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Belgium - A car drives for 24 hours entirely on animal waste fats

The staff at the biofuel power plant in Mouscron have produced a car which drives for 24 hours entirely on animal waste fats. This same biomass is used as fuel in the power plant at Mouscron to produce green energy.

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USA - Livestock and meat agency projects help drive change in the industry

This pilot project benefits the entire industry by demonstrating that the producer is able to save a lot of money while limiting the environmental impacts.

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Spain - The UdL develops a roboticized system to reduce costs and contaminating residues in swine herds

The research group of agriculture and precision livestock farming, agrotics and agrotechnology at the Universidad de Lleida (UdL), directed by Jesús Pomar, in collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-Food from Canada, has developed a roboticized system aimed at reducing costs and contaminating residues in swine herds.

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Waitrose cements commitment to UK farmers

In a bid to cut carbon emissions and create a more sustainable pork supply chain, Waitrose has announced the details of a grain sourcing initiative for its pig farmers. The multi million pound deal, the first of its kind in the UK, will mean that BQP/Dalehead Foods will source wheat and barley through the farmer-owned cooperative, Openfield, from within a 50 mile radius of the mill used to manufacture pig feed.

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Smithfield Foods Expands Global ISO 14001Certification to 578 Locations

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced 36 new ISO 14001 environmental certifications at the company's facilities in the U.S. and Europe.

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Livestock producers facing explosion hazards with manure pumping

Last week, Iowa State University (ISU) engineers prepared a news release on this subject highlighting the need for extreme caution when agitating and pumping manure in these deep pits under barns.

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Phosphorus requirements of growing-finishing pigs reared in a commercial environment

A challenge in animal production today is to raise livestock within new environmental rules and regulations. Although most states in the United States regulate swine waste application based on N concentration, more are changing to P-based regulations.

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United Kingdom - Government abandons new farm waste charges

The Government has abandoned plans to charge farmers for registering exemptions for agricultural waste.

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Biogas broadening farm businesses

Farmers are increasingly turning to biogas as a means of broadening their business interests, according to EnviTec Biogas in Germany.

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Egypt - Swine-Flu slaughter leaves Cairo without pigs to devour trash

Five months after anxiety about swine flu prompted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government to order the slaughter of all the country’s 300,000 hogs, the organic waste they once devoured is piling up on Cairo’s streets, contributing to a garbage crisis.

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United Kingdom – Scotland: Farming for a better climate

A new action plan to help cut greenhouse gas emissions from across the agricultural sector was launched.

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USA - EPA to require greenhouse gas reporting

On Jan. 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities.

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Slurry solids can be co-fired with straw in small-scale furnaces

Scientists at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences have studied the effect of the co-firing of slurry solids and straw on energy efficiency and environmental impact.

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Thailand to turn waste from pig farms to worth

Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development (DLD) and the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC) have started a project to turn waste water and manure from swine farms to a worth at crop farms.

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Sara Le Corporation reports improved environmental performance

Company reduces water use by more than 21% and waste sent to landfill by 18% in four years

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Netherlands - Future of the agricultural sector

Scale increase in the agricultural sector is set to continue apace in the long term. In this context, technological innovation offers opportunities to meet rising social demands. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Wageningen UR for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV).