Animal Housing
Poultry keeping is all about the chickens and bird-focused poultry farming is all about how to house and care for chickens in the best possible way Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
PIC and PAACO focused on husbandry, management and how to audit. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When the Big Bend Colony decided to build a new layer barn with enriched housing in 2009, it was done with the future in mind. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Keeping poultry comfortable during transport can be a challenge, especially since trucks loaded with birds run all year long in a variety of weather conditions. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) will host a workshop on compost bedded pack dairy barns on Dec. 5. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
At EuroTier 2012, a European trade show dedicated to agriculture, DeLaval’s barn system controller (BSC) was awarded the EuroTier silver medal for innovation. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is hosting two Iowa manure management and runoff control demonstration field days at the end of October. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Ziggity Systems Inc. has introduced an easy to use online warranty registration component for watering systems to their website. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A dairy farm in the Edmonton, Alta., area is doing its part to help improve the operation’s environmental footprint and was recently nominated for national recognition for doing so. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
High commodity values and limited supply have pushed Canadian farmland values to new heights, says a Market Trends Report by RE/MAX. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The National Fire Protection Association has rejected an appeal by animal rights groups to make automatic fire control systems in all animal housing facilities. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A variety of animal protection organizations have requested that the NFPA require sprinklers be installed in animal housing facilities to help prevent fires. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Weeden Environments has announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued a key patent for using sprinkler systems for cooling poultry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Eight hundred employees, dealers, suppliers and more came out to celebrate Shur-Gain's 75th anniversary at Nutreco Canada's research farm in Burford, Ontario. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An inquest heard that poultry farmer Norman Woodward, 75, died in part to his time working with poultry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Space-Ray has introduced a new radiant tube heater that provides the largest heat emitting surface area and largest heating footprint in its class. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An increasing number of producers are preparing to transition to alternative housing systems, such as to furnished cages. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Elevated temperatures and high humidity can cause reduced feed intake and mortality. But, what can be done to prevent heat stress when the temperature soars? Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new economic study commissioned by the UEP indicates that changes to egg production practices may only increase prices by less than two cents per dozen. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
McDonald's USA has shared its 10-year plan to work with its pork suppliers to phase out the use of gestation stalls. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!