Drinkers and water quality

UK - Despite providing enough drinkers – often exceeding the official recommendations – some pigs still do not get sufficient water, says ARM Buildings.

A study at the University of Arkansas reveals that two-thirds of the water used in pig production in the US is linked to the production of crops for feed.

US - With global food demand expected to outpace the availability of water by the year 2050, consumers can make a big difference in reducing the water used in livestock production, according to a Washington State Univers…

CANADA - The mayor of Brandon in Manitoba is calling for action that will ensure the future success of the province's pork processing industry while also addressing environmental concerns related to water quality in Lake…

US - Last week, the National Pork Producers Council, along with other agricultural groups, unveiled an interactive website that shows land likely to be regulated by the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) under a proposed rule…

SERBIA - The European Union will partner with FAO to help small-scale farmers in Serbia recover from the devastating floods of the past spring.

US - In a letter sent on Thursday (17 July) to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson asked for more information about which bodies of w…

GLOBAL – World agriculture must create short and long term adaptation strategies to cope with climate change accelerating the water cycle.

US - A group of agricultural organizations, led by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation, said an interpretive rule that accompanies a proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) regulation is a …

NEW ZEALAND - Livestock Water Recycling, Inc. (LWR) has announced that it has been awarded a New Zealand patent for its manure treatment technology. The innovative system recycles water and concentrates fertilizer nutrie…

ANALYSIS - Farmers are seeing the value of switching to outcome measures to increase profitability as part of building on their sustainable farming practices.

UK - A University of Cambridge report is right to suggest that collaboration is crucial to ensuring the careful management of our water resources – and it is essential that farmers and growers can produce food in times o…

GLOBAL - Thirty-five member countries of the United Nations have now officially agreed to common guidelines for sharing and managing freshwater resources that cross international borders.

ANALYSIS - The United Nations six Food and Agriculture Business Principles that were launched this week, designed to help agricultural communities in underdeveloped and developing regions, in particular, produce food sus…

CANADA - The Manager of Consumer Marketing and Community Relations Programs with Manitoba Pork is confident a new exhibit at the Manitoba Museum will help get the general public more involved in addressing the environmen…

US - The National Climate Assessment only confirms what family farmers and ranchers have been experiencing: global climate change is increasing the occurrence and severity of volatile weather events, which then directly …

Pigs suffering from salt poisoning or water deprivation can be severely affected and in some cases it can become fatal, according to the Department of Agriculture and Food for Western Australia.

UK - Government proposals for the biggest shake up of water abstraction licensing in 50 years throws up a mixed bag for the farming industry, the National Farmers Union said today.

CHINA - Dead pigs dumped in rivers in Qionglai, Sichuan province, have been found every day for five years in a downstream reservoir, the West China Metropolis Daily reported on Wednesday.

US - The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) has proposed a rule regarding provisions of the Clean Water Act.