The EP approves an emissions regulation that affects more pig farms
The new rules will reduce harmful emissions from industrial installations and large pig and poultry farms.
The new rules will reduce harmful emissions from industrial installations and large pig and poultry farms.
The EU-funded project ‘WelFarmers’, involving 17 partners from 8 European countries, will award farms with best practices in animal welfare and disseminate the results.
The EP calls on the EC to raise the limit values for the use of nitrogen fertilisers from animal manure, such as RENURE (nitrogen recovered from manure).
Council and European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional political agreement today on a regulation to establish the first EU-level certification framework for carbon removals.
Camera traps, data loggers, and simulations are all involved in the DeathBoars project for the prevention of African swine fever in northeast Italy.
The 17-year transition period for fully slatted pens has been considered too long.
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The Ministry of Agriculture will improve the treatment of livestock waste by transforming it into bioenergy, biochar, and solid fuels.
The agency’s proposal would cut the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and other pollutants discharged to the nation’s waters.
The co-legislators agreed to extend IED measures to pig farms with more than 350 livestock units (LSU).
Applications are now open for the second round of the Slurry Infrastructure Grant, with double the funding on offer compared with the first round.
Cooperl and Bigard withdraw from the French reference market.
Seventy-five percent of pig farms have implemented the best available techniques to reduce emissions levels at their facilities.
Farm restructuring and technology development and adoption are likely to lead to a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in China's pork supply chain.
Improvement projects that are underway but not completed will have an additional 12 months to finish.
The innovative trap is called PIG BRIG and is designed to be easy to use and effective.
The European Commission will propose a revision of animal welfare standards in the second half of 2023.
Slaughterhouses must have a video surveillance system that will allow for additional animal welfare checks.
The state of Missouri has passed legislation making it a felony to interfere with the transportation of livestock.
On July 8, at the Tam Diep Nuclear Pig Breeding Station, the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics (DTS) in collaboration with the People's Committee of Ninh Binh Province held the groundbreaking ceremony of the project "Setting up a smart farm" in Hanoi and improving the pig farming value chain in Ninh Binh”.
Large industrial facilities and larger pig and chicken farms must reduce their emission of pollutants.
Agricultural entrepreneurs can make their businesses more sustainable or take advantage of voluntary termination schemes.
If convicted at a second hearing before the Court of Justice of the European Union, the penalty would have been significant.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has published FAQs and a Sow Housing Guide.