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Meeting the demands of the energy climate era

Although the poultry sector is heavily criticized by NGOs with respect to animal welfare and its environmental impact, everyone in the poultry industry strongly believes in a bright future. Both of theses public issues cannot be ignored and should stimulate poultry producers, as well as all players in the industry, to make the sector a highly appreciated and sustainable agro-business. Could the energy climate era provide an answer?
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Global warming is no issue to ignore

Climate change and issues relating to the subject have been discussed for many years. Global warming also has an impact on crop and livestock production, and the livestock industry is often blamed for its contribution to the problem. Although the poultry industry seems to be the smallest contributor, it cannot ignore the issue. read more >

Intensive poultry production better for global warming

Contrary to what environmentalists want the world to believe, British scientists have proven that Intensive (houses) poultry production has a much smaller impact on global warming than organic or free-range production. Additionally, poultry production proves to be more environmentally efficient than any other source of meat production. read more >

Less environmental effects from granulated litter

Poultry litter granulation supports the sustainable use of this organic resource as a fertiliser, especially when materials are added during granulation that increase the nitrogen to  phosphorus ratio closer to crop requirements. read more >

Decreasing the risk of phosphorus under-supplementation

Because of natural variations in feed materials, there is always a variation in the nutrient content of diets. A safety margin is therefore included. The use of mineral phosphate can be costeffective in preventing under-supplementation. This can be concluded from a study released by the Inorganic Feed Phosphate group of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic). read more >

Poultry litter as an energy source

Crop growers have, for a long time, been aware that poultry litter is an energy source, but now there is interest for this poultry farming by-product from other energy consumers: people. A team of US researchers has a look into the issue of producing energy and bio-oil from this source.   read more >
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