Ratio « number of males on number of females » for the mass production of Sar...Innspub Net
The appropriate proportion of male and female parents that give a highest number of juveniles is a major concern in tilapia culture Sarotherodon melanotheron due to the oral incubation by males. A study of the ratio “number of males to number of females” on fingerlings production has been performed in order to determine the optimal ratio for S. melanotheron. Five ratios were tested : R1 (1 male to 2 females), R2 (1 male to 3 females), R3 (2 males to 2 females), R4 (2 males to 4 females) and R5 (2 males to 6 females). The experimental device consists of five concrete tanks (1m x 1m x 60cm) filled to 2/3, about 0.17m3 of water. The fish are fed three times a day with a diet containing 35% crude protein. Once a week, the fertilized eggs are collected and incubated in a tank. The hatching rate and larval growth are followed. The experiment was duplicated and lasted 6 weeks to harvest eggs and 40 days to track the growth of larvae. The results show that the number of egg laying is significantly different from a ratio to each other (p ˂ 0.05) and increases with the number of males and females. The highest number of egg laying is obtained with R5 ratio “2 males to 6 females” that seems best for the mass production of juveniles of S. melanotheron. These results provide a basis for the intensive production of S. melanotheron for the aquaculture development in lagoon.
First Alternative Co-op, Corvallis, Oregon. Jan. 2013 circular noting the quantity of items advertised owned by corporations that provided money to defeat Prop. 37 in California, which would have required GMO labeling.
Ratio « number of males on number of females » for the mass production of Sar...Innspub Net
The appropriate proportion of male and female parents that give a highest number of juveniles is a major concern in tilapia culture Sarotherodon melanotheron due to the oral incubation by males. A study of the ratio “number of males to number of females” on fingerlings production has been performed in order to determine the optimal ratio for S. melanotheron. Five ratios were tested : R1 (1 male to 2 females), R2 (1 male to 3 females), R3 (2 males to 2 females), R4 (2 males to 4 females) and R5 (2 males to 6 females). The experimental device consists of five concrete tanks (1m x 1m x 60cm) filled to 2/3, about 0.17m3 of water. The fish are fed three times a day with a diet containing 35% crude protein. Once a week, the fertilized eggs are collected and incubated in a tank. The hatching rate and larval growth are followed. The experiment was duplicated and lasted 6 weeks to harvest eggs and 40 days to track the growth of larvae. The results show that the number of egg laying is significantly different from a ratio to each other (p ˂ 0.05) and increases with the number of males and females. The highest number of egg laying is obtained with R5 ratio “2 males to 6 females” that seems best for the mass production of juveniles of S. melanotheron. These results provide a basis for the intensive production of S. melanotheron for the aquaculture development in lagoon.
First Alternative Co-op, Corvallis, Oregon. Jan. 2013 circular noting the quantity of items advertised owned by corporations that provided money to defeat Prop. 37 in California, which would have required GMO labeling.
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1. Those of us fortunate enough to live in
Northern Wisconsin walk out each day
and marvel at the pristine beauty of the
place we call home.
2. People travel from hundreds of miles away to spend time here—to fish
and swim and sail in our waters. They see the value of our precious
natural resources.
3. Those who live near
Lake Superior must
remain keenly
aware of their role
as stewards of the
lake and the
streams that supply
water to it.
4. And right now, there are looming threats to the
health of the lake and the health of those of us
who choose to live here.
5. Local farmers have found this area to be an excellent place to
raise animals to support their families and supply the region,
and elsewhere, with quality meats and dairy products.
6. They have also
worked to manage
the size of their
herds and the
waste the animals
produce.
7. Even so, many times
each year, local
beaches in
Chequamegon Bay
are under advisory
or closed due to high
levels of E. coli
bacteria.
8. When high levels of E. coli are detected, it is likely
due to fecal matter from mammals.
E. coli is an indicator species that often means other
more harmful bacteria, viruses, and protozoans are
most likely present.
Giardia
Salmonella
E.Coli
Rotavirus CampylobacterTetnus
9. Fecal matter can makes its way to the lake via
runoff from the many streams, creeks, and rivers
in the Lake Superior watershed.
10. Heavy rains cause the ground to become saturated
and there is a higher chance of agricultural runoff
draining into Chequamegon Bay.
Photo by NOAA
11. We see evidence of this each spring and summer
when the bay runs red with clay deposits at the
mouth of Fish Creek.
12. What ends up in the Bay will travel to other parts of
the lake due to existing current patterns
From Dr. Randy Lehr, Co-director Center of Freshwater Innovation, Northland College
13. These diagrams demonstrate how far floating
objects can travel
From Dr. Randy Lehr, Co-director Center of Freshwater Innovation, Northland College
14. This region has many small
farmers, some of whom have up
to 500 animals on their farms.
This size is manageable and they
have been committed to
balancing manure storage and
spreading practices to keep
their waste out of the local
water sources.
15. Up until now family farms in this region
have managed the waste from their
farm animals with little scrutiny.
16. Reicks View Family Farms, LLC is
disrupting this historic balance by
proposing to build a CAFO eight miles
from Lake Superior on the Fish Creek
Watershed. Their CAFO will be called
Badgerwood LLC.
10% OF THE WORLDS
FRESH WATER
18. This facility will house approximately 26,000 animals
(or 6,162.5 animal units).
This is an unprecedented number of animals in the
region.
Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
19. This CAFO will be the biggest pig factory in
Wisconsin.
Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
20. Reicks View Family Farms is registered at 1020 Pembroke
Ave. in Lawler, Iowa and 666 Grand Ave. Suite 200 Des
Moines, Iowa. They also operate under the following 34
names:
Cottonwood Ridge LLC
Yellowwood Farms LLC
Birchwood Lane LLC
Jerico Construction LLC
Jerico Equipment Inc
Cherry Ridge LLC
Northwood Creek LLC
Miller Creek LLC
Cy Creek LLC
Reicks View Family Farms LLC
Reicks View Farms Quality
Meats LLC
Reicks View Mill LLC
Iowa Pantry LLC
Pinewood Ridge LLC
Willow Creek LLC
Cardinal Creek LLC
Ashwood Creek LLC
Dogwood Ridge LLC
Reicksview Farms LLC
Alde Controls Inc
Lake View Family Farms LLC
Rosewood Creek LLC
Maple Creek LLC
Linden Creek LLC
Oak View Farms LLC
The Pub At The Pinicon LLC
Melwood LLC
Northeast Iowa Artificial Insemination Inc
Gopherwood LLC
Peachwood Creek LLC
Pearwood Creek LLC
Badgerwood LLC
Goldbrook, LLC
When Pigs Fly LLC
21. Reicks View Family Farms calls itself
a “family farm”.
This HUGE CORPORATION is not a
family farm.
24. None of the family farmers we
know are able to make these
kind of purchases.
25. REICK$VILLE:
• They will NOT be supplying local meat.
• They will NOT be selling to local businesses.
26. Here are some of the places where this
meat may end up.
27. Economic Benefits?
• Reicks has their own mill, construction and
equipment companies
• They have their own experts for managing the
operation
• Most often, CAFO employees are transients
who will do the work no one else wants to do
• There may be tax revenue, but at what cost?
28. Potential Costs
• How will this effect local land and real estate
prices?
• What will this do to Highway 63 and other
local roads?
• How will it effect tourism?
• What about community-wide healthcare costs
related to this operation?
• Who is going to test the wells and aquifers
near this CAFO?
• How much would a potential clean up cost?
• And who would pay?
29. Badgerwood CAFO will produce 8.7 million
gallons of liquid manure per year.
This is roughly as much excrement as a city
of 50,000 people – equivalent to a city the
size of La Crosse.
30. Local farmers generally dispose of their
composted manure by spreading it over
fields for fertilizer.
31. This is a common and longstanding practice
that is dependent on the characteristics of
local soil and climate. The soil on the
proposed Town of Eileen site is significantly
clay-based which does not absorb liquid very
well.
32. Reicks has proposed
disposing of their 8.7
million gallons of liquid
raw manure by injecting it
directly into the soil at a
depth of 6” to 9”.
33. This is of great concern
because the land where this
8.7 million gallons of raw
liquid manure will be spread is
located near the headwaters
of Fish Creek which feeds into
Lake Superior's Chequamegon
Bay.
34. Chequamegon Bay is the source of drinking
water for the City of Ashland, a city of over
8,000 people.
35. There is also no way to predict what will happen to
the aquifers and wells in this area when this waste is
injected into the ground. If the clay and soil
temperatures inhibit the absorption of the waste
into the ground, it could find its way into the Fish
Creek Watershed.
36. The section of their nutrient management plan
dealing with manure storage only includes waste
production calculations for 180 days.
Reicks reported to the Bayfield County Board that
they will have the capacity to store manure for
12-14 months to allow for fluctuations in weather
and will work with the community to find “optimal
spreading times”.
37. The proposed Badgerwood CAFO will self-
report and self-regulate all activities relating
to water usage, nutrient levels in the manure,
and manure storage and spreading.
38. In addition to dangerous bacteria, the runoff will add high levels of
phosphorous and nitrogen to the lake that may cause algae blooms
which will suck the oxygen out of the water, killing plants and fish----
potentially creating a Dead Zone such as the ones in Green Bay and
Lake Erie.
39. Chequamegon Bay is
currently considered to
be one of the prime fish
biodiversity sites in the
country. The runoff of
such large amounts of
phosphorous and
nitrogen has the
potential to decimate
life in the Bay.
40. This would come at a heavy cost to commercial and
sports fishing on Chequamegon Bay.
42. According to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, nearly 80 percent of
antibiotics in the United States are sold for
use in livestock.
Antibiotic use by agriculture is not regulated
and does not need to be reported.
43. It has been proven that the excessive use of
antibiotics has created super bugs and
antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus), which can be life threatening.
44. Drug resistant bacteria can be spread through
food products, manure, air, wildlife, insects,
transport trucks, and crops.
[Silbergeld et al, Medical Clinics of North America, 2008]
45. Reicks wants to move
into our area to
increase their ‘bio-
security’ and avoid
diseases such as PEDv
that have a nearly 100
percent mortality rate
in suckling piglets.
e McArthur / We Animals
46. In addition to disease prevention,
there may be other motivating
factors to move to WI including
dispersed production, adequate
supply of corn, “rational”
regulations, positive tax climate,
land availability for manure
spreading, and more.
47. Their aim is to breed
sows in Bayfield County
and ship the young
piglets back to Iowa
along Highway 63.
48. The Badgerwood pig factory would also use vast
amounts of water. In their permit application, they
estimate that they will be using approximately
24,367,508 gallons of water per year.
49. This corporation
has moved into
our community,
dividing us—
pitting citizens
against one
another—all in the
name of their
profit.
50. Farmers and others have existed in this region in
cooperation for hundreds of years.
51. The owners of the Badgerwood CAFO are not
concerned with our community, our health, or our
water.
THEY ARE IN IT FOR PROFIT AND PROFIT ONLY.
It should not be done at our expense. It is up to
each of us to act as stewards of Lake Superior and
the health of those of us who call this place home.
52. If you’d like more info go to:
farmsnotfactories.com
53. Photos by
Eric Iversen
Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
Mary Dougherty
Julie Buckles
Jeremy Oswald
Joe Van Der Puy
NOAA
CDC
