61. AgBioForum 3(2&3): US Animal Agriculture: Making The Case For Productivity Animal agriculture in the developed world has become increasingly science and It is expected that the US animal agriculture sector will respond to such http://www.agbioforum.org/v3n23/v3n23a08-roberts.htm

Back Issues Index US Animal Agriculture: Making The Case For Productivity Michael Roberts University of Missouri-Columbia This paper documents the tremendous productivity gains that have been made in United States (US) animal agriculture over the past century. Productivity gains will continue to be necessary as global demand for animal protein outpaces world productive capacity. Genetic technologies, with proper oversight and risk assessment, can provide great benefits for years to come. Key words: animal agriculture; productivity gains; global demand; animal protein. The history of agriculture is a long one. Agriculture started in the Golden Triangle of the Eastern Mediterranean Area where crops were first cultivated. Of the 4,800-mammalian species that exist on the planet today, about a dozen became easily domesticated. Cattle originated around ten to twelve thousand years ago by domestication of the now extinct species Auroch Diamond, 1997 ). There were several separate domestications of cattle. One of which went to form the hump cattle found in the Indies, and the other the Bos taurus . Genes from both sub-species have contributed to the breeds that we know today. However, selective breeding of cattle to produce the milk and beef breeds that we recognize today only started about 200 years ago. Livestock breeding has progressed very rapidly since then, particularly during the latter part of the Twentieth Century.

62. AgBioForum 3(2&3): Animal Agriculture In The EU And Multifunctionality This paper provides an overview of the future of animal agriculture in the EuropeanUnion. Ongoing changes will continue to shape the future of animal http://www.agbioforum.org/v3n23/v3n23a07-beranger.htm

Back Issues Index Animal Agriculture In The EU And Multifunctionality Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France In the future, animal production systems in the European Union (EU) are expected to confront increasingly competitive markets, increasing world demand for animal protein, higher quality and safer foods, and sustainable production systems. Farming systems will need to be sustainable, diverse, multifunctional, and territorial based as well as efficient in order to meet these demands. New forms of regulations are proposed at different levels to accommodate these challenges. Key words: Europe; animal production systems; sustainability; diversity; multifunctionality; territoriality; policy regulations. This paper provides an overview of the future of animal agriculture in the European Union. Ongoing changes will continue to shape the future of animal production systems within the EU. These changes include market globalization, increased daily consumption of animal food products, increased world consumption and trade in animal food products, vertical integration of some sectors of the food chain, an increasing demand for a secure and safe food supply, and a strong demand for the sustainable development of agriculture. It is, of course, difficult to predict with accuracy, how events will unfold. Several feasible scenarios have been developed for the EU in the year 2010. The main scenarios are as follows: Scenario 1 . A fully liberal global market in animal food products triumphs with more or less regulation by increasingly shared responsibility, or by intergovernmental bodies or by cooperation between world economic zones.

63. South Dakota Department Of Agriculture :: United States Animal Identification Pl The Department of agriculture is responsible for the promotion and enhancementof South Dakota agriculture, and for the implementation of a variety of state http://www.state.sd.us/doa/department/usaip.htm

State of South Dakota Department of Ag Contact Search ... Home Department of Agriculture Divisions Agricultural Development Agricultural Services Office of Ag Policy Office of the Secretary ... Wildland Fire Suppression Department Links 2004 Agriculture Ranking Ag News Boards/Commissions Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) ... Weekly News from the Secretary United States Animal Identification Plan Information The recommendations, accepted by USAHA, set the following time table: 1. Premises identification on all US cattle by July 1, 2004. This would require standardized premises identification numbers be established for all livestock operations, market facilities, assembly points, and processing plants. 2. All animals moving in interstate commerce to be identified with official USAID individual numbers by July 1, 2005, and with interstate movement

64. Abstract: Future Of Transgenic Technology For Animal Agriculture Abstract Future of Transgenic Technology for Animal agriculture. GE Seidel, Jr.Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/physio/abstract/ges8.html

Abstract: Future of Transgenic Technology for Animal Agriculture G.E. Seidel, Jr. Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Revised: February 1, 1998 Seidel Homepage Department of Physiology ARBL Homepage Colorado State University ... Webmaster URL: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/physio/abstract/ges8.html

65. Sustainable Agriculture Newsletter Summer 2002 (v14n2) Ethics in animal agriculture ethics of animal use, animal biotechnology, andproduction practices. Proceedings, FAIR 2000, Federation of Animal Science http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/newsltr/v14n2/sa-1.htm

Summer 2002 (v14n2) Consumer voices, dollars are changing animal welfare standards by Joy A. Mench, Department of Animal Science and Center for Animal Welfare, University of California, Davis A conventional battery cage for laying hens. Under new guidelines adopted by the United Egg Producers and endorsed by McDonald's and FMI/NCCR, hens will be given more space than is typical currently. (photo by Joy Mench) During the last few decades there has been increasing public concern about the ways in which food animals are raised, transported, and slaughtered. This concern is part of a larger unease about the industrialization of animal agriculture and how that affects the environment, food safety and quality, and animal welfare. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES In the 1950s, several technological developments occurred that changed the face of animal production. The first was the discovery of a method for artificially synthesizing Vitamin D . This meant that animals no longer had to be exposed to sunlight in order to synthesize the vitamin naturally, and could therefore be housed indoors throughout their lives. Indoor housing permitted better control of nutrition, temperature and light cycle, which in turn led to an improved ability to stimulate and manipulate production. Indoor housing also permitted greater mechanization of production, ultimately leading to reduced labor needs and reduced costs.

66. Waste Management Publications: NRAES-130 Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal agriculture, NRAES130 ($30.00 plus S A Changing Animal agriculture Implications for Economies and http://www.nraes.org/publications/nraes130.html

Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture Publication Number: NRAES-130 Cost: Length: 508 pages ISBN: Date of Publication: March 2000 A description, news release , and table of contents are below. Agricultural nonpoint source pollution can impact the water quality of rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater, and wetlands. Animal feeding operations (AFOs) concentrate animals, feed, manure and urine, dead animals, and production facilities on a small area, increasing the management and knowledge required to minimize nonpoint source pollution. Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture, NRAES-130 The proceedings from "Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture: A Conference for Nutrient Management Consultants, Extension Educators, and Producer Advisors," held March 28-30, 2000, in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, includes 36 papers divided among eleven topic areas. Authors include experts from the land grant universities, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the EPA, and the private sector. Two introductory papers consider nutrients and water quality and sources of nutrients in the nation's watersheds. The three articles in the following section discuss aspects of animal agriculture and nutrients. Papers in the third section consider EPA and NRCS goals in nutrient management. The two following papers discuss ag-related waterborne pathogens and sources of pathogens in a watershed. Five papers focus on manure management practices. Papers in the following section discuss feed management to reduce excess nutrients in poultry, swine, and dairy production. The next two papers consider the fate of land-applied nutrients and pathogens. Three papers are devoted to the Phosphorus Index, and the following two sections include papers on aspects of land application and site management. The final four papers discuss nutrient management plans for poultry, swine, and dairy operations.

67. WSPA CANADA - Industrial Animal Agriculture: The Next Global Crisis? promote or otherwise encourage the growth of industrial animal agriculture.WSPA is calling for industrial animal agriculture to be phased out in favour http://www.wspa.ca/nextglobalcrisis.html

Subscribe Un-Subscribe Sign up and receive our newsletter. Factory farming is the fastest growing method of animal production worldwide.. Find out more about our World Farmwatch campaign. Industrial Animal Agriculture: The Next Global Crisis? A new scientific report from the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), , highlights the real danger that factory farming poses to human health and animal welfare, particularly in developing countries. The report is due to be presented at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference in Mexico this week. Intensively farmed animals are often routinely fed antibiotics. According to WHO, such widespread use of these drugs in the livestock industry is helping to breed antibiotic-resistant microbes, and making it harder to fight diseases amongst both animals and humans (eg.Salmonella; E.coli) alike. WSPA urges the WHO and other public health institutes to ensure that policy advice does not promote or otherwise encourage the growth of industrial animal agriculture.

68. PENN STATE RESEARCHES PERCEPTIONS OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE This news release discusses a project under way in Penn State s College ofAgricultural Sciences to identify what children and their teachers know about http://aginfo.psu.edu/news/march97/animalagperception.html

69. Penn State Agriculture Magazine How Kids and Others View Animal agriculture. Girl with cow What do young peopleknow about agriculture, and how do they get their information? http://aginfo.psu.edu/psa/ss97/kids.html

70. Norbest: Agricultural Facts - Animal Agriculture Today, US animal agriculture is a dynamic, specialized endeavor, the envy of the And as American animal agriculture grows and changes, there is a double http://www.norbest.com/a_agricultural_facts_01.cfm

Animal Industry Foundation, http://www.aif.org , used with permission. Our additional notes are indicated in brackets.) In an increasingly urban society, our contact with animals, especially farm animals, is limited. While man and animal depend on each other, our modern culture separates us from other species more and more. As a result, our understanding of the needs and roles of domestic animals becomes weaker, and in some cases, distorted. One of the best strongholds of animal welfare in our culture is the farmer. With the exception of zoos and animal parks, only the farmer enjoys close, daily contact with animals. As farmers tend livestock and poultry, guaranteeing their health and welfare, the animal provides an economic return to the farmer in the form of wholesome, high quality foods valued by the vast majority of consumers. The consuming public today is generally unaware of farmers' relationship to their animals, and how meat, milk, and eggs are produced on modern farms. The average consumer may not make the connection between attractively packaged meat, milk, and eggs in the supermarket, and the process of getting these foods from the farm to the dinner table. The image of the family farm with its red barn, a few chickens in the yard, some pigs in the mud, and cows in the field isn't accurate anymore... Today, U.S. animal agriculture is a dynamic, specialized endeavor, the envy of the rest of the world. Only in America can 3% feed 100% of the population as efficiently as we do. The key to this efficiency? The best cared for livestock and poultry in the world.

71. Globalisation Of Animal Agriculture Globalisation of Animal agriculture by Pattrice Jones archived by Global HungerAlliance. http://www.globalhunger.net/talk1102.html

Globalisation of Industrial Animal Agriculture: Implications for South Asia pattrice le-muire jones Global Hunger Alliance Presented at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute's Fifth Annual Conference on Sustainable Development in South Asia Introduction I would like to thank SDPI for inviting me to participate in this very substantial and stimulating conference. I represent the Global Hunger Alliance, which is an international network of research, advocacy, education, and activist organizations. I draw your attention to the document listing the Global Hunger Alliance Statement of Principles because it contains important information that I will not repeat in this talk. Standpoint The children in my county grow up in the shadows of acre upon acre of genetically modified maize and soya but sometimes do not have enough to eat. Their parents may be farmers or workers for the poultry industry but in either case do dangerous work for low pay and may be in a form of debt servitude to the industry. Many of us cannot drink the water from our wells, thanks to the animal wastes, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers that have seeped into our groundwater. What was once a lush region of incredible natural fertility now struggles with water shortages and soil sterility. Current Consequences of Factory Farming On animals: When speaking of the harms inflicted by factory farming, we must not forget that the most direct victims are the animals themselves. Industrial animal agriculture is industrial precisely because it treats sentient creatures as if they were insensible objects. From battery cages for laying hens to gestation crates for pregnant pigs, the merciless technologies that have been invented to maximize profit regardless of pain subject our fellow beings to levels of trauma that most of us cannot even imagine. Like most political questions, this is a moral issue that cannot in good conscience be ignored.

72. CRS Report: IB10021 - Animal Agriculture: Issues For The 106th Congress - NLE A variety of animal agriculture issues has generated debate in the 106th New economic assistance for animal agriculture also is being considered as part http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Agriculture/ag-62.cfm

Redistributed as a Service of the National Library for the Environment IB10021: Animal Agriculture: Issues for the 106th Congress Geoffrey S. Becker Resources, Science, and Industry Division September 22, 1999 CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS Importance of Animal Products ... LEGISLATION SUMMARY A variety of animal agriculture issues has generated debate in the 106th Congress, including low livestock prices, particularly for hogs. Economic difficulties have revived questions such as the impacts of consolidation in the livestock industry, and the price effects of animal imports from Canada and Mexico. This summer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was implementing provisions in the emergency supplemental appropriations bill ( H.R. 1141 P.L. 106-31 , signed May 21) that make available up to $145 million to assist pork producers, and another $73 million in payments to livestock producers generally for disaster losses. New economic assistance for animal agriculture also is being considered as part of a broader, multi-billion farm relief package now nearing passage in Congress. A number of other legislative proposals to assist livestock producers have been introduced, including bills mandating that packers report prices paid for animals (the Senate Agriculture Committee marked up a bill on July 29, 1999), or that meat products be labeled with their country of origin.

73. CRS Report: 98-451 - Animal Waste Management And The Environment: Background For Waste from animal agriculture is an increasingly prominent environmental Animal agriculture Information on Waste Management and Water Quality Issues. http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Agriculture/ag-48.cfm

Redistributed as a Service of the National Library for the Environment An imal Waste Management and the Environment: Background for Current Issues Claudia Copeland Specialist in Environmental Policy Jeffrey Zinn Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Updated May 12, 1998 Contents ABSTRACT Waste from animal agriculture is an increasingly prominent environmental quality issue. This background report describes the livestock production industry' today along with public health and environmental concerns related to the industry. It summarizes policies and programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency and recent Clinton Administration initiatives; state laws and programs concerning animal waste management; and dialogues on problems and solutions initiated by some segments of this industry. The report reviews congressional responses to the issues (including two bills 5. 1323 and H.R. and outlines policy questions likely to shape congressional action. It will be updated if there is major congressional action. CONTENTS Summary Introduction Animal Agriculture and Its Waste Overview of Animal Agriculture: Status and Trends ... Other relevant federal legislation: research, CWA reauthorization, and appropriations

74. Satya Oct 04: Book Review By Mark Hawthorne: Meat Market “The surest way to eliminate animal agriculture’s cruelties is to seek to eliminateanimal agriculture itself,” he writes. “To accomplish this, we need a http://satyamag.com/oct04/hawthorne.html

Dismantling Animal Agriculture Book Review by Mark Hawthorne Meat Market: Animals, Ethics and Money by Erik Marcus (Ithaca: Brio Press, 2005*). $21.95 hardback; $14.95 paperback. 288 pages. In the 1990s, frustrated by the lack of literature in the vegan movement, animal advocate and former technical writer Erik Marcus turned his communications skills to creating books and other materials that vegans and non-vegans alike would find accessible and informative. His first book, the groundbreaking Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating Among the few critical remarks reviewers offered of Vegan Meat Market: Animals, Ethics and Money Meat Market And what cold facts they are. Meat Market Breaking the Chains Meat Market Meat Market The Power of Outreach The final third of Meat Market consists of a wealth of supplementary material: eight activist essays and nine appendices covering the most fundamental arguments in favor of a plant-based diet. The essay writing varies in quality, but the activists, who range from a retiree to an M.D., offer some sound advice for aspiring advocates and demonstrate that anyone can be involved in vegan outreach, something Marcus considers critical to bringing down factory farming. Meat Market: Animals, Ethics and Money

75. Water Quality / Animal agriculture s Effect on Water Quality Pastures and Feedlots Animalagriculture in Indiana makes a significant contribution to the supply of meat, http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/WQ/WQ-7.html

WQ-7 Animal Agriculture's Effect on Water Quality Pastures and Feedlots Alan L. Sutton Department of Animal Sciences Indiana's Farm Animal Industry Animal agriculture in Indiana makes a significant contribution to the supply of meat, milk and eggs for consumption in our nation and abroad and supplies a considerable amount of revenue to the state. In 1988, sale of livestock and livestock products in Indiana equalled $1.74 billion. Lives- tock sales made up 42.5 percent of the $4.1 billion total of all agricultural commodities in the state (Figure 1). Figure 1. Indiana Animal Number 1988 Animal manures are a natural by-product of the livestock industry. Animal wastes must be handled, stored, utilized and/or disposed of in an efficient way while maintaining or improving the quality of the environment. Many factors affect the pollution potential of animal waste. Nutrient con- tent of animal waste varies with collection, storage and application methods. Climate conditions also contribute to the effect animal waste might have on water supplies. Possible contaminants from animal waste include: nitrogen, phosphorus, inorganic salts, carbon compounds and microorganisms. This bulletin discusses possible water pollution problems from pasture and feedlot systems and the management practices needed protect water supplies.

76. Welcome To Animal Agriculture.org NIAA Symposium Challenges Animal agriculture s Role for the Future (45-05) State agriculture Department plans animal ID program (3-2-05) http://www.animalagriculture.org/newsarchives/industrynews.asp

animalagriculture.org HOME MEMBERSHIP Industry News NEWS ARCHIVES: (2001 Archives) (2002 Archives) (2003 Archives) (2004 Archives) ... August AUGUST VS confirmed in Montana cattle FMD detected in Russia Bird flu spreads to new species AVMA will consult with DHS on Plum-Island Re-vamp ... Johanns announces appointment of Masters as administrator of the Food Safety And Inspection Service JULY FDA removes enrofloxaxin from bacterial treatment use in poultry NSIIC Announces Grants Private animal database wave of the future Suspected BSE case doesn't affect Japan decision ... AI not yet a contagion in Vietnam, says WHO JUNE BSE cow location determined; Update on epidemiological investigation BSE spurring talk of national ID system Federal Appeals Court keeps beef checkoff case alive Texas VS quarantine cleared ... South Korea Mad Cow Experts to Visit U.S. MAY Bird flu endemic in Indonesia, says World Health Organization Kentucky Enforcing Health Rules on Horses OIE makes changes to BSE code Johann's statement on OIE changes to BSE code ... Plan Would Increase Veterinarians in Public Health Practic e New V-COOL bill would make country of origin labeling voluntary New program helps Indiana sheep owners control scrapie Johanns promotes coordinated effort to fight agroterrorism VSv confirmed in Arizona ... Beefmobile wins national award APRIL

77. Welcome To Animal Agriculture.org If you are a professional engaged in animal agriculture including producers, Animal agriculture is a large, diverse industry. NIAA is where animal http://www.animalagriculture.org/aboutNIAA/facts/factsheet.asp

animalagriculture.org HOME MEMBERSHIP NIAA Fact Sheet Finally! An organization that satisfies your needs, concerns and interests about the animal agriculture industry. Membership with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture offers just that, and so much more. NIAA's purpose is quite simple to provide a source for individuals, organizations, and the entire animal agriculture industry to obtain information, education and solutions for challenges facing animal agriculture. There's not a better time than right now to get involved. If you are a professional engaged in animal agriculture including producers, veterinarians, scientists, government representatives and allied industries then membership in NIAA is for you. NIAA carries a strong legacy of providing the U.S. livestock industry with a forum to collectively address issues of common interest. The new organization, successor to the Livestock Conservation Institute (LCI), is the result of a progressive process and vision that began in 1996 when LCI Board of Directors commissioned a long-range planning team to landscape an organization that would best serve animal agriculture in the 21st century. The newly created organization, NIAA, began operations in January 2000 and is collectively addressing issues of interest to the industry, providing vital industry information, continuing education and communication outlets for animal agriculture professionals.

78. United States Animal Identification Plan -Protecting American Agriculture It carries the tagline “Protecting American Animal agriculture.” “This willhelp protect American animal agriculture from the devastating effects that http://usaip.info/newsrelease8-6-03.htm

It appears that you have javascript disabled in your browser or your browser does not support Javascript. You may experience difficulties while browsing this site. This website uses Javascript (and cascading stylesheets) to display dropdown menus, rollover images, and on-line form validation. Please view this site with a browser that supports Javascript and turn Javascript "ON" in your browsers' preferences. Instructions on doing this on the more popular browsers is provided here . Thank you. United States Animal Identification Plan (USAIP) Information Site Click on animal to view proposed USAIP Plan under development. (Please note that this news release may not reflect current information. It is provided for historical reference only). U.S. Is Developing a National Animal Identification Plan To Help Protect Animal Agriculture August 6 2003: A national animal identification plan is being developed to help protect American animal agriculture. State animal health officials, livestock industry groups and the federal government are working together to finalize the plan. They hope to have Phase One of the plan, Premises ID, in place by July 2004. This phase would require that standardized premises identification numbers be established for all production operations, markets, assembly points, exhibitions and processing plants. Once the Premises ID systems are in place, the plan will proceed to Phase Two, which calls for individual identification for cattle in commerce. Phase two would require all other food animal and livestock species that enter commerce to be identified through individual or group/lot identification.

79. The Twin Cities Green Guide: FOOD: Animal Agriculture Our heavy involvement with animal agriculture makes it even more critical thatwe understand Besides squandering resources, animal agriculture pollutes. http://www.thegreenguide.org/article/food/animal

FOOD GARDENING DO-IT-YOURSELF ENERGY HEALTH FAMILY COMMUNITY ARTS TRANSPORTATION RECREATION ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS CITIZEN ACTION MEDIA EDUCATION Find green businesses and organizations! FOOD GREEN PAGES Complete GREEN PAGES Get The Guide Introduction to The Guide ... Definitions The Twin Cities Green Guide Hillel Center University of Minnesota 1521 University Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 Animal Agriculture Alcohol Coffee Community Supported Agriculture ... Defending Farm Animals Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry , Gail Eisnitz Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating , Erik Marcus Compassionate Action for Animals 2414 University Ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 Email Website Clean Water Action Alliance 326 Hennepin Ave E Minneapolis, MN 55415 Website Home Page FOOD : Animal Agriculture Factory Farming Freeman Wicklund, Compassionate Action for Animals, Bridges of Respect Printable Version Factory farming is the mass production of animals for increases in profitability and economic efficiencies. Minnesota is one of the largest factory farming states in the country. We slaughter more turkeys than any other state, we are third in "pork" and mink pelt production, and are also a significant dairy, red meat and egg producing state. Our heavy involvement with animal agriculture makes it even more critical that we understand how factory farming and intensive agriculture negatively impact the environment, human health, animals and small organic farmers.

80. Environmental Implications Of Modern Animal Agriculture: Save The Planet With Yo All general references to animal agriculture in this paper include the beef, dairy, The scale of modern animal agriculture, along with specific industry http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/gaechter.html

Environmental Implications of Modern Animal Agriculture: Save the Planet with your Fork Lacey Gaechter , University of Colorado ABSTRACT This report is designed to provide readers with peer-reviewed scientific or governmental information regarding the environmental impacts of the United States ’ animal agriculture industry. All the information is carefully cited so that readers may easily investigate sources. Several calculations were required in order to understand some industry trends, but the sources of the numbers used are readily available for confirmation. All general references to animal agriculture in this paper include the beef, dairy, pig, poultry, and sheep industries. The report excludes statistics on fish, fur, wool, insect, or any other type of animal farming not listed above. The goal of this paper is to provide substantiated and verifiable evidence that animal agriculture negatively affects global environmental quality. INTRODUCTION Today America consumes more animal products per person than almost any other society in history. The scale of modern animal agriculture, along with specific industry practices has substantial impacts on human health, animal welfare, and the global environment. The following report specifically examines the environmental impacts associated with today’s animal operations.

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