Tag: livestock
Financial aid, livestock, communication… What the executive’s livestock plan contains – L’Express
Bic pen in hand, frowning eyebrows… President Emmanuel Macron took note of farmers’ grievances on Saturday February 24 at the Agricultural Show. And one day was enough for the government…
Mismanagement of livestock may have been going on for a long time
full screen As early as 2016, the county administrative board discovered major flaws in how cattle were managed at a farmer in Västergötland. After a new check, the farmer has…
NVWA raids illegal slaughterhouse, livestock farmer arrested in presence of customers
The livestock farmer is suspected of illegally killing and slaughtering his sheep without stunning for his customers. When the police and the NVWA searched the slaughterhouse, several customers were also…
Abuses in livestock farming: Wakker Dier wants more inspections, but supervisor ‘cannot see everything’
Wakker Dier, which is committed to animals in livestock farming, therefore believes that the inspectorate should look at many more farms. “The manpower of the NVWA is embarrassingly small. At…
Livestock: how to reduce enteric methane from cows
Agriculture accounts for a fifth of France’s greenhouse gas emissions. Among the main culprits: ruminant burps. Enteric methane represents half of the carbon footprint of a dairy farm. Initiatives already…
Livestock farmer has to leave De Hoef after finding dead sheep
This was also the umpteenth incident for the Animal Ambulance. Director Miriam Bosman said to have been turned out about 20 to 30 times for the cattle farmer from Bodegraven.…
Prosecution of Ammonia Emissions from Livestock
It’s a climate crisis. The omni-directional and accelerating climate catastrophe poses new challenges for journalism. In France, since the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention…
Smashing pumpkins, feeding livestock: Rescue program a win-win
News Local News A big push in Oxford County to intercept used Halloween pumpkins before they hit the landfill had its most successful haul yet, its lead organizer says. Author…
Doubts about the usefulness of innovative low-emission stables put an end to the expansion of livestock farms
Commissioner Mirjam Sterk of the province of Utrecht is disappointed. “For farmers who have invested in these low-emission floors in recent years, this ruling is another blow. Not only financially,…
Bizet sheep to improve the Senegalese livestock
A few days before Tabaski, the Aïd-el-Kébir feast of the sacrifice of the sheep, France gave, in Senegal, on July 7, a ram and two ewes of the Bizet breed…