Essays about: "livestock feed"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 81 essays containing the words livestock feed.

  1. 21. Hur påverkas mjölkkornas tidsbudget, mjölkavkastning och foderintag av tiden i väntfållan i AMS?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Mikaela Vestberg; [2019]
    Keywords : väntfålla; mjölkkor; AMS; tidsbudget; foderintag; mjölkavkastning;

    Abstract : Automatic milking systems (AMS) are used in many countries worldwide, and it is an efficient system with several benefits for both the farmer and the dairy cows. The cows can move freely in the barn and they therefore decide to a large extent over their own time budget throughout the day. READ MORE

  3. 22. Feeding the 45 million : substituting soybean protein with insect protein within EU poultry and egg production

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Douglas Hunter; [2019]
    Keywords : insects; insect production; livestock feed; entomophagy; land use; futures research; food security; energy security; black soldier fly; mealworm; house cricket; sustainable development;

    Abstract : A global population increasing both in number and in resource consumption per capita has resulted in food, livestock feed and energy crop demands that are increasingly difficult to meet on rapidly degrading soils within a diminishing available area of arable land. With further expansion of agricultural land infeasible and yield increases through further intensification insufficient to meet the scale of predicted crop demand, the use of insects as an animal feed has gained traction as a method of not only reducing competition for arable land, but also some of the detrimental environmental consequences of livestock and conventional feed production. READ MORE

  4. 23. Effects of silage and haylage on feed intake, growth and health in two meat type chicken genotypes

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Temwanoku Ioakim; [2018]
    Keywords : silage; haylage; broiler hybrid; feed intake; growth; health;

    Abstract : In this project the effect of grass silage and haylage on feed intake (FI), growth and health of two meat type chicken hybrids, Ross 308 and Rowan Ranger were studied. The study was carried out at the Swedish Livestock Research Center, located in Funbo-Lövsta, Uppsala for a period of 42 days. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Cumulative Benefits of Biochar in Agriculture

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Sara Jawad; [2018]
    Keywords : biochar; climate; agriculture; livestock;

    Abstract : Stockholm Exergi provide district heating in Stockholm and plan to integrate their district heating system with the production of biochar, by building a plant that produces 100MW district heating and 100 000 tonnes biochar per year, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biochar may mitigate climate change, but the added benefits of biochar, beyond the benefits of carbon sequestration, lack quantification. READ MORE

  6. 25. Inköp av färdigfoder kontra egen foderproduktion, hur påverkas lönsamheten i äggföretag? : en fallstudie av två företag i odlingsområde Gns & Ss

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Arvid Ektander; Kristian Pettersson; [2018]
    Keywords : Lönsamhet; Äggproduktion; Foderproduktion; Matematisk optimering; Odlingsförutsättningar; Gårdsberedning;

    Abstract : Ekonomin för svenska äggproducenter har försämrats under de senaste åren och det är en rad olika faktorer som föranlett den försämrade lönsamheten. Nya krav på inhysningssystem har lett till ökade produktionskostnader och överproduktion då gamla system inte avvecklats enligt plan är exempel på faktorer som bidragit till den försämrade lönsamheten. READ MORE