By Drovers news source | Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Animal Agriculture Alliance is disturbed by the images of alleged animal cruelty documented in a video released this week by an animal rights activist group. The Alliance has long condemned the abuse and mistreatment of animals raised for food and works to promote animal care guidelines on all farms across the United States.
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Posted by OFAC on May 28th, 2010 :: Filed under
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There’s been so many misconceptions in recent years, perpetuated by animal and environmental activist groups, about the effects of livestock on global warming. Those of us who work in agriculture think of farmers as being the original environmental activists. They live on the farms that they manage – often for generations at a time – so it behoves them to leave the land in as good or better shape when they retire from farming as when they received it years earlier. We commend the Washington Times for covering this issue with this recent piece which takes the issue of global warming – and livestock’s effect on that topic – head on. – OFAC
Washington Times
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Meat, dairy diet not tied to global warming
Jennifer Harper
Forget all that indecorous talk of animal flatulence, cow burps, vegetarianism and global warming. Welcome to Cowgate.
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Posted by OFAC on March 30th, 2010 :: Filed under
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Luisa D’Amato, Waterloo Region Record, 02 Aug 2008
It’s Sandi’s turn to be milked.
She stands patiently in the barn, her pale-pink udder bulging between her long legs, as dairy farmer Terry Lebold wipes her teats with antibacterial solution and attaches four suction cups to them.
Within five minutes, about 20 litres of milk has been vacuumed out of her, the white liquid whirling through transparent plastic tubes. Lebold touches her hind flank lightly, disconnects the machine and quickly dips her teats in a reddish iodine solution to prevent infection.
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Posted by Admin on July 22nd, 2009 :: Filed under
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An agri-food spin on summer camps help prepare the future leaders of Canada’s agriculture sector
By OWEN ROBERTS, Guelph Mercury, July 30, 2007
The University of Guelph campus is alive this summer with camps and kids making great use of the facilities during the school’s quiet time, and getting a taste of what it would be like to be a student here.
The agricultural community has a special vested interest in having pre-university students on campus early and often, to excite them about joining the ranks of the storied Ontario Agricultural College “Aggies,” who time and again assume leadership positions in Canada’s vital and growing agri-food sector.
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Posted by Admin on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under
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By Sally Cole, The Guardian (Charlottetown), 2007.07.30
Dylan Howard’s face lights up when he talks about dairy farming.
“There’s a definite routine, but every day is different. One moment you could be treating a cow for mastitis (inflamed udder), the next you could be fixing a piece of broken machinery, building a barn or watching calves being born.
“So for me, it’s not work, it’s something that I really enjoy,” says Howard, laughing as a day-old calf tries to suck his finger during mealtime at Howardvale Holsteins.
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Posted by Admin on July 13th, 2009 :: Filed under
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By Sarah Trickett, Farmers Weekly (UK), 20/11/2008
It is hard to comprehend the fact that Canadian dairy farmers pay a quota cost of $30,000 (£16,470)/kg of butterfat a day. With an average butterfat at just over 1kg, you are looking at a bill of $45,000 (£24,706)/kg of butterfat a day.
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Posted by Admin on July 13th, 2009 :: Filed under
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