Sentences with phrase «feedlot farms»

In addition, grass fed beef contains a much better ratio of omega - 3 to omega - 6 fatty acids compared with typical grain - fed beef sold at most stores (which comes from factory feedlot farms notorious for unhealthy cattle and inferior nutrition in the beef compared to grass - fed beef.)

Cows are fed mostly corn in factory feedlot farms, even though their digestive systems are only meant to eat grass and other forage.

The ever - optimistic Ohio farmer Gene Logsdon, for instance, makes a persuasive case for returning to grass - feeding steers, hogs, chicken, dairy cows and sheep instead of the concentrated feedlot farming favored by industrial agribusiness.

Others have explored the environmental and ethical impacts of factory and feedlot farming.

We know the importance of having flexible, affordable coverage for your feedlot farm, and so do our Farm Insurance partners.

Not exact matches

Cam Couey smooths out a full truckload of barley from the Couey farm where it will be transported to Western Feedlots west of High River March 29, 2010 (Photo: Mike Sturk / Canadian Press)

A feedlot I believe is considered a farm, a Hutterite Colony is a farm, a farm over 10,000 acres is a farm.

hmm... wonder what kind of good analogies could be drawn from free - range, antibiotic - reduced, hormone free, organic farming (as opposed to feedlot, factory - farmed churchianity)

Why should small - scale pastured pork and poultry farms be treated like intensive sheds while cattle feedlots of 1000 cattle do not require a permit?

David McCall from DairyNZ said large - scale farms with feedlots of up to 30,000 cows makes for a much...

Kidman is Australia's biggest private landholder and operates 10 cattle stations, a stud farm, and a feedlot covering more than 100,000 square kilometres.

Kidman is Australia's biggest private landholder and operates 10 cattle stations, a stud farm, and feedlot covering more than 100,000 square kilometres.

The footage takes them into the world of Australian cattle farming, transportation, feedlots, processing and end markets, such as restaurants.

It should be noted that the feedlot is also a popular farming tool because it keeps the animals all in one small enclosure — which makes it easier for them to be treated with hormones and antibiotics.

By buying pastured butter and grass fed meats you are supporting sustainable farming and telling big feedlots to change their practices.

The proposal to allow cattle feedlots of up to 1,000 cattle in the Farming Zone without a permit nor a setback from neighbours, while 100 pigs or 450 poultry in highly mobile systems trigger the notice and review process, suggests that there may not merely be ignorance of small - scale farming systems, but something more sinister aFarming Zone without a permit nor a setback from neighbours, while 100 pigs or 450 poultry in highly mobile systems trigger the notice and review process, suggests that there may not merely be ignorance of small - scale farming systems, but something more sinister afarming systems, but something more sinister at play.

We call on Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford and Minister for Planning Richard Wynne to explain why small - scale pastured pig and poultry farms are to be subjected to greater scrutiny and compliance costs than cattle feedlots, instead of being treated under the law like other grazing systems that rely on supplemental feed such as the majority of Victorian beef and dairy cattle.

The animals from which our meat comes must spend their entire life on the farm — absolutely no CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) or feedlots.

In the U.S., approximately 90 % of cows live on crowded feedlots or on factory farms and never graze in grassy pastures.

This is due to unsanitary conditions, poor hygiene, and the use of growth hormones on factory farms and feedlots.

Anyone who has ever been to a feedlot or industrial pig farm knows that the environmental issues are huge.

A feedlot is an animal feeding operation in commercial animal farming.

For example, as you probably already know, grass - fed beef from cattle that roam outside in grassy fields is MUCH healthier for you than typical grain - fed beef from a factory farm feedlot.

Try not to eat fish from unnatural sources such as fish farms or meat / poultry / eggs from unnatural sources such as feedlots and poultry farms because these sources of fish, meat, and poultry are given foods, or substances, that will slow down or stop your fat loss, in addition to possibly harming your health.

For the most part, small local farms do not use feedlots, rather, the animals (cows, chickens, pigs) are allowed to range freely, outside, on pasture.

Ag PACE provides interest buydown on loans to farmers who invest in nontraditional agriculture activities that supplement farm income such as purchase of equipment and facilities, equity shares of an ag - processing business, irrigation equipment, capital improvements to a livestock feedlot, dairy operation or subsurface field tiling projects.

They're also rendered byproducts from slaughterhouses and processing plants, dead animals from ranches, farms, animal shelters, feedlots and other facilities, and food waste, including fat and grease, from restaurants and stores.

Meal and bone «meal» (on your ingredient list) means that «dead animals from farms, ranches, feedlots, marketing barns, animal shelters, and other facilities; and fats, grease, and other food waste from restaurants and stores.»

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Some rendering facilities are closely associated with slaughterhouses, which are in turn connected with feedlots or poultry farms.

Independent plants obtain animal by - product materials, including grease, blood, feathers, offal, and entire animal carcasses, from the following sources: butcher shops, supermarkets, restaurants, fast - food chains, poultry processors, slaughterhouses, farms, ranches, feedlots, and animal shelters.»

The Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, «Namgis and Mamalilkala First Nations have never given their consent to open - pen Atlantic salmon feedlots operating in their territories and are now demanding that both the provincial and federal governments recognize their right to traditional fishery and have the fish farms removed.

Examples of this are patchwork compositions of aerial images showing oil pumps in Denver or the feedlots in Texas that are used to intensify animal farming by speeding up the life process of cows.

Once upon a time the American government funded the Ag schools to develop solutions to farming problems like feedlot wastes.

Some of ag's CO2 is emitted directly by feedlots, farm equipment, and related transportation activities; some (such as unwanted leaves, stems and the like) is recycled into the soil but still remains in the active carbon cycle; some (probably a small fraction) is transpired or excreted by humans and our commensals.

At issue is whether to suspend a five - year - old federal mandate requiring more ethanol in gasoline each year, a policy that has diverted almost half of the domestic corn supply from animal feedlots to ethanol refineries, driven up corn prices and plantings and created a desperate competition for corn as drought grips the nation's farm belt.

We harvest salmon indiscriminately or farm them in open - water feedlots, putting wild salmon in peril.

They plan to expel farmers and graziers from most land areas, with food produced in concentrated feedlots, factory farms, communal gardens and hydroponics.

Farmers got big, grew a lot more corn... and then needed to do something with it and the infrastructure around it, hence more feed for feedlots, HFCS and corn ethanol, all strongly supported by midwest farm states.

Intensive farming, feedlots, fish grown in tanks, nuclear power, and cities are the way to environmental salvation, not damnation.