animal scale News | Agriculture XPRT

Livestock Scales

How It Works Livestock producers utilize Osborne’s innovative ACCU-ARM Scales for easy, fast and accurate weighing of a variety of farm animals. Our “rock solid,” animal-friendly scales use precision levers to reduce sway and bounce and are completely cable-free. With Osborne’s Scales, the entire operation of weighing is more efficient and less ...

Nov. 15, 2017

By Osborne Industries, Inc.

Launching of the Sciences & Animals Paris Saclay Institute

What types of animal selection should be used in farming in the coming years? How will the environment impact the phenotypes of animals and the expression of their genomes? How should new strategies for health be defined? Can appropriate and relevant models for prediction be developed? How are the biological systems of livestock and animal models for human health related? On February 12 2015, ...

Mar. 9, 2015

By INRA - French National Institute of Agronomical Research

Fish vet to chair animal charity

THE Scottish SPCA has elected Ronnie Soutar as its new chairman, the first fish vet to hold the post. Soutar (pictured), head of Veterinary Services at Scottish Sea Farms, is one of the country’s most respected fish veterinarians, working with salmon farmers at home and abroad to advance health and welfare. His career has included two terms as president of the Fish Veterinary Society ...

Jun. 24, 2018

By FISHupdate

Lallemand Animal Nutrition continues to support the future of agriculture

In continued support of the future of animal agriculture, Lallemand Animal Nutrition will once again award five Lallemand Forward scholarships to North American students. Three $2,500 undergraduate scholarships, one $3,000 master’s scholarship and one $3,000 Ph.D. scholarship will be awarded to students who are excelling in their agriculture studies in the United States, Mexico or Canada. ...

May 10, 2016

By Lallemand Inc.

Vaccination of farmed fish good for animals and thus for humans

More than half of the fish consumed worldwide is cultivated in ponds or tanks. And the percentage of cultivated fish in relation to wild fish is increasing. The scale on which fish are currently farmed makes it necessary to protect them, by means of vaccination, against disease and premature death. An understanding of the immune system in fish will hopefully lead to effective vaccination methods ...

May 15, 2014

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

Surge in diseases of animal origin necessitates new approach to health - report

Population growth, agricultural expansion, and the rise of globe-spanning food supply chains have dramatically altered how diseases emerge, jump species boundaries, and spread, according to an FAO report released today. A new, more holistic approach to managing disease threats at the animal-human-environment interface is needed, it argues. Seventy percent of the new diseases that have emerged in ...

Dec. 15, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Interview with small-scale farming advocate Raj Patel

Raj Patel, a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley"s Center for African Studies and a fellow at The Institute for Food and Development Policy (also known as Food First), has worked for, and later rallied against, the World Bank and World Trade Organization. He is the author of ...

Jul. 25, 2010

By Worldwatch Institute

Benefits of the weight watcher for grow to finish barns

Both wrestlers and boxers are matched up to their competitors based on weight. Athletes who participate in these sports are constantly weighing themselves to make sure their weight is appropriate for the class in which they fight. Keeping track of human weight is a pretty simple task. Fighters simply hop on a scale for a few seconds each day and the data is recorded. Imagine this same weight ...

Jan. 18, 2017

By Osborne Industries, Inc.

FIERAGRICOLA: An increasingly international event covering animal farming, markets, sub-contracting and bio-energy

The VeronaFiere exhibition dedicated to the primary sector is second on a European scale for its cost/contact ratio, immediately behind Agritechnica in Hannover. Fieragricola this year expects more than 250 buyers from 35 countries. All the mainstays of the event are stronger than ever: Agrimeccanica, Zoosystem, Multi-function Exhibition, Agriservice, Bioenergy Expo. Not to forget precision ...

Dec. 31, 2009

By Veronafiere

Successful biobased pilot installations in Lelystad fully operational for businesses

Fermentation of manure and biomass can become more economically viable if it is combined with biorefinery and the residual streams are optimally used. The EnergieRijk PPS programme has therefore linked a co-fermenter to biorefinery installations and an algae pond. Although the successful project has now been concluded, the research facilities at the ACRRES premises in Lelystad are still fully ...

Feb. 2, 2016

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

CITES conference takes decisive action to halt decline of tropical timber, sharks, manta rays and a wide range of other plants and animals

Rapidly rising demand for these precious tropical hardwoods has led to serious concerns that unregulated logging is depleting populations of already rare species. The triennial World's Wildlife Conference closed today with robust measures adopted to protect precious timber and marine species from overexploitation. 170 governments have turned to CITES to ensure the legal, sustainable and traceable ...

Mar. 13, 2013

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

DSM and Roquette to open commercial scale bio-based succinic acid plant in 2012

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, and the French starch and starch derivatives company Roquette Frères today announce that they will build a commercial scale plant for the production of bio-based succinic acid, the first non-fossil feedstock derived ...

May 8, 2011

By DSM

Livestock surge may harm human health

Livestock intensification in developing countries, especially in Africa and Asia, may increase the incidence of epidemics that kill both humans and animals, the Vision 2020: Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health conference, was told today. Livestock numbers are rising sharply due to both population growth — small-scale farmers depend on livestock for their livelihoods ...

Feb. 10, 2011

By SciDev.Net

Edible insects inch one step closer

Farming insects on a large scale is no more of a biological or chemical hazard than other livestock farming, says a report by a European food safety body. The report, which looks at the potential of insects as food or animal feed, says the microbiological, chemical and ...

Oct. 26, 2015

By SciDev.Net

World experts to tackle infectious disease threats

The concept of ‘One Health’ is a global strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for animals, humans and the environment. The Chair of the Congress’ organising committee, Director of CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory Dr Martyn Jeggo, said the three-day conference provides a forum where the ...

Feb. 13, 2011

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Nutritech International and Vitec Nutrition to merge

Nutritech International and Lallemand NZ Ltd (trading as Vitec Nutrition) have announced they are to merge their businesses effective from 1st June 2016, creating New Zealand’s largest supplier of animal nutrition and forage additive technologies. Nutritech International was founded in 1915, celebrating 100 years of advice and support for New Zealand farmers in 2015. The company has been ...

May 5, 2016

By Lallemand Inc.

Flood-affected Serbian farmers receive EU and FAO aid

European Union assistance to flood-affected Serbian farm households got under way with a first delivery of animal feed here today. Financed by the EU and delivered in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the assistance forms part of the EU's overall flood recovery package to Serbia valued at €30m. Farmers in Trstenik are among the first to receive the EU ...

Sep. 3, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

John West owners joins ghost gear fight

THE Thai Union Group, one of the world’s largest seafood companies, has joined forces with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative in a drive to reduce the growing problem of abandoned and discarded fishing gear worldwide. The global ghost initiative (GGGI) is an alliance founded by World Animal Protection, dedicated to tackling the problem of ghost fishing gear ...

Apr. 23, 2018

By FISHupdate

EU and FAO partner to help flood-affected Serbian farms rebuild

The European Union (EU) will partner with FAO to help small-scale farmers in Serbia recover from the devastating floods of the past spring. An EU grant of EUR 8 million, aimed at restoring the livelihoods of the most vulnerable farming families, was announced at a ceremony here today. Agriculture is the backbone of the rural economy in Serbia and an important source of income for the majority of ...

Jul. 24, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Biomass could provide electricity for 30 million rural residents of China

The People"s Republic of China (PRC) needs 413.5 billion yuan (CNY) (or roughly $60.5 billion) in investments over the next 10 years to harness its biomass energy potential in rural areas, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report issued today said. Biomass energy is sourced from waste generated from livestock and crop production. If livestock manure and crop stalks were converted into clean fuel, ...

Jun. 25, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Add Supplier Profile