, a group of 15 Senators led by U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the most senior member of the Committee, called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reverse its decision to unfairly exclude dairy farmers from receiving COVID-19 relief to cover losses related to ...
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Livestock Recommendations - Farming Regulation Task Force
At the Oxford Farming Conference the Secretary of State announced: From 2016, the introduction of a generic 10 mile rule for CPH allocation across farmed species, alongside a new solution for dealing with land being used for temporary grazing within 10 miles of the home holding; From 2017, the abolition of all CTS Links and Sole Occupancy Authority (SOAs) licences; and In 2018, a full ...
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Soy industry adopts environmental safeguards
Elements of the soy industry have agreed to take a milestone step toward improving their production practices, which have led to widespread deforestation, displacement of small-farmers and indigenous peoples, and loss of natural habitats. On Thursday, participants in the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) unanimously agreed to implement a pilot program of voluntary production standards aimed ...
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Animal Agriculture Alliance prepares students to be advocates for agriculture
College students are gearing up for the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s annual College Aggies Online (CAO) Scholarship Competition which kicks off September 16. This year’s students and collegiate clubs are competing for more than $21,000 in scholarships and a chance to win a trip to the Alliance’s 2020 Stakeholders Summit. For more information or to sign up, visit CAO connects ...
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USPOULTRY Releases Fifth Video in Series Highlighting Poultry and Egg Farm Environmental Stewardship
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is releasing a fifth video in a series highlighting environmental stewardship on poultry and egg farms. The video features one of USPOULTRY’s Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award winners, Riverhill Farms of Port Republic, Va. Riverhill Farms is owned and operated by Glenn and Sheri Rodes, along with their parents, brothers and extended ...
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DGA Update: USDA Assistance Program Signups Now Open
The USDA has announced Coronavirus Food Assistance Program details. Sign-ups for this program started on May 26 and runs through Aug. 28. There are payments ($16 billion in total) for dairy, livestock, commodity crops, specialty crops and wool. Payments will be prorated at 80 percent upfront and 20 percent later in the year. Organic dairy is expected to be treated, in this context, like any other ...
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New Report Shows Labor Challenges Lead to Loss in GDP, Farm Income as U.S. Farmers Lose Market Share of Imports
The Partnership for a New American Economy and theAgriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform today released a new report showing how American families are eating more imported fresh produce today than ever before, in substantial part because U.S. fresh produce growers lack enough labor to expand their production and compete with foreign importers. “American consumers want fresh U.S ...
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Breeding for Survivability with Genetic Selection and Measurement
Established in 1992 by Mr. John Downs, the Southern Cattle Company is nestled right in the middle of the Florida panhandle, northwest of Marianna—also known as “The City of Southern Charm.” The ranch itself was originally founded with one simple yet eloquent goal: to produce genetically exceptional cattle through genetic selection. Today, Mr. Downs is still ...
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Fish farming finds its way to land-locked Midwest
The latest of five generations who have worked the same ground in northeastern Nebraska, 52-year-old Scott Garwood, isn't growing corn or cattle - it's fish. Specifically, thousands of an Australian freshwater species called barramundi - often dubbed Asian sea bass because of its similar sweet, white flaky flesh - in large tanks inside a warehouse. With global consumption of seafood outpacing ...
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