John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Poultry, Sustainability,

" When Jackie Augustine opens a chicken coop door one brisk spring morning in upstate New York, the hens bolt out like windup toys. Still, as their faint barnyard scent testifies, they aren’t battery-powered but very much alive. These are “solar chickens.” At this local community egg cooperative, Geneva Peeps, the birds live with solar power all around them. Their hen house is built under photovoltaic panels, and even outside, they’ll spend time underneath them, protected from sun, rain and hawks. Geneva Peeps is one of the many experiments in agrivoltaics, or co-locating solar panels and food production, being undertaken around the United States. The practice had already been happening in countries like the United Kingdom and Uruguay. Over the past few years, more pilot programs have been set up in states like New York. And with photovoltaic capacity projected to more than double (again) over the next five years, some developers are exploring whether agrivoltaics may ease concerns about farmland being given over to solar production."

John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Lamb/Sheep,

Sheep producers across the country are ramping up their restocking, resulting in record prices being seen for ewes on AuctionsPlus.

Last week, Jumbuck Trading, Cowra, NSW, sold 360 scanned-in-lamb first-cross ewes for $444 a head.

The ewes were 20-22 months-old, weighed...Read More


John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Ag Australia/NZ,

WORK is underway to provide Angus producers with the ability to select for desirable coat types to add to the mix of other important production and marketing traits to meet their breeding objectives.

The development of coat type research breeding values has resulted from the analysis...Read More


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