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Denali Changes10 Billion Pounds of Organic Matter into Fertilizer

Agwired

Organic recycling company Denali today announced it has transformed over 10 billion pounds of organic byproducts into natural fertilizers, according to its newly released third annual sustainability report detailing findings from 2023. Fertilizer and chemicals remain the largest on-farm expenditure accounting for 17.5%

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EmGenisys Announces EmVision™ Enrollment for Cattle

Agwired

an animal health company improving success rates of embryo transfer (ET) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) for cattle producers, announces open enrollment for EmVision. EmGenisys, Inc. ,

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WILD SCIENCE FICTION

The Lunatic Farmer

This means that by 2030, modern food products will be higher quality and cost less than half as much to produce as the animal-derived products they replace. The impact of this disruption on industrial animal farming will be profound. will have fallen by 50 percent and the cattle farming industry will be all but bankrupt.

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What’s in a Name? Food Labels, Explained

Modern Farmer

This certification prohibits the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. For meats with this label, synthetic growth hormones are not permitted, and the animals must have been fed a diet that is 100 percent organically grown. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are also not considered organic.

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Animal Ag News 1/16

Agwired

an animal health company improving success rates of embryo transfer (ET) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) for cattle producers, announces open enrollment for EmVision. The International Federation of Agricultural Journalism (IFAJ) and Alltech have opened nominations for the 2024 IFAJ/Alltech Young Leaders program.

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Toxic PFAS are Everywhere, and Remain Largely Unregulated

Modern Farmer

The public didn’t know about PFAS until 1999, when a case was brought to the courts arguing that a farmer who lived near a DuPont plant noticed his cattle were dying. But You Can Take Steps to Minimize Future Exposure ] When it comes to agriculture, the cattle farmer near the DuPont plant was not a PFAS anomaly.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

He stopped using pesticides in the early 1980s, got certified organic in the ‘90s, and over time, built a highly diversified farm that produces corn, oats, wheat, barley, and vegetables while raising cattle, chickens, and pigs outdoors. Those systems still involve cattle being sent to large feedlots.