Livestock News
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Biogest completed a further 100% grass AD plant in Southwest England
Gas2Grid plant with gas production of 1,000 m3/h AD plant can be fed with a variety of feedstock including grass silage and fresh zero cutted grass Willand / Vienna: Willand AD site is located in the southwestern part of England, in the Devon county approximately 30 km from the county town Exeter. The plant can be operated with a variety of feedstock including grass silage and fresh zero ...
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Aquaculture and the Global Food Challenge
Aquaculture represents 40% of the global fish supply and continues to be the fastest-growing animal food-producing sector. With limited availability of land and water, however, the only way to increase production in aquaculture is intensification: producing more fish per unit of area and water. Current aquaculture systems are complex and very expensive. Nearly 70% of aquaculture takes place in ...
By BioFishency
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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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Agricultural Industry Veteran Toni Bucci Joins the AgBiome Innovations Team
Research Triangle Park, NC (October 16, 2018) -- AgBiome Innovations, the commercial arm of AgBiome bringing innovative plant protection solutions to market, is pleased to announce today that Toni Bucci has joined the team in the role of Chief Operating Officer. Toni joins AgBiome Innovations after spending 23 years at BASF where she was most recently Director of Procurement, Performance ...
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Fourth Fellows Summit Held in Europe
Anna Jamieson (2010), who runs Pasture Beef Sweden, hopes to preserve semi-natural grasslands in Sweden by creating a market for pasture beef and lamb. For Anna, having the opportunity to network with like-minded professionals is an important benefit of being part of the Fellows Community. "The Fellows Community gives me access to a whole range of people with different knowledge and experiences ...
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Chinese Researcher Wins International Award for Breakthroughs in Agricultural Efficiency
Chinese researcher Professor Weifeng Zhang has been awarded the IFA Norman Borlaug Award ahead of Global Fertilizer Day (October 13) for his pioneering work to improve both farm efficiencies and agricultural productivity in China. Prof. Zhang has been the driving force behind several initiatives and government policies in recent years that have bolstered China’s ability to feed a growing ...
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Voergroep Zuid next leading Dutch player to choose Porphyrio
Voergroep Zuid, business with common sense. Voergroep Zuid, a Dutch farmer cooperative and the n° 4 in animal feed production in The Netherlands, has chosen Lay-Insight of Porphyrio to further optimize their internal processes and communication with their commercial layer customers.“The main focus will be on providing our representatives the right tools and info to advise pro-actively ...
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Huabo will participate in the 16th (2018) China Animal Husbandry Expo at 5.18
Since 2003, the China Animal Husbandry Expo has been held for 15 consecutive years. The annual animal fairs can be called “industry events”. Exhibitors are doing their best to showcase their new achievements to the community at the exhibition. From the provinces to the international exhibition area, from the industry exhibition area to the large enterprise special exhibition area, ...
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PINEYE® Emulsion, a new adjuvant for aerial spraying
With the development of applied science, agricultural sprayers have become a key equipment in crop production. How to choose a suitable sprayer is a topical issue for growers. It is, in fact, the first step to improve the usage rate of pesticides and fungicides, a smart way to save farm management cost. Growers, however, may try to select innovative adjuvants to adequately protect crops. ...
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A day in the entomology lab: Beetles
Did you know that the average American eats 124 lbs of potatoes a year, that the potato was the first vegetable to be grown in space, and Vincent van Gogh painted four still-life canvases devoted entirely to the potato!? It’s true and protecting potatoes, which are grown in all 50 states in the U.S., is one thing AgBiome is striving to do. Part of AgBiome’s vision is to have the ...
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African Swine Fever devastates swine herds across Europe.
This year has seen the return of one of the most devastating agricultural viruses for pigs. With over 100 reports of the highly contagious outbreak of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV-Asfarviridae) across Europe and Asia recorded during the start of autumn. Although African Swine Fever was believed to have been wiped out throughout Europe in the 1990s its return has been expected following the ...
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African Swine Fever Devastates Swine Herds Across Europe
How to protect yourself from the dangers of African Swine Fever. This year has seen the return of one of the most devastating agricultural viruses for pigs. With over 100 reports of the highly contagious outbreak of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV-Asfarviridae) across Europe and Asia recorded during the start of autumn. Although African Swine Fever was believed to have been wiped out throughout ...
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POET Biorefining – Marion opens 80 million-gallon expansion
MARION, OH (Sept. 19, 2018) – POET Biorefining – Marion opened an 80-million gallon expansion today at a celebration that included area farmers, community members and state officials. With this expansion in place, POET Biorefining Marion now has an annual capacity of 150 million gallons of clean-burning biofuel and 360,000 tons of high-protein animal feed per year. New production ...
By Poet, LLC
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Irritec at Sipsa-Sima 2018
Irritec will attend to Sipsa-Sima exhibition, that will take place from October 8th to 11th at the SAFEX Exhibition Park in Algiers, Algeria. Sipsa, the international tradeshow for livestock, agri-food and agricultural equipment, and Sima, the worldwide reference event for suppliers to the agricultural and livestock sectors, have teamed up to create the Sipsa-Sima trade show in Algeria, which ...
By IRRITEC SpA
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Segra International Partners with Supreme Cannabis to Support Expansion Efforts Leading into Legalization
Segra International Corp. (“Segra” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with The Supreme Cannabis Company (“Supreme Cannabis”) (TSXV:FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1) to provide cannabis micropropagation services at Supreme Cannabis’ wholly owned 7ACRES facility in Kincardine, Ontario. Plant micropropagation, also ...
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Huabo will participate in the fifteenth (2017) China Animal Husbandry Expo on May 5th
The 15th (2017) China Animal Husbandry Expo, hosted by the China Animal Husbandry Association, will be held at the Qingdao International Expo Center from May 18th to 20th, 2017. The China Animal Husbandry Expo (CAHE), a major comprehensive exhibition of the international livestock industry, has been successfully held for 14 sessions. It is not only a platform for the display and promotion of the ...
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Huabo participates in the 2017 Asia (Thailand) International Intensive Animal Husbandry Exhibition
VIV is the “International Intensive Animal Husbandry Exhibition” under the VNU Exhibition Group in the Netherlands. It has formed VIV Europe (Europe), VIV Asia (Asia), VIV China (China), VIV Turkey (Turkey), VIV in cooperation with the rest of the world. Series exhibitions such as Russia (Russia) and VIV India (India) have great influence and appeal in the global livestock industry. ...
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From the Executive Director: Dirt Rich Shows Northwest Minnesota Farmers Eager to Adopt Soil Health Principles
“As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The person who grasps principles can successfully select their own methods. The person who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Justin Morris, NRCS Regional Soil Health Specialist, shared this quote last week at SFA’s “Dirt Rich” ...
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2017 Report Highlights AZA Member Facilities’ Important Contributions to Global Conservation and Science
In 2017, aquariums, zoos, and other organizations accredited and certified by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) funded a record-breaking $220 million in field conservation, led 2,800 education programs, and contributed to 170 peer-reviewed publications. These numbers were produced as a result of AZA’s Annual Report on Conservation and Science (ARCS) and demonstrate the commitment ...
By Siemens AG
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VIV China 2018 (Qingdao)
This week, you can meet us at VIV China in Nanjing from September 17-19,2018! Our team are ready to greet you at our stand (Booth No. 4E092) and explain how you can enhance your livestock production with the professional lighting solution and dimming systems. VIV China is one of the premium-quality trade shows belonging to the VIV worldwide series of events. And VIV China has ...
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