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How Automatic Pig Feeding Systems improve the bottom line

Pig producers face a lot of challenges. In North America, specifically, there are 70% fewer pig farms today than in the year 2000. As feed costs rise while global demand for animal protein increases, pig farmers must produce more pork with fewer resources. Automatic pig feeding systems are a large part of ...

May 15, 2017

By Osborne Industries, Inc.

Happy pigs with more fibre

Feeding pigs more fibre may lead to less aggression and improve gut health while maintaining performance. However, type of fibre and feeding level are important factors influencing these effects. According to Wageningen UR researcher Carol Souza da Silva “Fibre gives restricted-fed pigs more satiety, whereas ad libitum-fed growing pigs compensate the lower energy in fibrous diets by ...

Mar. 11, 2014

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

Oil spray reduces greenhouse gas emissions from pig finishing barns

Animal feeding operations are an important emission source of air pollutants including methane and carbon dioxide—known greenhouse gases. Recent inventories suggest that animal manure makes a significant contribution to global methane emissions. As a consequence, greenhouse gas emissions can potentially become a limiting factor in the development and sustainability of animal production and ...

Jan. 15, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Feed Mixing the Easy Way - Animal Individual Feed Preparation by Means of WEDA’s New Mill Control

Nowadays, the composition of feed should be matched exactly with the individual needs of suckling piglets, fattening animals, and sows. Only if the mixture is the right one, a positive development of the animals is guaranteed. Independent of the kind of feeding system employed it is therefore decisive that the individual feed components can be mixed efficiently. With the help of the mill control ...

Nov. 1, 2016

Levucell SB improves sow’s feed intake in lactation: Results of a meta-analysis

Results of a meta-analysis show that probiotic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 (LEVUCELL SB), helps increase sow feed intake during lactation.1 The study was presented by Lallemand Animal Nutrition at the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Joint Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2015, in Orlando, Florida. Optimal feed intake in ...

Sep. 11, 2015

By Lallemand Animal Nutrition

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. 19, 2017

By Osborne Industries, Inc.

The Gas Endeavour at the European Federation of Animal Science meeting

We took our Gas Endeavour to Belfast, UK, for the EAAP 2016 on August 29 – September 3, when over 1400 participants representing both academia and the industry gathered from 59 countries. There were 700 presentations and 450 posters on various ...

Sep. 13, 2016

By Bioprocess Control AB

Smart Technology And Digital Solutions Drive The Agenda Of The First European Edition Of Gfia In The Netherlands

The first European edition of the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture, GFIA Europe, welcomed an international audience to the Netherlands where smart technology and digital solutions drove the agenda as the accelerators to the future of sustainable agricultural innovations. As the world’s largest showcase of sustainable agriculture innovations, GFIA Europe saw collaboration between ...

May 24, 2017

By Turret Media FZ LLC

Mapping livestock water requirements to inform EU water policy

Ecosystems provide a range of valuable services relevant to water. Lakes and rivers contribute to water supply, whilst forests and wetlands help protect against flooding and can also remove pollutants such as heavy metals ...

Sep. 27, 2013

By European Commission, Environment DG

Beef pollutes more than pork, poultry, study says

Raising beef for the American dinner table does far more damage to the environment than producing pork, poultry, eggs or dairy, a new study says. Compared with the other animal proteins, beef produces five times more heat-trapping gases per calorie, puts out six times as much water-polluting nitrogen, takes 11 times more water for irrigation and uses 28 times the land, according to the study ...

Jul. 22, 2014

By Associated Press

Healthy soil is essential for a biobased & circular economy

The soil is the ground beneath our feet and the growth place for biomass. For a biobased & circular economy it is crucial to preserve this ‘pantry’ storage function of the soil. This is why Wageningen University & Research is performing dedicated research into various aspects of the soil, such as nutrients and organic material, smarter cultivation systems of a larger diversity ...

May 3, 2017

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

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 ...

Aug. 23, 2016

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

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 ...

Jun. 1, 2009

By WWF International

EuroTier 2014: farmers face their challenges

Dr Reinhard Grandke, CEO of the DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft / German Agricultural Society), Frankfurt am Main (DLG). EuroTier 2014 has far exceeded expectations, attracting 156,000 trade professionals, around 30,000 of whom came from outside Germany. The world's leading trade fair for animal production, organised by DLG, took place from 11 to 14 November 2014 at the ...

Nov. 15, 2014

By German Agricultural Society (DLG) / DLG-International GmbH

Farmers could cut emissions while boosting production

Farmers could earn more and protect the environment by using technologies and practices that reduce the global warming gases that livestock emit, according to a report by the UN Food ...

Nov. 1, 2013

By SciDev.Net

Inlets secure draft free ventilation during the winter

Many engineers who design and install ventilation systems to offices, cinemas, schools, meeting rooms, shops etc. in countries with cold winters are impressed when they hear that the livestock ventilation industry are able to ventilate buildings without preheating the inlet air during the winter period. However, correct uses of inlets are the key behind draft free ventilation during the cold ...

Nov. 3, 2016

By Munters

Balancing food security and environmental quality in China

In many ways, the evolution of Chinese agriculture over the past 40 years is a remarkable success story. Spurred by investments in research and government subsidies for fertilizers and other farm technologies, China now feeds 22% of the world’s population on just 9% of its total arable land. But as a special collection of papers in the July-August issue of the Journal of Environmental ...

Jul. 2, 2013

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

NRDC announces winners of the 2013 Growing Green Awards

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today celebrates four remarkable food vanguards for their pioneering efforts to create healthier and more sustainable food systems at the fifth annual Growing Green Awards. The winners, who are leaders in tackling antibiotic resistance on farms, infusing urban areas with fresh produce in corner stores, ...

Apr. 4, 2013

By Natural Resources Defense Council

How green was my vertical farm?

By 2050, 80% of the earth’s population will live in cities and 3 billion more people will need to be fed. The simple fact is we are running out of available land to grow enough food to feed them. If we can’t grow our cities outward to find more arable land, the only solution is to grow them upwards. This may change the way we design cities forever. The problem is real and ...

Jul. 22, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

NRDC and Berkeley Food Institute Announce Winners of the 2014 Growing Green Awards

Today, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) celebrate four remarkable leaders who are advancing sustainable food and agriculture at the sixth annual Growing Green Awards. Chosen from hundreds of nominations submitted across the country by a renowned panel of judges, the 2014 ...

May 14, 2014

By Natural Resources Defense Council

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