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The retailer will buy more from small and mid-sized farmers around the world, reduce food waste, and sustainably source key agricultural products.
Western United Dairymen is seeking a few dairies for a project to demonstrate a water balance approach to perform lagoon sealing measurements for dairy manure storage ponds.
Byline: Benzinga StaffMANHEIM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kreider Farms, one of Pennsylvania’s largest dairyfarms, announces the groundbreaking of a multi-million dollar livestock waste treatment system as part of a joint venture with Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. Located at Kreider’s Farm in Manheim, Pa., the Cleantech facility is the first of its kind in the state and is designed to treat and recycle manure from the Farms’ 2,000 dairy cows in an eco-friendly manner. Bion’s patented technology provides a solution to the pollution associated with livestock operations, eliminating most of theenvironmental impacts of animal waste, including excess nutrients, ammonia, phosphorus, and greenhouse gases.
California dairies combine for manure-to-energy benefits
The Agriculture Nutrient Policy Council releases report raising questions about data to set pollution limits for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Under revised air-quality Rule 4570, California dairies must cut silage emissions.
About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.
Groups tell Congress that historically tight supplies of grains and oilseeds make program change imperative.
The piece demonstrates the vital role dairies play in Pennsylvania’s rural communities
Porter Family honored with Agricultural Environmental Management Award.
Think dairy image even when harvesting, storing and feeding.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations pegs the global dairy sector contribution to greenhouse gas emissions (GHC) at 2.7%. If you add in the meat production of the sector, the contribution climbs to 4%.
The dairy industry was addressing global warming long before that was cool. We’re producing 59% more milk with 64% fewer cows than in 1944. We use 77% less feed, 65% less water, 90% less land, produce 76% less manure and have a 63% smaller carbon footprint per gallon of milk produced than we did 66 years ago.
Dairy Today’s Dollars and Sense contributors discuss their farms’ approach to reducing carbon footprints.
Prioritizing culture is often overlooked when it comes to employee management and retention.
Emission reductions roughly equivalent to removing 408,000 cars from California highways
New research shows that changing to a higher-fat soybean meal could improve dry matter intake and milk production without sacrificing milk fat.
Summary highlights dairy industry’s efforts to increase economic, environmental and social sustainability.
Just over a month ago, the Department of Agriculture announced that it will allow American farmers to plant a genetically engineered version of alfalfa. The news also sparked an angry debate among organic advocates about what’s most important in the organic label.
Fair Oaks Farms’ new fleet will be nation’s largest long-haul operation using renewable energy.
Nearly 50% of U.S. milk supply now under FARM umbrella.
An ambitious planning application for Britain’s largest dairy farm, resubmitted Nov. 18, reveals significant changes.
Funding deadline set for March 4, 2011.
Rock Creek Dairy project is the fourth digester in Idaho’s Magic Valley and the first to take effluent from multiple sites.