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Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, an alkaloid harmful to livestock.Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most of them in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: Oxytropis and Astragalus in North America, [1] and Swainsona in Australia.
Oklahoma has an estimated 11,000 poultry farms, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Only a fraction of those operations — about 1% — have 400 or more birds. Three massive farms ...
Pesticides, because they are toxic chemicals meant to kill pest species, can affect non-target species, such as plants, animals and humans. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, because they are sprayed or spread across entire agricultural fields. [1]
In 1971, the animal and plant regulatory functions were separated from ARS to create a new entity known as Animal and Plant Health Services. In 1972, the meat and poultry inspection divisions of the Consumer and Marketing Service (later known as the Agricultural Marketing Service) were added to APHS, thus creating the contemporary APHIS. [9] [1]
Crutchfield ruled on June 28 that the Agriculture Department cannot approve registration, licenses or permits for the construction of new poultry farms exceeding 125,000 chickens until the agency ...
Poultry droppings are harmful to plants when fresh, but after a period of composting are valuable fertilizers. [7] Manure is also commercially composted and bagged and sold as a soil amendment. [8] [9] In 2018, Austrian scientists offered a method of paper production from elephant and cow manure. [10]
The 9,986,245 pounds of recalled ready-to-eat meat and poultry products were produced between June 19 and Oct. 8, 2024. The packages will have “51205” or “P-51205” inside the USDA mark of ...
Trifluralin is safe for mammals and chickens, even in large amounts. [26] Mammals eliminate 85% after oral consumption within 72 hours. It is toxic to fish though: LC 50 for rainbow trout is 10-40 μg/L. [2] Metabolism involves the thyroid; heavy and continuous exposure in rats can stress it via overstimulation. [27]