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When shopping for meat, the more you know the better
Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI) is providing shoppers with a new level of transparency about how farm animals are raised by now offering beef, pork and chicken certified under 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating system (bit.ly/fawOft). The rating system is the signature program of Global Animal Partnership, a nonprofit organization that facilitates and encourages continuous improvement in animal ...
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Potters Poultry International wins award from American Humane Association
The award was presented to Potters by Kathi Brock and Will Gillis of the AHA's farm animal program, for their Avitier 125-4 + Avinest. Potters has been making and designing aviary systems for more than 22 years and its latest design is the first aviary system to achieve the seal of approval. Mike Button, export manager for Potters Poultry, said: "It is great accomplishment for a UK ...
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Measuring how farm animals `feel`
The aim is to reduce stress and pain in livestock and increase not only their wellbeing but also their productivity. “With increased public concern about the welfare of animals, and consumers seeking ‘animal welfare-friendly’ products, Australia’s livestock industries are focused on improving farming practices to meet changing expectations,” CSIRO scientist Dr ...
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Alliance releases report from 2019 Animal Rights National Conference
The Animal Agriculture Alliance released a report today detailing observations from the Animal Rights National Conference, held July 25 through July 28 in Alexandria, Virginia. The event was organized by the Farm Animal Rights Movement and sponsored by Mercy for Animals, The Save Movement, Compassion Over Killing and The Humane League, along with other animal rights extremist groups. ...
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MagFan comes out on top in comprehensive fan efficiency report!
AgriFutures Australia has recently completed an independent report on the importance and advantages of using Variable Speed Fans for Intensive Animal Farming. MagFan comes out on top in comprehensive fan efficiency report! AgriFutures Australia: "Studies have shown that one of the biggest on-farm expenses for chicken meat farmers is the power consumed by the exhaust fans. Energy prices are ...
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Certified Reference Material ERM?-AD482 to identify absence or presence of ruminant material in feed
With the contribution of the JRC, the European Union Reference Laboratory for Animal Proteins (EURL-AP) validated of new DNA-based methods detecting unauthorised proteins from ruminant origin (e.g. beef). This new method has been taken up in EU regulation. For its implementation the JRC now certified the reference material ERM-AD482, allowing the absence or presence testing of ruminant material ...
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Better approach to reporting hazardous substances from farm animal waste
EPA is announcing a final rule providing an administrative reporting exemption for air releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at farms. This rule will enable response authorities to better focus their attention on hazardous substance releases that require a response, while reducing reporting burdens on America’s farms. Notifications must still be made to response authorities when ...
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EPA proposes better approach to reporting hazardous substances from farm animal waste
EPA has proposed a rule change to provide an administrative reporting exemption for air releases of hazardous substances -- primarily ammonia and hydrogen sulfide -- from animal waste at farms. EPA is proposing a rule enabling response authorities to better focus their attention on hazardous substance releases that require emergency response while reducing reporting burdens on America’s farms. ...
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Wired : For Insect Farming to Work, Scientists Need to Build a Better Bug
For Insect Farming to Work, Scientists Need to Build a Better BugFaster-growing, fatter critters could provide the protein needed to raise more climate-friendly livestock and pets. Christine Picard’s search for a better bug to feed the world starts with dead bodies. Well, not the corpses themselves, but the blow flies, flesh flies, and other squirmy, wriggly things that wing their way to ...
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Pew Commission calls for better US animal waste treatment
One step beyond her front door, Jayne Clampitt is greeted with the toxic fumes flowing from the roughly 1 million gallons of hog manure stored at her neighbor's farm. She no longer dries her family's laundry outside, her children avoid the nearby polluted stream, and she worries that their shallow drinking well will also be contaminated with toxins. 'We thought there was this unspoken connection ...
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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 stressful—for both ...
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Protections against farm trespass and theft strengthened by federal government
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) congratulates the Morrison-McCormack Government for introducing a Bill in the first sitting week that will strengthen protections for Australian farmers against trespass, theft and other property offences. “I commend the Federal Government for prioritising the protection of farmers against those wishing to incite trespass on farms, property damage, or ...
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£6m funding to improve UK livestock health
Funding for eight projects that aim to improve the health of livestock within the UK has been announced by the Animal Health Research Club (ARC). The club, whose members include Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and other industry organisations, has allocated over £6 million in the second round of funding. In total, £10.8 million of ARC grant funding has been ...
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Litter size of European mink less than half that of invasive American mink
The litter size of the endangered European mink is less than half of that of its main competitor, the invasive American mink, research shows. The higher fertility of the American mink may allow rapid population growth of this species, threatening European mink with extinction. Populations of European mink have declined dramatically over the last century and only three populations remain: one in ...
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New research on the potential of specific yeast fraction in food safety
During the latest Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals, November 14-16 2016, in Saint Louis, Missouri, Lysiane Dunière, Research scientist at Lallemand Animal Nutrition Ruminant Center of Excellence (Clermont-Ferrand, France), presented a poster on yeast cell fraction potential in food safety1. Laurent Dussert explains: “Farm animals can represent a reservoir of ...
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Litter size of European mink less than half that of invasive American mink
The litter size of the endangered European mink is less than half of that of its main competitor, the invasive American mink, research shows. The higher fertility of the American mink may allow rapid population growth of this species, threatening European mink with extinction. Populations of European mink have declined dramatically over the last century and only three populations remain: one in ...
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Great Day for Menhaden
New fishery management benchmarks for Atlantic menhaden, often called "the most important fish in the sea," were established today in an effort to increase its population to four times the current size. The measure was adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the interstate body that governs the menhaden fishery, after an intensive two-month campaign led by the Pew ...
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Agrilevante and Agrimach, two
Presented in Paris the two exhibitions dedicated to agricultural machinery that FederUnacoma organizes during the year. The Bari exhibition should register further growth, thanks also to the introduction of a livestock section. The exhibition in New Delhi takes place in the context of an impressive growth in Indian mechanization, which in 2018 reached 800,000 tractors sold on the national market. ...
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First semen collection of Dutch Toggenburg goat in the Dutch gene bank
The first 165 straws of semen of 8 Dutch Toggenburg goat were collected and cryopreserved on November 23, 2013 by the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) of Wageningen University and Research Centre. This could be realized in close cooperation with representatives of the Dutch Toggenburg breed society. The Dutch Toggenburg goat is a Dutch goat breed, one of the four rare Dutch ...
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Porphyrio NV acquired by Evonik Industries
On 31th October Evonik Industries, headquartered in Essen (Germany), completed the acquisition of Porphyrio NV. Porphyrio NV, a leading provider of cloud based intelligent data management software for the poultry industry, will remain a separate company within the Evonik Animal nutrition Business. The ownership of Evonik will bring significant benefits to Porphyrio’s customers with ...
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