Sentences with phrase «duck farm»

Culver Duck Farms founder Herbert R. Culver's great - grandmother Louisa Hallock began raising ducks in Speonk, Long Island and her son, Arthur Hallock, was recorded in the early 1900s as the largest duck farmer in the world.

In April 2010, an egg drop syndrome of unknown etiology was found in several duck farms in Southeast China.

The farm — the last operating duck farm on Long Island and a part of local history, is also making sure water quality is protected, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Thursday at the new facility.

By the end of the year, an estimated 4.4 million ducks in Fujian, Shandong, and Zhejiang provinces, the swath of eastern China where duck farming is common, had caught the mysterious illness.

Arthur Hallock's daughter and third generation duck farmer, Katherine Hallock, continued to oversee C & R Duck Farms in Westhampton, N.Y., and became a world - renowned duck farmer in 1959 for the production of approximately three million ducks per year.

Long Island, N.Y., in the 1800s was well known for duck farming.

Culver Duck Farms prides itself on raising all - natural ducks and only the leanest ducks are selected for their breeding program.

As the second - largest duck processor in the United States, Culver Duck Farms oversees 100 contract growers, 10 breeder farms and processes 25,000 ducks per day.

Culver Duck Farms continues to devote a lot of time at its «home farm» to continue the research and development of breeding lean ducks.

Culver Duck Farms automated parts of its evisceration and packing lines over the past several years.

Crescent Duck Farm, the last of its kind on Long Island, has a new 26,000 square foot solid waste storage facility that will prevent thousands of pounds of nitrogen from polluting ground and surface waters.

The wholesale duck farm has adapted and managed water to the «likes of which I've never seen,» and created a green operation, said Deputy County Executive Peter Scully.

Because of the pervasiveness of duck farming in China, Gao and colleagues stress that the disease should be closely monitored, in part because it could spread to people.

Peking duck, salted duck eggs, duck soup: China is famous for its duck delicacies, and duck farms dot the country's agricultural belt.

In addition to potentially devastating Chinese duck farming and the economy that depends on it, the flavivirus could put humans at risk.

Representative of the average feed uptake of the infected flock at Farm 1 (A); Daily egg production rate represented by two infected duck farms (B).

Because duck farming in China is still practiced in a traditional way, it was difficult to determine an exact number of affected ducks.

Make your character someone who works for Coca - Cola or a small duck farm in your city.

It had a very significant effect on the duck industry, especially in Southeast Asia where duck farming is most popular and mosquitoes are active.

One of the ways Culver Duck Farms has upgraded its facility is by building an anaerobic digester, which is used to turn waste by - products into energy for the community.

Culver Duck Farms is located in the heart of Amish country, producing more than six million ducks annually and employs about 250 people.

Culver Duck Farms is one of only a few select groups of agricultural operations nationwide that are using this type of technology.

If employees are willing to stick with it, they can find that Culver Duck Farms is a satisfying place to work, Rouch says.

The first Long Island duck farm that commercially raised ducks was the Atlantic Duck Farm in 1858.

Duck farming is apparently a big thing on Long Island, so nobody will get mad if you buy a duck and decide to launch it into a hockey game instead of dining on it.

Duck farming is a traditional agro-business in China and Southeast Asia, and Peking roast duck is well known worldwide.

On some duck farms, the disease was devastating, completely eliminating successful duck reproduction.

Dave Asprey: We have a duck farm nearby, we get duck eggs, and they're huge yolks, and they're creamy and delicious.