Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal agriculture for decades, but in 2008 when one dairy operation tried moving onto the Yakima Indian Reservation, the community balked at the proposition. As the number of animals stuffed onto corporate farms increases, so has the amount of waste.

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Animal Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Manure 105

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal agriculture for decades, but in 2008 when one dairy operation tried moving onto the Yakima Indian Reservation, the community balked at the proposition. As the number of animals stuffed onto corporate farms increases, so has the amount of waste.

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Ruralism Manure Farming Farming 70

Agwired

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This system provides an unparalleled solution for removing moisture and oxygen from gas streams, addressing critical purification challenges in livestock applications such as biogas production from manure digesters. Join the next Cattlemen’s Webinar Series to hear more about what this updated rule means for you.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Instead, while there is plenty of uncertainty, the most likely causes are fewer cattle burping methane and less fertilizer use. Concentrated feedlot cattle farming and fertilizer production are among the biggest drivers of emissions from agriculture. Corn is the main driver of nitrogen fertilizer use,” said Lilliston.

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Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Cattle 96

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

There are small, medium and large CAFOs, with the largest of these—housing thousands to tens of thousands of animals—embodying the truest definition of a “factory farm.” Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. But no regular farm produces that much manure. I called the office.

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Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 97

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

There are small, medium and large CAFOs, with the largest of these—housing thousands to tens of thousands of animals—embodying the truest definition of a “factory farm.” Many of the issues can be boiled down to the sheer concentration of manure they produce. But no regular farm produces that much manure. I called the office.

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Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 64

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) The RPFSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. RPFSA upholds several competition measures in the animal agriculture supply chain, like the establishment of an Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters.

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Ruralism Food Farming Farming 111