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In 2019, Namibia exported around 12 400t of meat, mostly to the US, , South Africa and China. Commercial and subsistence dominate the country’s sector. The commercial sector is run on more than 44% of land, while subsistence is run on 41% thereof. Livestock

Important differences exist in Livestock “ size” across . All livestock sectors combined, the United Kingdom, Denmark and France host the largest farms in terms of surface, with roughly 95 ha per . Poland, Italy and the Netherlands have the smallest farms, with less than 40 ha per , with as low an average as 18 ha in Poland.

The 13 Start-Ups. Armenta (Israel). This company has developed the first nonantibiotic treatment for bovine mastitis using acoustic pulse technology (APT). Mastitis causes annual losses of over $6 billion in the U.S. and . Infected cows treated with APT have shown 70% cure rates and consequently 10% increase in milk yield.

Germany – strong production. In 2022 in Germany, 11 million cows were kept in 133,000 businesses. This makes Germany the second biggest producer in . In 2022, a total of 992,000 tonnes of were produced, of which 329,000 tonnes were exported to countries all around the world. Germany is home to over forty breeds of .

#2. France. France is another significant agricultural producer in , with a long-standing reputation for high-quality produce. The country’s diverse landscape and favorable climate make it suitable for a wide range of agricultural activities, including crop production and livestock .

A subsidiary of ’s biggest meat processor, Danish Crown, also bought that appears to have originated on a in protected rainforest. Despite attempts to regulate Brazil’s meat industry, experts estimate that 90 percent of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is driven by .

Previous archeological and genetic research has shown that modern breeds are descended from multiple independent domestication events of the wild aurochs ( Bos primigenius) ∼10,000 y ago. Two primary areas of domestication in the Middle East/ and the Indian subcontinent resulted in taurine and indicine lines of , respectively.

When considering organic systems, an increase in environmental impact is in general observed ; in , the organic livestock for meat production is still not widespread (3% of the whole bovine sector in EU-15 (EC, 2013)), despite the number of certified organic heads registered a significant growth from 2005 to 2012 (+118% …

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The pressure that forced Bolsonaro’s land-grabbing bill out of Congress came partly from major food brands in . They know their customers don’t want chicken, meat or the soya used to feed animals worldwide to be linked to human rights violations, or the devastation of forests that keep our planet cool.

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’s growth engine. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, ‘Poland 2025: ’s new growth engine’, Poland offers more advantages than any other country in terms of becoming ’s major food production and processing hub. The report states that growing urbanisation across is raising Poland’s profile as a major …

Another important source concerning the welfare of dairy cows is the Council of (CoE) Recommendation concerning , adopted by the Standing Committee of the Convention . The Commission’s website states: “the Council of Convention on the protection of animals kept for purposes and its …

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8 Local breeds in Chapter 3 State of local breeds in 40 Delphine Duclos and Sipke Joost Hiemstra 3.1 Introduction 42 3.2 -wide local breed survey among National Coordinators 44 3.3 Conclusions 55 References 55 Chapter 4 Viewing differences and similarities across local in 58

While Wagyu is still a largely unknown commodity in , niche opportunities exist for Australia to export high-end, heavily marbled product into the region’s restaurant and hotel sector, two enterprising young Swiss/Italian farmers believe. Brothers Ferdinando and Andrea Borletti are producers in their own right, running on a …

The rising global demand for meat intensifies the strain on natural ecosystems in South America, Africa, and . This pressure is particularly pronounced in regions like the Brazilian Amazon and The Cerrado, where cattle stands as the primary factor behind the replacement of forests and savannahs. Impacts of Deforestation.

On the other hand, in and North America, confinement systems (free stall, tie-stall, and bedded pack) are common. The size varies across the globe from a few to thousands of animals (Endres and Schwartzkopf-Genswein, 2018). production can be divided into three systems: the cow/calf (suckler calf), stocker, and …

For dairy in , gate emission reductions of 1%–14% are found for intensification within one system and 2%–26% for system transitions. In as well as other developed regions, the comparative influence of both pathways on the GHG balance largely depends on the specific design of the initial and final production systems.

Cow has risen sharply in the industrialized world, creating an immense number of issues for the environment, human health, and animals. Modern cows are the result of thousands of years of human management by peoples in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and . The welfare of cows has severely worsened over the last century, with the …

Millions of tons of emissions are embedded in ’s Brazilian imports each year, equivalent to the annual footprint of between 300,000 and 2.4 million EU citizens, according to a new …

The worst horrors of factory could soon be phased out in . is on track to ban cages for animals as soon as 2027. The US could take much longer. By Jonathan Moens Sep 29 …

Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.45 EDT. Cows, pigs and other livestock in are producing more greenhouse gases every year than all of the bloc’s cars and vans put together, when …

Since 1988, use of steroid hormones in production has been illegal in . 32 According to the Commission’s Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Related to Public Health, the decision to ban the use of such hormones was based on the accumulating evidence on the fragility of the endocrine equilibrium in all stages of …

were of great importance for the Neolithic farmers of southeastern , in particular as expanded towards the well-watered regions of Džuljunica (ca. 6200–5500 cal. BCE), one of the earliest known Neolithic settlements in northeastern Bulgaria.