Sentences with phrase «consumed by the livestock»

The nucleases were capable of pushing out an undesirable trait in a plant — such as a gene for a chemical that acted as an environmental pollutant when consumed by livestock — and replacing it with a desirable trait, such as herbicide resistance, in a single shot.

That amount, however, is roughly equivalent to the total amount of biomass people harvest today — all the crops, plant residues, and trees harvested by people for food, timber, and other uses, plus all the grass consumed by livestock around the world.

Yet doing so would require an amount of plants equal to all the world's current crop harvests, plant residues, timber, and grass consumed by livestock — a true non-starter.

Randy said it included wheat consumed by the livestock on the farm; Scalia disagreed, saying it meant wheat eaten by the farmer and his family.

Not exact matches

By Peggy Miars, OMRI Executive Director / CEO Sales of organic livestock products such as meat, eggs and dairy are growing rapidly, but the certification process remains relatively time consuming and complex compared to the process for other organic products.

At the micro-level, the food and agribusiness sector is seeing an increase in the virulence of microorganisms and parasites, known pathogens spreading to novel geographies, and the continued rise of antimicrobial resistance.67 Global use of antimicrobials in livestock is expected to rise by 67 % by 2030 to 105,596 tons.68 China's livestock industry alone could soon be consuming almost one third of the world's available antibiotics.

«If all the grain currently fed to livestock in the United States were consumed directly by people, the number of people who could be fed would be nearly 800 million,» reports ecologist David Pimentel of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Reforestation competes with agricultural land use; land needs could decline by reducing use of animal products, as livestock now consume more than half of all crops [186].

According to the National Corn Growers Association, about eighty percent of all corn grown in the U.S. is consumed by domestic and overseas livestock, poultry, and fish production.

At the apex of his reign, he and his friends attempted an epic pub crawl in the 12 famous bars of their hometown, only to be turned back by... well, by the same things that turn back anyone who's consumed enough alcohol to kill most forms of livestock.

It is being driven primarily by the 3 billion people who are moving up the food chain, consuming more grain - and soybean - intensive livestock products.