DRIVING SUSTAINABILITY IN BEEF AND DAIRY PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY.
BEEF & DAIRY SUSTAINABILITY
Improving efficiency represents livestock production's biggest challenge as the world's climate, resources and human population dynamics pressurise agriculture.
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The beef sector is faced with a dilemma of reducing each animal's environmental farm-to-fork 'hoofprint', while making sure no sacrifice is made to the quantity or quality of beef. This dilemma stems from a growing world population and increasing affluence which is driving demand for red meats and animal proteins.
To be more sustainable, beef production needs to address the 3 Es:
Environment – it's where we live, our surroundings and our ultimate source of life – through the air we breathe, the water we drink the food we eat, and the raw materials we consume.
Ethics – it provides a framework for critical analysis of the values, attitudes and reasons underlying the decisions we make every day that affect people and animals.
Economics – More than just profits. It is the way society assigns, creates and exchanges value.
ENVIRONMENT
- Managing natural resources responsibly and improve and protect the environment
- Minimizing beef's carbon footprint
- Water: Growing more with less
VIDEOS
What Beef Producers Need to Know about Antimicrobial Use and Resistance
Don Close - Rabobank on Beef Sustainability
Derrel Peel, OK State – Rebuilding the US Cattle Herd
PUBLICATIONS
Our growing listing below features in-depth reports on beef sustainability.
- Reducing GHG Emissions from Livestock: Best Practices and Emerging Options
- Communicating Beef Production Sustainability - What Messages Resonate?
- SAI’s Principles for Sustainable Beef Farming
- Guidelines for Good Agricultural Practices
- Does Pasture Management Affect the Environment?
- Effect of Antimicrobials on Soil and Water
- Effect of Feeding Ethanol Byproducts on Manure Nutrient Levels
- Do Distillers' Grains Affect Beef Quality?
- How Does Forage Finishing Affect Product Quality?
- Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Feedlot Cattle
- Could We Take Growth-Enhancing Technologies Away from US Beef?
- Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock
- Beef Production and Consumption: Sustainable Alternatives
- Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock – Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities
- Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef: Defining Global Sustainable Beef
- Principles for Sustainable Beef Farming: Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
- Beef's Shrinking Environmental Footprint
- Beef Sustainability: Meeting Growing Demand
ARTICLES
Keep a close eye on the most recent technical articles about beef sustainability.
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