First Swine Toilet Undergoes Testing
THE NETHERLANDS - The Swine Research Farm Sterksel (Wageningen UR) in the Netherlands recently started to test the first prototype of a swine toilet.

Higher Price Housing for Pigs in Holland
NETHERLANDS - A higher-welfare and more sustainable pig house was officially opened by Dutch farming minister Henk Bleker yesterday. It is expensive but pigs grow well in it and their meat should attract...

Production Efficient; Manure Results in High Costs
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch pig-farming sector is operating within a competitive European market, and production costs play an important role in the sector’s competitiveness.

Edible Insects Produce Less GHG than Livestock
NETHERLANDS - Insects produce much smaller quantities of greenhouse gases per kilogram of meat than cattle and pigs.

Phytase Summit Conclusions Presented in Eindhoven
NETHERLANDS - AB Vista presented the findings from the International Phytase Summit at its first exclusive regional seminar held at the Evoluon Conference Centre in Eindhoven on 3 November 2010.

Researchers Compare LCAs for Animal Products
NETHERLANDS - A first review of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), conducted at Wageningen University, confirmed that the production of one kilo of beef used most land and energy, and had highest global warming...

Manure Problem Could be Solved with Fewer Animals
NETHERLANDS - The oversupply of manure from Dutch livestock farms is rising as a result of stricter environmental regulations. To solve this problem without manure export or technological innovations,...

New Report Estimates Cost of Future Regulations
NETHERLANDS - New regulations on animal welfare and ammonia emissions due to come into effect in 2013 will cost €240 per fattening pig place and €500 per sow, according to a new report from the Agricultural...

Wageningen Looks to go Carbon-Neutral
NETHERLANDS - Scientists at Wageningen UR's Swine Research Farm are working on a biogas plant aimed to help make pig farms carbon-neutral, as well as other energy-saving ideas.

Energy from Pig Slurry Helps Fight Climate Change
NETHERLANDS - The 2,700 pigs on the farm that John Horrevorts manages yield more than ham and bacon. A biogas plant makes enough electricity from their waste to run the farm and feeds extra wattage into...

Microbial Ecosystems Affected by Antibiotic Spread
NETHERLANDS - Antibiotics used extensively in intensive livestock production may be having an adverse effect on agricultural soil ecosystems.

Costs Rising for Dutch Farmers
NETHERLANDS - Dutch farmers are coming under pressure from rising costs as the result of, among others, higher environmental costs. Denmark is now the lowest-cost producer in the EU.

Bid to Cut Emissions as Consumption Increases
NETHERLANDS - The cows and pigs dotting the flat green plains in the southern Netherlands create a bucolic landscape. But looked at through the lens of greenhouse gas accounting, they are living smokestacks,...