Poultry farming involves breeding, hatching, and raising birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. The document outlines the life cycle of poultry from breeder farms, which produce fertile eggs, to hatcheries, where the eggs are incubated. Chicks are then transported to rearing farms until they reach the appropriate weight. Catching and transportation to processing plants is followed by packaging meat products for distribution. Hygiene is important throughout to prevent disease.
This document provides information on management tools for flock and herd improvement, with a focus on vaccination programs and weaning strategies. It discusses which vaccines are commonly used for sheep and goats and recommendations for vaccination of pregnant females, lambs/kids, and mature males. It covers reasons for weaning, typical weaning ages, and recommendations for early weaning of lambs/kids and their dams. The document also briefly discusses factors to consider when planning breeding and preparation steps to take 1-2 months prior to breeding.
This document discusses key considerations for hatchery design and operation. It recommends laying out facilities to minimize walking distances and avoid cross-contamination. Specific areas like egg receiving, incubation, and chick handling are examined. Proper temperature, humidity, ventilation and egg turning are essential incubation factors. Good sanitation, egg selection and handling also impact hatchability. Overall the document provides guidance on facility layout and best practices for incubation to achieve cost-effective hatchery operation.
Fermentation of carbohydrates in the rumen of dairy cows produces volatile fatty acids (VFAs) like acetic, propionic, and butyric acid. Acetic acid is used for energy and milk fat synthesis. Propionic acid is converted to glucose in the liver. Butyric acid is converted to ketones that provide energy. A balance of fibrous and non-fibrous carbohydrates in the diet optimizes VFA production and milk yield. Changing the forage-to-concentrate ratio impacts VFA profiles and influences milk production, fat content, and feed efficiency.
This document summarizes various sheep breeds found in India, organized by region. It provides details on the distribution, conformation, fleece/wool characteristics, and breeding practices of over 20 breeds including Chokla, Nali, and Marwari from Northwestern India, Gaddi and Rampur Bushair from North Temperate India, and Deccani, Bellary, and Nellore from Southern Peninsular India. Crossbreeding programs with exotic breeds like Merino are noted for several native breeds to improve wool production and quality.
This document summarizes various diseases and physiological disorders that can occur in dairy cattle. It discusses udder edema, precocious mammary development, failure of milk ejection, agalactia, nonfunctional quarters, congenital disorders, traumatic and structural udder disorders like hematomas and abscesses, bloody milk, and teat sphincter inadequacy. For each condition, it provides details on causes, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.
This document summarizes the utilization of sex-sorted semen in cattle production. It discusses how sperm are sorted based on their X and Y chromosomes into sexed semen with 80-90% accuracy using flow cytometry. The sexed semen allows producers to limit offspring to a single sex. The document outlines the sex-sorting process and provides examples of its use in the dairy industry to produce more valuable female calves and in the beef industry to produce male calves. It also briefly discusses potential issues like calf welfare due to killing of excess male calves.
Poultry farming involves breeding, hatching, and raising birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. The document outlines the life cycle of poultry from breeder farms, which produce fertile eggs, to hatcheries, where the eggs are incubated. Chicks are then transported to rearing farms until they reach the appropriate weight. Catching and transportation to processing plants is followed by packaging meat products for distribution. Hygiene is important throughout to prevent disease.
This document provides information on management tools for flock and herd improvement, with a focus on vaccination programs and weaning strategies. It discusses which vaccines are commonly used for sheep and goats and recommendations for vaccination of pregnant females, lambs/kids, and mature males. It covers reasons for weaning, typical weaning ages, and recommendations for early weaning of lambs/kids and their dams. The document also briefly discusses factors to consider when planning breeding and preparation steps to take 1-2 months prior to breeding.
This document discusses key considerations for hatchery design and operation. It recommends laying out facilities to minimize walking distances and avoid cross-contamination. Specific areas like egg receiving, incubation, and chick handling are examined. Proper temperature, humidity, ventilation and egg turning are essential incubation factors. Good sanitation, egg selection and handling also impact hatchability. Overall the document provides guidance on facility layout and best practices for incubation to achieve cost-effective hatchery operation.
Fermentation of carbohydrates in the rumen of dairy cows produces volatile fatty acids (VFAs) like acetic, propionic, and butyric acid. Acetic acid is used for energy and milk fat synthesis. Propionic acid is converted to glucose in the liver. Butyric acid is converted to ketones that provide energy. A balance of fibrous and non-fibrous carbohydrates in the diet optimizes VFA production and milk yield. Changing the forage-to-concentrate ratio impacts VFA profiles and influences milk production, fat content, and feed efficiency.
This document summarizes various sheep breeds found in India, organized by region. It provides details on the distribution, conformation, fleece/wool characteristics, and breeding practices of over 20 breeds including Chokla, Nali, and Marwari from Northwestern India, Gaddi and Rampur Bushair from North Temperate India, and Deccani, Bellary, and Nellore from Southern Peninsular India. Crossbreeding programs with exotic breeds like Merino are noted for several native breeds to improve wool production and quality.
This document summarizes various diseases and physiological disorders that can occur in dairy cattle. It discusses udder edema, precocious mammary development, failure of milk ejection, agalactia, nonfunctional quarters, congenital disorders, traumatic and structural udder disorders like hematomas and abscesses, bloody milk, and teat sphincter inadequacy. For each condition, it provides details on causes, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.
This document summarizes the utilization of sex-sorted semen in cattle production. It discusses how sperm are sorted based on their X and Y chromosomes into sexed semen with 80-90% accuracy using flow cytometry. The sexed semen allows producers to limit offspring to a single sex. The document outlines the sex-sorting process and provides examples of its use in the dairy industry to produce more valuable female calves and in the beef industry to produce male calves. It also briefly discusses potential issues like calf welfare due to killing of excess male calves.
Nutrition is the foundation of good production in small ruminants like sheep and goats. Nutrient requirements depend on several factors including species, size, age, stage of production, level of production like number of fetuses, and climate. Younger and smaller animals require a more nutrient dense diet compared to mature larger animals. Animals in late gestation and lactation have higher energy and mineral needs. Higher producing animals have greater nutritional demands. Proper nutrition is key to optimal health, growth and productivity of small ruminants.
This document discusses goat production management in India. It provides background on the origins of goats and describes the major goat breeds found in India. It then gives statistics on world and Indian goat populations, with India ranking second globally in goat numbers. Details are provided on goat population and density in different Indian states and districts of West Bengal. The document outlines the contributions of goats to the livestock sector and meat production in India. It discusses the history of goat development programs in India and provides an overview of the All India Coordinated Research Project on goat improvement.
The open nucleus breeding system proposed by Cunningham in 1979 involves a central herd of 200 cows where detailed records are kept and bull selection is based on pedigree and performance. The central herd is supported by a base village herd that provides 10% of cows to the central herd annually through a selection process involving visual judgment of traits. Selected bulls from the central herd come from the best cows based on growth and dam's milk yield, and the lowest 10% of cows in the central herd are replaced with animals from the village herd which are then recorded and evaluated.
Nutrition for commercial broiler and layer productionEshamArman
This document discusses the nutrient requirements of poultry, specifically broilers and layers. It outlines the main nutrient components - protein, energy, vitamins, and minerals. For energy, it defines different measurements and sources. Protein requirements are provided for different life stages of broilers and layers, along with sources of protein. Mineral and vitamin requirements are also outlined for broilers and layers. Accurate nutrient levels must be provided at different growth stages for optimal production and health of poultry.
This document summarizes genetic improvement programs in poultry breeding, focusing on chickens. It discusses the selection of chickens for desirable traits, genetic improvement in broilers through selection for traits like growth and feed efficiency, and genetic improvement in laying hens through selecting for traits like egg number, quality, and feed conversion ratio. The quantitative genetics approach has been applied effectively in industrial chicken breeding to reach high performance levels for growth and egg production in specialized lines.
This document provides background information on a thesis project that aims to characterize the breeding practices and productivity of Simien sheep in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. The study will collect data on the production systems, breeding objectives and strategies, linear body measurements, and on-farm growth performance of Simien sheep through surveys, interviews, discussions, observations and measurements with farmers. The results will provide information to support conservation and improvement of the Simien sheep breed.
The document discusses agriculture and livestock in Pakistan. It provides details on:
1. The major crops grown in Pakistan which contribute significantly to GDP, including wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane and others.
2. The livestock sector, which accounts for 9% of GDP, includes cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and others.
3. The various indigenous animal breeds found in Pakistan and the need for further characterization of these breeds at the phenotypic and genetic levels.
Conservation of farm animal genetic resourcesIllaya Kumar
India is a vast country, rich in biodiversity. With its geographical area of 329 million hectares, India has almost all the climatic conditions and ecological zones found in different parts of the world, ranging from perpetual snow cover to equatorial and tropical conditions, from mangroves to humid tropics and hot and cold deserts as well as all the intermediate conditions. Before the advent of fossil fuel, animal energy was the only source of farm power and that also mainly from bullocks. In the recent past, a number of native breeds are facing fast genetic degradation and dilution because of intensive production system and unplanned introduction and use of exotic germplasm. This scenario, if continued, might result in depletion of the invaluable native germplasm having better potentiality for production, draught capacity, resistance to diseases and heat tolerance ability. In general, indigenous breeds provide the necessary genetic diversity needed by modern agriculture as a means to ensure stability and are vital building blocks for future livestock breeding programmes. Conservation of indigenous animal is needed for Genetic insurance, Scientific study, Economic potential, Environmental considerations, Cultural and ethical requirements, Energy source by In situ or Ex situ conservation techniques. There are some agencies like NBAGR involved in livestock conservation and the government also implemented projects for breeds conservation. There are many successful stories such as Sabarmathi Ashram goshala in the conservation of native breeds. Many foreign countries have realized the genetic potential of our indigenous breeds and using them for improvement of their germplasm. It is high time to proceed to conserve our germplasm.
This document discusses feeding management of poultry. It begins by stating that India ranks 3rd in egg production and 4th in broiler production globally. It then discusses the six major classes of nutrients needed in poultry feed: carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water. The document goes on to describe energy and protein requirements, types of protein supplements, mineral requirements including calcium and phosphorus, and vitamin requirements and deficiency diseases. It also discusses factors that affect feed intake and efficiency. Finally, it outlines feeding practices for broiler chickens and layers at different stages.
Animal genetic resource conservation and biotechnologyBruno Mmassy
The document discusses conservation of animal genetic resources and biotechnology. It defines key terms like biodiversity, animal genetic resources, and domestic animal diversity. Around 30-40% of animal genetic resources are at risk of extinction due to factors like genetic bottlenecks, inbreeding, and human activities. Methods of conservation discussed include in-situ conservation of breeds within their production environments, and ex-situ conservation which involves maintaining live populations in other environments or cryopreserving genetic material like semen, embryos, and tissues.
Basics of animal nutrition
Feeding the rumen microbes
We need:
Certain limiting amino acids (Lys, Met)
In a certain ratio (Lys 3 : 1 Met)
And normal feedstuffs don’t supply this:
Not enough
Not the right ratio
So we need to supplement them
We need RUP
Role of Poultry in alleviating the poverty and malnutrition in IndiaBalaraj BL
This document summarizes information from a seminar on major credit and poverty in India. It discusses poverty levels among social groups and occupations. It also provides statistics on malnutrition, agriculture contribution to GDP, land holding patterns, poultry production statistics, and the role of the poultry sector in nutrition, poverty reduction, and employment. Challenges for small scale poultry farmers are also outlined.
The document discusses the history and definitions of animal welfare. It notes that animal welfare was historically examined more in Europe than the US. Definitions of welfare have included the state of well-being, harmony with the environment, and meeting basic needs. The document also discusses the economic realities of poultry production that prioritize efficiency and profit over animal welfare.
Goat milk has several advantages over cow milk such as being more compatible and nourishing for people with cow milk allergies. It is also non-mucus forming and helps neutralize mucus. Goat milk is similar to human breast milk in composition and contains healing enzymes and a superior form of calcium. Keeping accurate farm records is important for sheep and goat farms for management, performance evaluation, genetic selection, and health purposes. Developing countries contain the majority of the world's small ruminant populations and production.
Dairy Heifers' Management
Dairy farming is all about utilizing your all available resources in a justified manner. Heifer replacements through culling and selection are the keys for a dairy enterprise. Knowing the feeding requirements of your cows will help you decide what to offer them to maximize the output. Deworming an vaccination have also been discussed to keep your farm free from different parasitic, bacterial and viral diseases. Key points in the presentation include;
* Culling & Selection
* Breeds
* Housing management
* Pre-calving & Post-calving care
* Feeding management
* Vaccination
* Deworming
This document provides information on buffalo populations and production strategies around the world. It discusses the major buffalo producing regions of Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, and Australia. Specifically:
- Asia is home to over 95% of the world's buffalo population, with India alone containing over half of the global buffalo population. Several high producing dairy breeds originate from India.
- China has a large genetic diversity of swamp buffalo breeds adapted to different climates and environments. The most numerous Chinese breed is the Guizhou mountain breed.
- Egypt contains nearly all of Africa's buffalo population, which is used mainly for draught power and meat production.
- South America's buffalo population
With the emerging concern on environmental cost more specifically greenhouse gas emission related with conventional livestock rearing for meat has come to a problematic situation. Therefore, animal scientists and human nutritionists collectively try to develop a new trend of rearing non-conventional livestock for meat purposes. Some of the non conventional species are already being exploited to commercial levels. This presentation attempts to discuss some key points about non conventional livestock in a brief and simple manner.
The document summarizes best practices for biosecurity in sheep and goat operations. It discusses maintaining a closed or mostly closed flock to prevent disease introduction, quarantining new animals, sanitizing facilities and equipment, limiting farm visitors, and proper disposal of deadstock and wastes. New animals pose the greatest biosecurity risk, so the document provides tips for acquiring stock from low-risk sources and quarantining/testing newcomers.
Feather morphology: normal, frizzle, silky
Feather distribution: normal, naked neck, feathered shanks and feet
Plumage pattern: plain, barred mottled (specific location)
Skin colour: not pigmented, yellow, blue-black
Shank colour: white, yellow, blue, green black, brown
Ear-lobe color: not pigmented, red, white and red
Comb type: single, pea, rose, walnut, V shaped
Comb size: small, medium, large
Eye colour:
Skeletal variants: normal, crested, polydactyl, extra toes, creeper, dwarf
Other specific and distinct visible traits
"Use of feed additives generated through fermentation technologies for livest...ExternalEvents
"Use of feed additives generated through fermentation
technologies for livestock feed " presentation by "Cavaba Srinivas Prasad, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, India"
There are nearly over one million beef farmers and ranchers throughout the United States. They often use the diverse local resources available to produce nutritious, safe and delicious beef. That means there are a variety of beef choices including grain-finished and grass-finished. No matter the choice, there is a delicious and nutritious beef option for you.
Nutrition is the foundation of good production in small ruminants like sheep and goats. Nutrient requirements depend on several factors including species, size, age, stage of production, level of production like number of fetuses, and climate. Younger and smaller animals require a more nutrient dense diet compared to mature larger animals. Animals in late gestation and lactation have higher energy and mineral needs. Higher producing animals have greater nutritional demands. Proper nutrition is key to optimal health, growth and productivity of small ruminants.
This document discusses goat production management in India. It provides background on the origins of goats and describes the major goat breeds found in India. It then gives statistics on world and Indian goat populations, with India ranking second globally in goat numbers. Details are provided on goat population and density in different Indian states and districts of West Bengal. The document outlines the contributions of goats to the livestock sector and meat production in India. It discusses the history of goat development programs in India and provides an overview of the All India Coordinated Research Project on goat improvement.
The open nucleus breeding system proposed by Cunningham in 1979 involves a central herd of 200 cows where detailed records are kept and bull selection is based on pedigree and performance. The central herd is supported by a base village herd that provides 10% of cows to the central herd annually through a selection process involving visual judgment of traits. Selected bulls from the central herd come from the best cows based on growth and dam's milk yield, and the lowest 10% of cows in the central herd are replaced with animals from the village herd which are then recorded and evaluated.
Nutrition for commercial broiler and layer productionEshamArman
This document discusses the nutrient requirements of poultry, specifically broilers and layers. It outlines the main nutrient components - protein, energy, vitamins, and minerals. For energy, it defines different measurements and sources. Protein requirements are provided for different life stages of broilers and layers, along with sources of protein. Mineral and vitamin requirements are also outlined for broilers and layers. Accurate nutrient levels must be provided at different growth stages for optimal production and health of poultry.
This document summarizes genetic improvement programs in poultry breeding, focusing on chickens. It discusses the selection of chickens for desirable traits, genetic improvement in broilers through selection for traits like growth and feed efficiency, and genetic improvement in laying hens through selecting for traits like egg number, quality, and feed conversion ratio. The quantitative genetics approach has been applied effectively in industrial chicken breeding to reach high performance levels for growth and egg production in specialized lines.
This document provides background information on a thesis project that aims to characterize the breeding practices and productivity of Simien sheep in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. The study will collect data on the production systems, breeding objectives and strategies, linear body measurements, and on-farm growth performance of Simien sheep through surveys, interviews, discussions, observations and measurements with farmers. The results will provide information to support conservation and improvement of the Simien sheep breed.
The document discusses agriculture and livestock in Pakistan. It provides details on:
1. The major crops grown in Pakistan which contribute significantly to GDP, including wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane and others.
2. The livestock sector, which accounts for 9% of GDP, includes cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and others.
3. The various indigenous animal breeds found in Pakistan and the need for further characterization of these breeds at the phenotypic and genetic levels.
Conservation of farm animal genetic resourcesIllaya Kumar
India is a vast country, rich in biodiversity. With its geographical area of 329 million hectares, India has almost all the climatic conditions and ecological zones found in different parts of the world, ranging from perpetual snow cover to equatorial and tropical conditions, from mangroves to humid tropics and hot and cold deserts as well as all the intermediate conditions. Before the advent of fossil fuel, animal energy was the only source of farm power and that also mainly from bullocks. In the recent past, a number of native breeds are facing fast genetic degradation and dilution because of intensive production system and unplanned introduction and use of exotic germplasm. This scenario, if continued, might result in depletion of the invaluable native germplasm having better potentiality for production, draught capacity, resistance to diseases and heat tolerance ability. In general, indigenous breeds provide the necessary genetic diversity needed by modern agriculture as a means to ensure stability and are vital building blocks for future livestock breeding programmes. Conservation of indigenous animal is needed for Genetic insurance, Scientific study, Economic potential, Environmental considerations, Cultural and ethical requirements, Energy source by In situ or Ex situ conservation techniques. There are some agencies like NBAGR involved in livestock conservation and the government also implemented projects for breeds conservation. There are many successful stories such as Sabarmathi Ashram goshala in the conservation of native breeds. Many foreign countries have realized the genetic potential of our indigenous breeds and using them for improvement of their germplasm. It is high time to proceed to conserve our germplasm.
This document discusses feeding management of poultry. It begins by stating that India ranks 3rd in egg production and 4th in broiler production globally. It then discusses the six major classes of nutrients needed in poultry feed: carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water. The document goes on to describe energy and protein requirements, types of protein supplements, mineral requirements including calcium and phosphorus, and vitamin requirements and deficiency diseases. It also discusses factors that affect feed intake and efficiency. Finally, it outlines feeding practices for broiler chickens and layers at different stages.
Animal genetic resource conservation and biotechnologyBruno Mmassy
The document discusses conservation of animal genetic resources and biotechnology. It defines key terms like biodiversity, animal genetic resources, and domestic animal diversity. Around 30-40% of animal genetic resources are at risk of extinction due to factors like genetic bottlenecks, inbreeding, and human activities. Methods of conservation discussed include in-situ conservation of breeds within their production environments, and ex-situ conservation which involves maintaining live populations in other environments or cryopreserving genetic material like semen, embryos, and tissues.
Basics of animal nutrition
Feeding the rumen microbes
We need:
Certain limiting amino acids (Lys, Met)
In a certain ratio (Lys 3 : 1 Met)
And normal feedstuffs don’t supply this:
Not enough
Not the right ratio
So we need to supplement them
We need RUP
Role of Poultry in alleviating the poverty and malnutrition in IndiaBalaraj BL
This document summarizes information from a seminar on major credit and poverty in India. It discusses poverty levels among social groups and occupations. It also provides statistics on malnutrition, agriculture contribution to GDP, land holding patterns, poultry production statistics, and the role of the poultry sector in nutrition, poverty reduction, and employment. Challenges for small scale poultry farmers are also outlined.
The document discusses the history and definitions of animal welfare. It notes that animal welfare was historically examined more in Europe than the US. Definitions of welfare have included the state of well-being, harmony with the environment, and meeting basic needs. The document also discusses the economic realities of poultry production that prioritize efficiency and profit over animal welfare.
Goat milk has several advantages over cow milk such as being more compatible and nourishing for people with cow milk allergies. It is also non-mucus forming and helps neutralize mucus. Goat milk is similar to human breast milk in composition and contains healing enzymes and a superior form of calcium. Keeping accurate farm records is important for sheep and goat farms for management, performance evaluation, genetic selection, and health purposes. Developing countries contain the majority of the world's small ruminant populations and production.
Dairy Heifers' Management
Dairy farming is all about utilizing your all available resources in a justified manner. Heifer replacements through culling and selection are the keys for a dairy enterprise. Knowing the feeding requirements of your cows will help you decide what to offer them to maximize the output. Deworming an vaccination have also been discussed to keep your farm free from different parasitic, bacterial and viral diseases. Key points in the presentation include;
* Culling & Selection
* Breeds
* Housing management
* Pre-calving & Post-calving care
* Feeding management
* Vaccination
* Deworming
This document provides information on buffalo populations and production strategies around the world. It discusses the major buffalo producing regions of Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, and Australia. Specifically:
- Asia is home to over 95% of the world's buffalo population, with India alone containing over half of the global buffalo population. Several high producing dairy breeds originate from India.
- China has a large genetic diversity of swamp buffalo breeds adapted to different climates and environments. The most numerous Chinese breed is the Guizhou mountain breed.
- Egypt contains nearly all of Africa's buffalo population, which is used mainly for draught power and meat production.
- South America's buffalo population
With the emerging concern on environmental cost more specifically greenhouse gas emission related with conventional livestock rearing for meat has come to a problematic situation. Therefore, animal scientists and human nutritionists collectively try to develop a new trend of rearing non-conventional livestock for meat purposes. Some of the non conventional species are already being exploited to commercial levels. This presentation attempts to discuss some key points about non conventional livestock in a brief and simple manner.
The document summarizes best practices for biosecurity in sheep and goat operations. It discusses maintaining a closed or mostly closed flock to prevent disease introduction, quarantining new animals, sanitizing facilities and equipment, limiting farm visitors, and proper disposal of deadstock and wastes. New animals pose the greatest biosecurity risk, so the document provides tips for acquiring stock from low-risk sources and quarantining/testing newcomers.
Feather morphology: normal, frizzle, silky
Feather distribution: normal, naked neck, feathered shanks and feet
Plumage pattern: plain, barred mottled (specific location)
Skin colour: not pigmented, yellow, blue-black
Shank colour: white, yellow, blue, green black, brown
Ear-lobe color: not pigmented, red, white and red
Comb type: single, pea, rose, walnut, V shaped
Comb size: small, medium, large
Eye colour:
Skeletal variants: normal, crested, polydactyl, extra toes, creeper, dwarf
Other specific and distinct visible traits
"Use of feed additives generated through fermentation technologies for livest...ExternalEvents
"Use of feed additives generated through fermentation
technologies for livestock feed " presentation by "Cavaba Srinivas Prasad, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, India"
There are nearly over one million beef farmers and ranchers throughout the United States. They often use the diverse local resources available to produce nutritious, safe and delicious beef. That means there are a variety of beef choices including grain-finished and grass-finished. No matter the choice, there is a delicious and nutritious beef option for you.
How to Thaw Ground Beef in the MicrowaveBeefRetail
Follow these quick and easy steps to thaw ground beef in the microwave. Scientifically-proven to deliver safe and delicious recipe-ready beef in just about 4 minutes. Brought to you by U.S. beef farmers and ranchers.
Consumers purchase a significant portion of fresh meat and poultry from supermarkets but represent a smaller percentage of prepared foods sales. Convenience is the top reason consumers buy ready-to-eat meat items from supermarkets. About 7 in 10 frequent prepared foods shoppers want to see more beef options. Boldly seasoned sauces and burgers stand out as preferred beef dishes, especially for lunch.
People in the surveyed group eat red meat more frequently than white meat or vegetables, with 41% eating red meat thrice a week or more. The overconsumption of red meat poses health risks such as chronic diseases, saturated fat, carcinogens, and heme iron. To address this issue, the solution proposed includes eating smaller portions of lean cuts of red meat that are prepared carefully, focusing on quality over quantity of food, and maintaining willpower over unhealthy habits.
Steak - The Opportunity Ingredient for FoodserviceBeeffoodservice
The latest Usage and Volumetric Assessment of Beef in Foodservice, conducted by Technomic and funded by the Beef Checkoff Program, shows how operators can benefit by menuing steak as an ingredient. For more information, visit BeefFoodservice.com
The document discusses the development of the cattle industry on the Great Plains in the late 19th century. It was driven by several key factors: the end of the Civil War increased demand for beef in the East, while the Plains Indians wars and reservations opened new markets for cattle suppliers. The building of the Transcontinental Railroad allowed cattle to be transported profitably from Texas to eastern cities, fueling the establishment of cow towns at railheads. Enterprising cattle barons like Goodnight and Loving helped establish the first cattle drives and trails, marking the rise of open range ranching and the need for cowboys to herd the cattle.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) of Dairy and beef cattles Mohmed Sarhan
Global Greenhouse gas Emissions in animal production: towards an
Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment from Ruminant Farming Systems
Abstract
The objectives of this review were to evaluate the environmental impacts of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and emissions intensity (Ei) for the small ruminants, Dairy and beef cattle livestock production systems using the life-cycle assessment (LCA) method with a system boundaries from “Cradle-to- farm-gate” and to promote the other capability of this internationally accepted approach nowadays in the agriculture world to determine weaknesses and robustness and/or the performance of the livestock production system adapted in any regions or areas of examination. This aim was illustrated using results from LCAs in the literature and from a pilot study of different production systems. The emissions were estimated using a whole farm GHGs models, based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodology with a yearly time-step. By recognizing different farming systems for ruminant species (i.e. pasture, mixed, and zero grazing). with specific reference to recent published models, outline general conclusions from application of these published models, and describe some limitations and risks associated with these approaches. Certain models were adapted (i.e. an economic optimization model, an environmental assessment model) in which it considers all significant CH4, N2O, and CO2 emissions and removals on the farm and off-farm emissions of N2O derived from nitrogen applied on the farm. This review however, shows that LCAs of different case studies currently cannot be compared directly. Such a comparison requires further international standardization of the LCA method. Nonetheless a recent collective global LCA estimated the GHG intensity of ruminant supply chains to produce 5.7 gigatonnes CO2-eq per annum representing about 80% of the livestock sector emissions. Enteric Methane CH4 was the largest contributing source of GHG accounting for 47%. N2O from soil and deposited manure accounted for a further 24%, while LUC is estimated to contribute 9% of the sector’s overall GHG emissions. However, LCAs should be performed at a large number of practical farms for each production system of interest. Application of LCA on practical farms, however, requires in-depth research to understand underlying processes, and to predict, or measure, variation in emissions realized in practice.
Colombia tiene una gran biodiversidad, con alrededor del 10% de las especies del mundo en solo el 0.77% de la tierra. Sin embargo, la deforestación y otros peligros amenazan esta biodiversidad, con casi una tercera parte de la cobertura vegetal ya eliminada. El documento describe la importancia de conservar la biodiversidad de Colombia debido a su riqueza única de especies de plantas y animales, y destaca los principales peligros como la deforestación y la pérdida de hábitats que enfrenta.
Este documento proporciona información sobre varias provincias y regiones autónomas del noroeste de China. Brevemente describe algunos de los principales sitios históricos y culturales de estas áreas, como las cuevas de Mogao, los guerreros de terracota y la Gran Muralla en el paso de Jiayuguan. También resume la composición étnica de algunas de estas regiones, señalando que en Xinjiang la proporción de población han ha aumentado mientras que los uigures siguen siendo el principal grupo étnico.
The document is a multiple choice question asking which language is spoken as a first language by the most people worldwide. The possible answers are: A) English, B) Spanish, C) Chinese, D) French, and E) Latin. The document provides a quiz question about the most widely spoken first language in the world.
Revista publicada en ruso,para residentes y turistas que llegan a España. Lujo, tendencias, cultura, gastronomía, moda, en definitiva estilos de vida. Con distribución en Levante, Madrid, Cataluña, Marbella, Ibiza y Rusia.
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The Center of Water Management and Climate Change gave this presentation on the Cost Benefit Analysis of flood management for Ho Chi Minh City, using Robust Decision Making Analysis.
Ministry f Labour and Employment, Government of India has come out with Draft Bill. Highlights and Impact of the same on Small Manufacturing Sector has been presented herein.
Social CRM es una estrategia que aprovecha las comunidades para apoyar a clientes, prospectos, ventas, marketing y servicio al cliente a lo largo de un proceso de negocio mutuamente beneficioso.
Diapositivas para la exposición de mi tesis. El sistema de adquisición de datos (DAQ) del laboratorio de mecánica de suelos es un sistema electrónico y asistido por computador, capaz de realizar mediciones de las diferentes magnitudes que intervienen en los ensayos para el análisis y la generación de reportes con los resultados de cada una de las prácticas, de forma automática. Las tareas de adquisición, metodologías de análisis de datos y generación de reportes se las desarrolló por medio del lenguaje de programación LabVIEW.
El documento presenta una lista de los diferentes conventos y comunidades de la Orden de la Merced en Argentina, describiendo brevemente la misión de cada una. Las comunidades se dedican a actividades como la evangelización, la atención de parroquias, colegios y capillas, la formación espiritual, el trabajo social y la defensa de la vida. Buscan difundir el carisma mercedario a través de diversos servicios y proyectos pastorales.
This document provides an overview of sustainable agriculture. It discusses how sustainable agriculture considers the environmental, social and economic dimensions of food production. The three main dimensions are protecting the environment, ensuring social well-being, and having an economically productive system. It provides examples of issues within each dimension like climate change, water scarcity, land use, pest management, and economic and social aspects. The intention is to give an easy understanding of sustainable agriculture and showcase business case studies that demonstrate success stories.
This document presents a sustainability assessment tool to measure the true costs of agricultural production. It discusses key challenges facing global agriculture like declining natural resources and climate change. The tool measures production value, environmental and social benefits, and environmental costs to estimate the true cost of food production. It describes the categories and types of externalities that are valued, such as provisioning services, regulating services, and supporting services. The way forward is to adopt more sustainable technologies and practices to reduce environmental costs, empower consumers to make informed choices, develop uniform metrics for the food industry, and transition to long term sustainable food systems.
Sustainable Agriculture as Solution to Global Challengessekem
Presentation by Helmy Abouleish, CEO, SEKEM Group
· What are the pressing Global Challenges of the 21st century?
· How is Sustainable Agriculture addressing them all?
· Why can the SEKEM experience serve as inspiring example?
Sponsor Day on animal feeding: Carbon Footprinting of Animal NutritionIrta
1) Population growth and limited resources are increasing demand for animal protein, requiring more sustainable food production methods.
2) Feed accounts for 50-80% of the carbon footprint of animal foods due to land and resource use in crop production. Optimizing feed can significantly improve the sustainability of animal foods.
3) Measures like using enzymes, amino acids, and by-products in feed can reduce environmental impacts by improving feed conversion rates and nutrient efficiency while maintaining animal performance.
Science-fiction or science-fact? Research for sustainable livestock agri-food...ILRI
The keynote presentation discusses the challenges of sustainable livestock agriculture given increasing global demand for livestock products. It notes that metrics around livestock's impacts on nutrition, climate change, and the environment can be confusing due to different perspectives and data. The presentation calls for science-based solutions to address these challenges and ensure sustainable healthy diets for all, including improving production efficiencies, identifying heat-tolerant livestock genetics, and better rangeland management. Livestock research can help clarify evidence, mitigate impacts, and transform agri-food systems to balance food security and environmental protection.
This document discusses the need for an "Organic Green Revolution" to transition the world's food systems to organic and regenerative agricultural practices. It argues that the industrial Green Revolution has degraded soils and the environment while failing to solve world hunger. The document summarizes several studies that found organic methods increased yields more than conventional methods in developing countries. It also found organic methods were economically viable for farmers. The document advocates transitioning to organic and regenerative farming practices to address issues of food security, climate change and environmental degradation in a sustainable way.
This document discusses the need for an "Organic Green Revolution" to transition the global food system from unsustainable chemical-intensive farming to organic regenerative agriculture. It argues that organic farming can feed the world while improving soil health, mitigating climate change, and increasing resilience. Studies in Africa found organic yields increased by over 100% compared to chemical-intensive farms. Transitioning to organic farming empowers small farmers, increases global food security, and restores ecological balance by building soil carbon and reducing pollution.
This document discusses the need for an "Organic Green Revolution" to transition the world's food systems to organic and regenerative agriculture. It argues that conventional agriculture is unsustainable and has high environmental and social costs, while organic agriculture can increase yields, build soil health, and provide other benefits. The document summarizes several studies that found organic yields were equal to or higher than conventional yields, especially in developing countries. It advocates that governments and leaders implement policies and practices to transition global agriculture to organic methods in order to adequately feed the world's population and protect the environment.
This document discusses sustainable food production. It defines sustainable food production as using non-polluting, efficient, and economically viable processes to farm crops, livestock, poultry, and seafood. It outlines advantages like reducing fossil fuel use and pollution while protecting resources. Challenges include high costs and lack of standards/incentives. The UN aims to improve sustainable food systems through policies ensuring access to nutritious food. Global rankings show most sustainable food in East Asia/Pacific and least in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Osama Kittenah at CBA5 discussed the climate change adaptation policy innovations to address health risks associated with water scarcity and climate change that are being led by the Ministry of Health in Jordan. Project supported by WHO-UNDP-GEF.
The document evaluates the profitability of including Leucaena diversifolia in Colombian cattle production systems compared to a grass monoculture. Key findings include:
- The legume system increased carrying capacity by 20%, weight gain by 49%, and reduced fattening time by 33% compared to the monoculture.
- Financial analysis found the legume system had higher net present value, internal rate of return, and profitability while reducing economic loss risk compared to the monoculture.
- Including the legume improved productivity, environmental impacts, and economic resilience of cattle production systems in Colombia.
The inclusion of Leucaena diversifolia in Colombian cattle systems: An econom...Tropical Forages Program
Karen Enciso; Mauricio Sotelo; Michael Peters; Stefan Burkart
58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, July 10-14, Cartagena, Colombia
Innovation for Sustainable Food and AgricultureFAO
Presentación (inglés) de Clayton Campanhola (FAO) en el marco del Eleventh regional planners forum on agriculture and Symposium on innovation systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development, realizado en Barbados del 13 al 15 de septiembre de 2017.
The document discusses the benefits of organic farming compared to conventional farming. It provides details on the principles and components of organic farming, including maintaining soil health and fertility without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. The document also summarizes findings from research showing that organically grown foods have higher nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods due to lower levels of pesticide residues and higher amounts of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Organic farming is recommended as a more sustainable agricultural system that benefits both the environment and human health.
Sustainable agriculture aims to satisfy human food needs over the long term while enhancing environmental quality and conserving resources. It is multifunctional, supporting food production, environmental protection, and rural community development. Dietitians can encourage more sustainable practices by promoting locally-grown foods, dietary variety, and alternative protein sources to support healthier diets and more sustainable food systems. Getting involved through community programs, government, or subcommittees allows both professionals and individuals to positively impact agricultural sustainability.
The document advocates for an "Organic Green Revolution" to transition the world's food systems to organic and regenerative agricultural practices. It argues that organic agriculture can feed the world, improve soil health and water quality, mitigate climate change, and be economically sustainable. The industrial Green Revolution has degraded soils and the environment while failing to solve world hunger. Transitioning to organic methods that rebuild soil organic matter could increase yields, make farmers less vulnerable to drought, and provide more nutritious food for all in a sustainable way.
THE EU RESEARCH & INNOVATION PROGRAMME 2021 – 2027Francois Stepman
The document discusses the European Commission's views on establishing sustainable food systems through research and innovation priorities under Horizon Europe Cluster 6. It outlines challenges to the current EU food system in the areas of social sustainability, environmental sustainability, and economic sustainability. It then discusses research and innovation priorities that can help meet ambitious targets in these areas to mitigate climate change, protect the environment, ensure food security and public health, and establish competitive and affordable sustainable food systems. The priorities focus on issues like climate-smart farming, agroecology, biodiversity, organic agriculture, fair economic returns, food safety, and international partnerships.
Eco-Intensification - the science of organic farming: A guide to climate resi...IFOAM
Organic farming practices like increasing soil organic matter, recycling nutrients on-farm, and optimizing animal health can help mitigate climate change. Soil management in organic systems builds soil carbon by increasing soil organic matter levels up to 60% on average. This sequesters carbon from the atmosphere. Organic livestock systems also aim to use roughages that don't compete with food production and prioritize animal welfare. Improving animal health, fertility and udder health can boost productivity while lowering emissions per unit of milk. Overall, eco-intensification shows potential climate benefits through increased carbon storage, reduced energy use, and diversified management practices that enhance resilience to climate impacts.
4th Modern Marketing Reckoner by MMA Global India & Group M: 60+ experts on W...Social Samosa
The Modern Marketing Reckoner (MMR) is a comprehensive resource packed with POVs from 60+ industry leaders on how AI is transforming the 4 key pillars of marketing – product, place, price and promotions.
ViewShift: Hassle-free Dynamic Policy Enforcement for Every Data LakeWalaa Eldin Moustafa
Dynamic policy enforcement is becoming an increasingly important topic in today’s world where data privacy and compliance is a top priority for companies, individuals, and regulators alike. In these slides, we discuss how LinkedIn implements a powerful dynamic policy enforcement engine, called ViewShift, and integrates it within its data lake. We show the query engine architecture and how catalog implementations can automatically route table resolutions to compliance-enforcing SQL views. Such views have a set of very interesting properties: (1) They are auto-generated from declarative data annotations. (2) They respect user-level consent and preferences (3) They are context-aware, encoding a different set of transformations for different use cases (4) They are portable; while the SQL logic is only implemented in one SQL dialect, it is accessible in all engines.
#SQL #Views #Privacy #Compliance #DataLake
State of Artificial intelligence Report 2023kuntobimo2016
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a multidisciplinary field of science and engineering whose goal is to create intelligent machines.
We believe that AI will be a force multiplier on technological progress in our increasingly digital, data-driven world. This is because everything around us today, ranging from culture to consumer products, is a product of intelligence.
The State of AI Report is now in its sixth year. Consider this report as a compilation of the most interesting things we’ve seen with a goal of triggering an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future.
We consider the following key dimensions in our report:
Research: Technology breakthroughs and their capabilities.
Industry: Areas of commercial application for AI and its business impact.
Politics: Regulation of AI, its economic implications and the evolving geopolitics of AI.
Safety: Identifying and mitigating catastrophic risks that highly-capable future AI systems could pose to us.
Predictions: What we believe will happen in the next 12 months and a 2022 performance review to keep us honest.
Analysis insight about a Flyball dog competition team's performanceroli9797
Insight of my analysis about a Flyball dog competition team's last year performance. Find more: https://github.com/rolandnagy-ds/flyball_race_analysis/tree/main
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You...Aggregage
This webinar will explore cutting-edge, less familiar but powerful experimentation methodologies which address well-known limitations of standard A/B Testing. Designed for data and product leaders, this session aims to inspire the embrace of innovative approaches and provide insights into the frontiers of experimentation!
Natural Language Processing (NLP), RAG and its applications .pptxfkyes25
1. In the realm of Natural Language Processing (NLP), knowledge-intensive tasks such as question answering, fact verification, and open-domain dialogue generation require the integration of vast and up-to-date information. Traditional neural models, though powerful, struggle with encoding all necessary knowledge within their parameters, leading to limitations in generalization and scalability. The paper "Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge-Intensive NLP Tasks" introduces RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), a novel framework that synergizes retrieval mechanisms with generative models, enhancing performance by dynamically incorporating external knowledge during inference.
06-04-2024 - NYC Tech Week - Discussion on Vector Databases, Unstructured Data and AI
Discussion on Vector Databases, Unstructured Data and AI
https://www.meetup.com/unstructured-data-meetup-new-york/
This meetup is for people working in unstructured data. Speakers will come present about related topics such as vector databases, LLMs, and managing data at scale. The intended audience of this group includes roles like machine learning engineers, data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, and PMs.This meetup was formerly Milvus Meetup, and is sponsored by Zilliz maintainers of Milvus.
Predictably Improve Your B2B Tech Company's Performance by Leveraging DataKiwi Creative
Harness the power of AI-backed reports, benchmarking and data analysis to predict trends and detect anomalies in your marketing efforts.
Peter Caputa, CEO at Databox, reveals how you can discover the strategies and tools to increase your growth rate (and margins!).
From metrics to track to data habits to pick up, enhance your reporting for powerful insights to improve your B2B tech company's marketing.
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This is the webinar recording from the June 2024 HubSpot User Group (HUG) for B2B Technology USA.
Watch the video recording at https://youtu.be/5vjwGfPN9lw
Sign up for future HUG events at https://events.hubspot.com/b2b-technology-usa/
The Building Blocks of QuestDB, a Time Series Databasejavier ramirez
Talk Delivered at Valencia Codes Meetup 2024-06.
Traditionally, databases have treated timestamps just as another data type. However, when performing real-time analytics, timestamps should be first class citizens and we need rich time semantics to get the most out of our data. We also need to deal with ever growing datasets while keeping performant, which is as fun as it sounds.
It is no wonder time-series databases are now more popular than ever before. Join me in this session to learn about the internal architecture and building blocks of QuestDB, an open source time-series database designed for speed. We will also review a history of some of the changes we have gone over the past two years to deal with late and unordered data, non-blocking writes, read-replicas, or faster batch ingestion.
End-to-end pipeline agility - Berlin Buzzwords 2024Lars Albertsson
We describe how we achieve high change agility in data engineering by eliminating the fear of breaking downstream data pipelines through end-to-end pipeline testing, and by using schema metaprogramming to safely eliminate boilerplate involved in changes that affect whole pipelines.
A quick poll on agility in changing pipelines from end to end indicated a huge span in capabilities. For the question "How long time does it take for all downstream pipelines to be adapted to an upstream change," the median response was 6 months, but some respondents could do it in less than a day. When quantitative data engineering differences between the best and worst are measured, the span is often 100x-1000x, sometimes even more.
A long time ago, we suffered at Spotify from fear of changing pipelines due to not knowing what the impact might be downstream. We made plans for a technical solution to test pipelines end-to-end to mitigate that fear, but the effort failed for cultural reasons. We eventually solved this challenge, but in a different context. In this presentation we will describe how we test full pipelines effectively by manipulating workflow orchestration, which enables us to make changes in pipelines without fear of breaking downstream.
Making schema changes that affect many jobs also involves a lot of toil and boilerplate. Using schema-on-read mitigates some of it, but has drawbacks since it makes it more difficult to detect errors early. We will describe how we have rejected this tradeoff by applying schema metaprogramming, eliminating boilerplate but keeping the protection of static typing, thereby further improving agility to quickly modify data pipelines without fear.
Influence of Marketing Strategy and Market Competition on Business Plan
Beef Sustainability
1. MEETING GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND BY BALANCING
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
AND SOCIAL DILIGENCE THROUGHOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
Committed to a journey of
continuous improvement
Greenhouse
gas emissions
2%
Water
use
3%
Emissions
to soil
7%
Energy
use
2%
Occupational
illnesses and
accidents
32%
Emissions
to water
10%
Resource
consumption
2%
Beef Sustainability
Ec
onomic
Environm
ental
Social
Future opportunities to further increase sustainability:
Source: Beef Industry Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment, funded by the beef checkoff
Reduce
food
waste
Continue to increase
waste water recovery
and biogas capture
Further adoption
of water efficient
irrigation systems
Continue to optimize
nutrient application
to soil and crop yields
Explore additional
packing alternatives to
reduce inputs
Increased use of
precision farming
techniques
Improvements
in crop
yields
Improved genetics,
health and nutrition
for cattle
Improved
implementation of
right-sized packaging
Increased use of
biogas capture
and conversion
How was sustainability improved?
percent more food
needed to feed a
growing
population
Now 2050
70%
The Beef Checkoff Program launched a comprehensive lifecycle assessment to quantify and benchmark
environmental, social and economic aspects of beef industry sustainability from 2005 - 2011.
Improvements included:
The beef industry has improved its sustainability by 5% in just 6 years to help meet those needs.