Aug 15

环保高效奶牛

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2006年一篇联合国报告“牲畜的长影”称牲畜养殖对气候改变有主要影响,“生产世界范围内18%的温室气体,高于交通系统所释放的气体”,减少肉制品消费来保护环境的述求充斥着各种媒体,现在这种述求依然在继续。奥特奇最近的年会中加州大学戴维斯分校的副教授和空气质量专家Frank Mitloehner博士解释了为什么温室气体的统计导致了误解,他在2009年和Pitesky 以及Stackhouse共同发表了有关温室气体问题的报告“净化空气:牲畜对于气候变化的影响”。

在年会中,Mitloehner解释说牲畜养殖在发展中国家中温室气体排放相对来说很小:在美国,牲畜的气体排放量仅仅占人为排放的3%,交通排放占26%,电力系统排放占31%。联合国报告中的18%不是一个国际标准,受到了发展中国家的排放量影响。在这些国家中,牲畜排放量相对较大,因为这些国家的交通和电力系统较小。在发展中国家的温室气体的排放比率也会受到土地使用变化的影响,这和牲畜生产量相关,例如森林砍伐。很多发展中国家正在把土地转变为牧场和耕地来发展经济,正如发达国家所做的一样。根据Mitloehner所说,温室气体排放应归于森林砍伐和其他土地使用方式的改变,牲畜排放也只是其中之一。

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Mar 15

Global Tonnage of Animal Feed

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Last year Aidan Connolly asked colleagues in Alltech's offices worldwide to help create a report on the global tonnage of animal feed produced. With offices and distributors in 128 countries he was able to put together a very comprehensive summary. That's not to say that it was easy. Data was collected from thousands of feed mills and manufacturers and compiled into totals for species, countries and regions.

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Mar 15

Animal Agriculture Allies at IPE

Animal Agriculture Allies at IPE Kay Johnson Smith President Animal Ag Alliance

Livestock producers are under attack. Activist groups like the Humane Society of the United States and PETA are actively working to erode public opinion of animal agriculture and meat, milk and egg consumption. Furthermore, they lobby for additional regulations that will drive up food prices. Similar efforts in Europe have resulted in higher food prices. However, consumer preferences have not changed. The end result is increased importation and a loss of food security.

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Jan 20

Meeting Marketplace Demands

Meeting Marketplace Demands Alltech North America Lecture Tour

There was a great turn out at the Ontario NALT stop for 2012 including students and professors from the University of Guelph, and of course valued customers of Alltech Ontario. NALT 2012 gave us the opportunity to express our gratitude to both the master’s and PhD students at the University of Guelph who are doing research on behalf of Alltech.

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