Brazil: Assessment of a Low-Carbon Pig Breeding project
A team of pig consultants working in the Low-Carbon Pig Breeding project has been visiting pig farms in Mato Grosso.
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European Union: agreement on a general approach on a proposal for a regulation on organic farming
The agreement on organic production and labelling of organic products will make it possible to launch negotiations between the Parliament and the Council.
Effects of production practices and environmental factors on air contaminants in swine facilities
The objective of this research is to characterize air contaminant concentration and variability associated with differing swine rearing practices.
FAO: GLEAM, a comprehensive life cycle assessment of livestock sector’s environmental impacts
The Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model provides detailed data on animal numbers, production and emissions.
Brazil prioritizes pig production within the low carbon emissions plan
The sustainable pig production with low carbon emissions to the atmosphere will be one of the priorities for the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil in 2015 within the ABC (Low Carbon Emission Agriculture) Plan.
The use of a novel phytase on P digestibility in lactating sows
Feeding short-term reduced dietary P with phytase does not affect sow performance.
Ireland: opening for applications under the 2015 Nitrates Derogation
Minister Coveney noted that 83% of applications were received online for 2014 and confirmed that applications can only be submitted using the online facility for 2015. The closing date for applications is 31st March 2015.
Influence of permanent use of feeding stalls as living area on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions for group-housed gestating sows kept on straw deep-litter
Keeping group-housed gestating sows on partly straw bedded floor with permanent access to the concrete feeding stalls compared to fully straw bedded floor did not significantly influence animal performance and NH3-emissions, and decreased CO2eq-emissions.
European Union: first three Rural Development Programmes get green light
The European Commission has approved the first three of 118 Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) aimed at improving the competitiveness of the EU farming sector.
Germany: 2013: 8.1 million litres of liquid manure and slurry released in accidents involving water hazardous substances
2013: 8.1 million litres of liquid manure and slurry released in accidents involving water hazardous substances.
European Union: use of animal by-products in organic fertilisers
The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of a Commission regulation amending regulation 142/2011 implementing regulation 1069/2009 laying down health rules as regards animal byproducts and derived products not intended for human consumption.
The water disappearance and manure production at commercial growing-finishing pig farms
The results obtained at the commercial growing-finishing farms show that in uncontrolled conditions the water disappearance and manure production are significantly influenced by the drinker type.
France: sentence of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Nitrates Action Programmes
The majority of the issues set out in the sentence of the Court of Justice of the European Union have already been corrected in the new regulation.
France: inauguration of the methanisation plant AgriBiométhane
It is the first biogas plant in the west of France with a direct injection of biogas into the natural gas network.
Tree tannins to control manure odor
Tannins from the quebracho tree can control the production of compounds that cause manure odors, according to studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
Multiphase feeding on performance, body composition, nutrient excretion and feed costs in pigs
Daily multiphase feeding may be a useful tool to reduce nutrient excretion in manure in growing-finishing pigs.