Technical

Understanding the Big Picture of Land Use
Farmers across Canada are currently testing the initial version of “Holos,” a whole-farm greenhouse gas emissions modelling software program developed by a large team of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AFFC) scientists.

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Chicken Waste as Power for Homes, Offices
January 8, 2010- The International Business Times reports that a new company from Nevada, United States says it has developed a technology that uses animal waste from poultry farms across the state to power homes and offices.

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California’s Proposition 2
During the last 20 years, the poultry industry throughout the world has been engaged in major changes in the management of its flocks. Much of this is directed at how the flocks are housed and managed in respect to so-called “humane treatment” goals with emphasis on flock behaviour as a means of evaluating systems.

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Doha Isn’t Dead
There is increased likelihood of a trade deal at the WTO, Canada’s former agricultural trade negotiator and an expert in international trade told poultry producers in Smithville, Ont., in August.

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Truth Be Told
Last month’s issue of Canadian Poultry featured St-Hubert president Jean-Pierre Léger’s hard words on poultry production.

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From the Editor: October 2009
In August, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) hosted four meetings in Ontario featuring former federal trade negotiator Mike Gifford, who spoke to producers about a “worst-case” scenario if the most recent draft of modalities for agriculture

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All things considered: September 2009
When it comes to on-farm biosecurity the go-to people may be the truck drivers.

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Operation Update
Benoît Fontaine is a high school history teacher on a sabbatical. So far, he has used the one-year break to complete the automation of his four three-storey chicken barns, upgrading them to provincial sanitary norms, and to build a composter for chicken carcasses.

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