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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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Agrofuturo 2018, Bogota
Expo Agrofuturo is the leading Business and Knowledge Platform for the Agro industry in Latin America. It has become the most relevant business hub, providing significant value as the venue where supply and demand unite, and all sector ecosystems involving producers, livestock, farming product and service agencies converge. It is also a venue where productive chain stakeholders find strategic ...
By Water Ways
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SMART Fertilizer Management solution showcased at AgroFuturo 2018 - Aug 22-24, 2018
With a strong customerbase in Latin America, SMART Fertilizer Management was excited to return to AgroFuturo. Demonstrating real impact on farmer's bottom line, SMART's solution received much attention. SMART Fertilizer software helps farmers to consistently increase crop yields, cut back fertilizer costs and be more efficient by applying just the right amount of fertilizer according to the ...
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Novosibirsk Region invests in the modernization of the livestock farming segment
The international trade fair AgroExpoSiberia is the ideal platform to enter the Siberian market The modernization of the livestock farming segment in Novosibirsk Region is the priority of the investment policy for the region’s agricultural sector. In 2011, a total of 65 investment projects were realized in Novosibirsk Region under the departmental programme "Construction of Milk-, Meat- and ...
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Mixed crop-livestock farming could help adaptation in Africa
According to new research, African farms with both crops and livestock could be more resilient to climate change than farms that only grow crops. The research suggests that policy makers should support farmers in making the switch to integrated farming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has indicated that agriculture in tropical under-developed countries is the most vulnerable ...
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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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New space for future growth at Evonik Porphyrio
Evonik Porphyrio moves to a new office in Leuven, Belgium. In the center of university city Leuven, just 15 minutes away from vibrant Brussels, the new working space reflects the growth ambitions of the company. Evonik Porphyrio provides software solutions based on big data, biostatistics and self-learning algorithms to improve and optimize poultry production. Evonik Porphyrio has moved its ...
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AHDB announces Smart Agriculture 2015
The application of smart technologies in agriculture is nothing new but in order for industry to thrive it must look across the fence and see what technologies other industries are developing and what opportunities they present. #SmartAg2015 8th September 2015 ICC, Birmingham To address this, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has announced the launch of a brand new ...
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Scientists warn of livestock greenhouse gas boom
Soaring international production of livestock could release enough carbon into the atmosphere by 2050 to single-handedly exceed 'safe' levels of climate change, says a study. Scientists combined figures for livestock production in 2000 with Food and Agriculture Organization projections for population growth and meat consumption by 2050. They found that the livestock sector's emissions alone ...
By SciDev.Net
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EPA Releases Report on Maryland Agriculture Programs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it has completed an evaluation of Maryland’s animal agriculture regulations and programs. The assessment, which is one of six that the agency is conducting of state animal agriculture programs within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, found that Maryland has a robust and well-implemented state program. EPA conducts periodic reviews of ...
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Livestock Event: Farm Health Planning Seminars – The Joint Farmer- Vet Approach
Farmers and their vets will be teaming up to share how they have proactively addressed some of the most common and challenging health issues found on beef and dairy units in the Farm Health Planning seminars to be staged at Livestock Event at The NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July. Organised by the Cattle Health and Welfare Group and chaired by British Cattle Veterinary ...
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Osborne introduces new feed bin agitator Flow Pro
Osborne Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of livestock management equipment, is pleased to introduce its new product designed to solve the ever-present problems of feed bridging in bulk bins at livestock facilities and farms. Flow Pro, an automatic feed agitation system, uses a gently-rotating agitator inside a bulk bin’s boot to promote first in, first out, mass-flow ...
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Two weeks left for Victorian animal activism inquiry
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is calling on all farmers, supply chain businesses, and agricultural professionals to make a submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into the Impact of Animal Activism before it closes in two weeks. “This Inquiry is a chance for farmers and supply chain businesses to tell the Government how illegal trespass, interfering with businesses, ...
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Hontech-Wins Brings Exclusive Agricultural Lighting to Attend EuroTier
As one of the most professional and experienced suppliers of agricultural lighting, Hontech-Wins is responsible for distributing high-performance and high-quality agricultural lighting products, including LED poultry lighting. To fulfill this responsibility, we brought exclusive LED agricultural lighting to attend EuroTier, the world's leading trade fair for professional livestock management and ...
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Flying Farmers visit the Suolahti Factory
Members of the Flying Farmers Association from the UK flew to Finland recently in their own private planes to visit the Valtra factory in Suolahti. Altogether 14 planes carrying 33 people landed at Jyväskylä Airport in Tikkakoski. The tour of the Suolahti factory was one of the highlights of the Flying Farmers’ summer tour. Never before have so many private airplanes from ...
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EPA sued for scrapping livestock data collection
Environmental and animal welfare groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyon Wednesday, alleging the federal agency unlawfully scrapped a rule that would have authorized it to collect information from large-scale livestock confinement farms. The Center for Food Safety, Environmental Integrity Project, Food & Water Watch, The Humane Society and Iowa Citizens for Community ...
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Livestock industries tackle key issues at annual meeting
Members of the cattle, sheep, wool and goat industries will gather at the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Livestock Group Annual Meeting to discuss the key challenges facing livestock producers. “Our industry is under increasing scrutiny and many livestock farmers are feeling pressure on all sides. It’s crucial for us to come together to discuss a national strategy for dealing ...
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Greenlane Biogas Secures Order for Biogas Upgrading Plant from Sifang Leo Livestock Science and Technology
Greenlane Biogas has received an order for a ‘Rimu’ biogas upgrading plant from Sifang Leo Livestock Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (SF LEO), a leading dairy farm engineering company and manufacturer of high-tech livestock equipment and farm machinery in China. Greenlane’s water scrubbing based biogas upgrading plant will be used in an eco-dairy farm demonstration operation to ...
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EPA Helps Farmers Turn Livestock Waste into Wealth
Washington, D.C. - EPA and its partners have released guidance that can help farmers manage livestock waste and boost farm earnings while reducing greenhouse gases. Processing livestock manure under controlled conditions can produce biogas, a source of greenhouse gas emissions. Farmers also benefit because the biogas can be used to generate electricity. 'Using biogas has multiple benefits; it ...
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The National Dairy Show: free stall places, best show circuit facilities
The Livestock Event’s National Dairy Show is scheduled to take a lead by offering exhibitors the best facilities on the show circuit with more free stall places and more time to showcase their cattle to the biggest commercial dairy farmer audience including international visitors. Equally, the event’s strict rules for showing dairy cows will enable fair competition and a level playing ...
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