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FAO Sustainable Livestock Production Initiative Gains Support
2013-06-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The sustainable development manager with Manitoba Pork Council says a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) initiative aimed at improving the environmental sustainability of global livestock production is gaining widespread support, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Livestock Production Pollution Underestimated
2013-01-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CHINA - Latest figures reveal that the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonia emissions of China's livestock and poultry breeding in 2010 accounts for 45 per cent and 25 per cent of national total emissions respectively.
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2013 Outlook: Farm Bill, Crop Production, Land Values, Livestock, Biofuels
2013-01-02 04:28:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
2013 is setting up to be another interesting year in the agriculture industry, following a very profitable year in 2012 for most crop producers in the Upper Midwest, and a fairly negative profit year for most livestock producers. Following are some items that are likely to be on the forefront in the agriculture industry for 2013. Focus on Ag read more
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