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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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

Factory farming is a colloquial term, one meant to evoke the mechanized and impersonal nature of the process—although the phrase itself is somewhat vague. But industrial animal agriculture comes with a lot of downsides. How big of an operation are we talking about, and why is it a problem? Photography via Shutterstock.

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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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Agwired

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Dairy farmers across 15 states can apply for considerable financial support to adopt climate-smart manure management practices through a new initiative aimed at enhancing soil health, increasing herd productivity and minimizing environmental impact. Thats according to Transforming the Farmer to Consumer Supply Chain project leaders.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. launch of the XSplit® Separator, an innovative solution that significantly enhances manure management for dairy, cow, and livestock operations. This year’s forum will be held from 9 a.m.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 15, 2024

This is partially because they have been included as a key ingredient in the Biden administration’s pledge to reduce methane emissions in animal agriculture. At CAFOs, it is common to pool animal waste in one spot, called a manure lagoon. In 2020, manure accounted for about 9 percent of the US’s methane emissions.

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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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