Pat
Jedi Master
I went to the carribean, more precisely Martinique, in june. Carrefour, a well known big supermarket in France was selling bio eggs, 12 for 9€. Talking about golden chicken, more like golden eggs!!
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In Germany, normal eggs from chickens that were kept in factories (no cages in Germany, but what they call "Bodenhaltung" = ground keeping), 10 pieces, are still holding at 1,99€. If you want to support local farmers, then you pay 2,89€ for 10 eggs.
The cheapest organic eggs are 2,49€ for 6 eggs; if you want organic and support local farmers then you pay 2,89€ for 6 eggs.
If one wants free-range eggs from a local farmer (not necessarily that chickens were fed organic food) then 10 eggs are 2,99€.
Doubt that the prices will hold for much longer as they are in the process of mass killings of birds in Germany, UK and Japan plus all the energy prices rising...
The cheapest organic eggs are 2,49€ for 6 eggs; if you want organic and support local farmers then you pay 2,89€ for 6 eggs.
If one wants free-range eggs from a local farmer (not necessarily that chickens were fed organic food) then 10 eggs are 2,99€.
Doubt that the prices will hold for much longer as they are in the process of mass killings of birds in Germany, UK and Japan plus all the energy prices rising...
Mother Nature maintains its status under the current solar cycle as climate change nations change gears of compliance.
LOL!
The Dutch government has decided to temporarily extract minimal amounts of natural gas from two sites at the Groningen gas field that was closed last year, as a deep freeze is moving into northwest Europe, boosting demand for space heating and electricity.
The Groningen gas fields would be turned off on October 1, 2023, and permanently close next October, the government of the Netherlands said last summer. The fields were expected to remain in operational status for another year just in case the country finds itself on the energy backfoot with an exceptionally cold winter 2023/2024.
After a warm autumn and a mild start to the winter, Europe is now facing the first real cold snap this heating season, with temperatures expected to drop this week below seasonal averages and the freeze to continue in northwest Europe at least until the middle of January.
The Netherlands faces 20 Fahrenheit and lower temperatures on Tuesday, so the government told the Parliament in a letter on Monday that two gas sites at the Groningen fields would be turned on a so-called “pilot light” – minimal gas production – during the cold snap.
According to the Economic Affairs Ministry, the “pilot light” measure is not regular production, and based on current forecasts, it will not be escalated and will be reversed in about two weeks, Reuters reports.
“The extraction is therefore minimal, namely only extraction on the pilot light at two locations for about two days,” Dutch State Secretary Hans Vijlbrief wrote in the letter, as carried by Bloomberg.
At the end of last week, power prices in Finland jumped to record-high levels as the deep freeze in Europe began in the Arctic parts of the Nordic countries and was set to move south to northwest Europe over the weekend and this week, creating additional energy demand and leading to higher electricity and natural gas prices.
By Tom Kool for Oilprice.com
Pasture and Forage Minute: Cold Stress Preparation, Feeding Brown Hay and Silage Safely
Extension educators provide recommendations on preventing body condition loss in cattle during low temperatures and ways to safely feed heat-damaged hay and silage.
Cold Stress in Cattle
While daytime temperatures have been mild so far this December, bitter cold and negative wind chills are undoubtedly on the horizon. This is a good time to consider how we can best protect our cattle since livestock performance and survival is affected by wind and temperature.
The lower critical temperature, or the threshold at which cattle must use energy to maintain their body temperature, is 19°F for cattle with a dry hair coat, and 53°F for cows with a wet hair coat. Providing animals shelter in bad weather can help keep coats dry and limit wind chill effects, both of which will work to minimize the impact of the cold. Shelter can also help in other ways. Calving success can increase by 2% behind a windbreak, according to a Kansas study. In Montana feedlots during severe winters, cattle behind windbreaks gained 10.6 lbs. more than cattle that did not have windbreaks.
Cold stress increases a cow’s energy requirement which, if not met, can pull down body condition. A general rule of thumb we can use is that for every degree of cold stress a cow faces, they increase their energy requirements by 1%. In extreme cold, even high-quality hay can’t meet the increased energy demands. Corn is a great high energy option, but we need to be careful to work it up in a diet slowly. Pair it with free choice hay for fill and make sure not to give too much at once to animals whose rumen hasn’t shifted yet.
Finally, it is important to remember that lactating cows have a much greater energy requirement than pregnant cows. Because of this, cold stress can reduce a lactating cow’s body condition more rapidly, so it is advisable to increase their energy intake before loss of condition is observed. If you have questions about adjusting animal diets to address cold weather stress, your local extension office is a great place to start.
Tesing and Feeding Tobacco-brown Hay and Silage
Did difficult weather this year cause your hay to be baled too wet or silage chopped too dry? Now that hay and silage has heated and turned brown, how should you feed these forages?
Hay baled too wet or silage chopped to dry can get excessively hot and cause certain chemical reactions to occur. These chemical reactions and the heat that produces them will darken your forage and make it smell sweet like caramel.
Livestock often find such hay or silage very palatable. But the chemical reaction that caused this heat-damaged forage reduces its energy value and also makes some of the protein become indigestible. Unfortunately, tests for crude protein do not distinguish between regular crude protein and this heat-damaged protein. As a result, your forage test can mislead you into thinking you have more usable protein in your forage than actually is there.
If your forage test is done using NIR, heat-damaged protein may be one of the analyses reported. If the heat-damaged protein is high enough, the test also will report an adjusted crude protein that is different from the regular crude protein. However, the NIR test for heat-damage may not be accurate enough for you if your ration contains a lot of this forage. In these cases where a large amount of heat-damaged protein is suspected, request from your lab a chemical analysis for heat-damaged protein. This will ensure the amount of head damage is measured correctly and allow you to adjust the amount of crude protein your forage actually will provide to your animals.
Forage tests can tell us a lot about the nutrient supplying ability of our forages. But we need to make sure we conduct the right tests and then use the results wisely.
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Extraordinary scenes as full impact of huge industrial estate fire revealed
Footage from the scene shows flames leaping into the sky across a large area
Emergency services remain at the scene of a large fire that broke out on an industrial estate in Bridgend. Multiple fire crews spent the night tackling a large fire at a warehouse owned by the Owens Group Bridgend Industrial Estate in Coychurch.
Fire crews were called at 8.30pm by staff who were in the building and were on the scene within minutes but it took until 8am on Saturday morning to bring the fire under control.
Huw Owen, group managing director, praised the emergency services and confirmed that everyone had got out of the building safely.
He said: "A significant fire took hold, and all emergency services were in attendance within minutes. All our staff exited the warehouse safely and have been accounted for. Thankfully none have suffered any injuries. The fire has affected stock belonging to one of our long-term customers and we are working closely with them on a recovery plan to ensure continuity of service to their customers."
Footage from the scene showed flames and thick smoke billowing from one of the buildings on the estate. Eyewitnesses reported hearing "explosions" and seeing heavy smoke. South Wales Fire Service confirmed ten appliances were in attendance at an industrial unit. A statement from the fire service said: "On arrival, crews were faced with a well-developed fire at a substantial commercial unit. Multiple appliances and crews attended and Firefighters worked tirelessly throughout the night to bring the fire under control at approximately 0800 hours this morning."
On Saturday morning South Wales Police said that emergency services remain at the scene. There are road closures on Kingsway, South Road, Cheapside, and Queens Road. Benchmark Scenic Construction, which does specialist construction for the film and television industry, wrote on Facebook: "Absolutely devastating news. Our workshop has been destroyed by fire which spread from a nearby unit on Bridgend Industrial Estate."
Farmers warn of first year without harvest since Second World War
Unprecedented flooding and wettest 18 months on record mean crop yields will be significantly down, with risk of food shortages
www.telegraph.co.uk
This relates to the UK only.
fifty_five
Jedi Master
pinkfreud
Jedi
If the PTB want to turn the avian flu into a full blown pandemic, they better spare a few chickens, because, at this rate, there won't be enough chickens to justify the upcoming lockdowns. Imagine an avian flu with no birds.
It’s all about avian flu outbreaks at cattle farms now. The birds are disposable.
Notably, this entry was mid-first page in google results: a study published in 2008, wherein several calves were injected with avian bird flu for sake of experimentation.
Experimental Infection of Cattle with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1)
Four calves were experimentally inoculated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/cat/Germany/R606/2006 (H5N1) isolated from a cat in 2006. All calves remained healthy, but several animals shed low amounts of virus, detected by inoculation of ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
If the PTB want to turn the avian flu into a full blown pandemic, they better spare a few chickens, because, at this rate, there won't be enough chickens to justify the upcoming lockdowns. Imagine an avian flu with no birds.
They don't need chickens, they're just the medium in which the human transmissible avian flu will 'germinate'. Remember, they only needed one pangolin and one bat to launch covid. The point being, the "avian flu that spreads to humans" aka 'disease x' won't be coming out of a chicken, but a lab.
Yep, and then all cows will have to be culled. So no chicken, no beef...
pinkfreud
Jedi
And probably more lockdowns.
www.bridgemi.com
I think it has to be up north, as drought and wildfire are less likely here. It’s all very strategic, as I see it.
www.cbsnews.com
The storyline is …. Compelling. To those who have the fear in them, it speaks loudly.
Nation’s third human bird flu case detected in Michigan | Bridge Michigan
The national outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has killed nearly 100 million chickens and infected 67 cattle herds across the nation.
I think it has to be up north, as drought and wildfire are less likely here. It’s all very strategic, as I see it.
U.S. to make millions of bird flu vaccine doses this summer, as cases grow
The U.S. has ordered 4.8 million doses of vaccine to target bird flu in case the outbreak spreads in people.
www.cbsnews.com
The storyline is …. Compelling. To those who have the fear in them, it speaks loudly.
meadow_wind
Jedi Master
Yep! Here is an update on this situation:
Avian bird flu suddenly becomes COW FLU as dairy farms begin culling animals to destroy the domestic food supply – NaturalNews.com
- In South Dakota, a 1,700-cow dairy farm slaughtered a dozen cows that suddenly fell ill and couldn’t recover. The farm then euthanized another twelve cows that contracted secondary infections. Instead of treating the cows and letting them recover, the farm put them all down.
- In Michigan, a farm detected approximately 200 infected cows and euthanized at least 10%.
- In Colorado, a dairy farm reported numerous avian flu infections in their cows. When the cows could not resume adequate milk production during their healing process, they were all put down.
- In Ohio, cows that recovered after testing positive for avian influenza ultimately contracted other infections and died as a result. This is now a trend across the state, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
- In Texas, the Texas Animal Health Commission also verifies that cows testing positive for avian flu are dying from secondary infections at dairy operations.
- In New Mexico, the state veterinarian, Samantha Uhrig, noted that farmers initially culled cows due to decreased milk production before it was confirmed that bird flu was infecting the cattle. However, the farmers stopped culling the animals after learning that most cows gradually recovered.
According to USDA rules, when a cow tests positive for avian flu, the entire herd is not allowed to be transported between interstate lines. This is a problem because these dairy farms are designed to constantly move animals. If the movement is halted, the dairy farms run out of space, pushing farmers to cull healthy animals. The USDA is currently expanding testing operations for dairy cows, and this will inevitably produce more positive test results, causing further pandemonium and further disruptions in shipping, which will lead to an even greater level of depopulation of dairy cows across the United States.
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Then there's this: As predicted, toxic biosolids are DESTROYING American farmland and livestock – NaturalNews.com
Congress is considering allocating $500 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to compensate farmers whose farms have been contaminated with toxic biosolids, also known as biosludge.
The solids collected from sewage sludge, biosludge is basically human waste, which contains all sorts of poisons that people consume or "catch" from toxic exposures. All of those poisons end up seeping into crop soils, contaminating the food supply.
One such class of poison found in biosludge is PFAS, also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. There are thousands of chemicals classified as PFAS that can enter the food supply after being dumped on farms.
(...) "It turns out that those biosolids have poisoned both land and livestock across the United States," warns OilPrice.com's Kurt Cobb.
"The ostensible concern is so-called 'forever chemicals,' ones used to make such products as Teflon, firefighting foam, stain-resistant upholstery and water-resistant sports gear."
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And if this goes through, next step will be to release it to the general population:
Pentagon plans to serve LAB-GROWN MEAT to troops in the name of climate change – NaturalNews.com
The Washington Free Beacon reported that BioMADE, a public-private partnership that has received more than $500 million from the DoD, is responsible for the endeavor. BioMADE announced on its website on June 3 that it is looking for new ideas to reduce the CO2 emissions from food production and transport at military sites. These ideas include "novel cell culture methods suitable for the production of cultivated meat or protein" – essentially a euphemism for lab-grown fake meat.
(...)
the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved two California companies to sell cultured chicken to restaurants in 2023
I would like to find out if this lab chicken is being sold only in California, or nationwide, and if the latter, in which restaurant!
meadow_wind
Jedi Master
Found part of the answer:
Lab-grown chicken coming to restaurant tables and, eventually, stores
The age of lab-grown chicken is taking flight at one of chef José Andrés' famed Washington, D.C., restaurants, where diners will have the chance to be some of the first people to taste what researchers have been working on for years.
The chicken doesn't come from a bird, but is instead grown from chicken cells. Good Meat, the California-based company supplying the lab-grown poultry, calls it cultivated chicken.
Federal regulators in June approved the sale of lab-grown meat from Good Meat, based in Alameda, and the nearby Berkley-based Upside Foods.
Another one: Chicken made from animal cells in a lab was served at a Michelin-starred restaurant (...) served in the US at Bar Crenn in San Francisco.
Oh gosh, there are many more than suspected all over the world!
List of Companies Creating Lab-Grown Meat
Lab-grown meat companies, or cultured meat companies, are considered some of the hottest start-ups around today. It’s an industry that could revolutionize the world.
The most recent, published May 15, 2024 - Singapour supermarkets seem to be the first to receive lab-grown meat in groceries:
The new product will only comprise 3% cultivated chicken, with the rest made of plant-based ingredients
Eat Just secures “world’s first” retail listing for Good Meat
US-based alternative proteins manufacturer Eat Just has secured its first retail listings for its cell-based meat.
www.just-food.com
And propaganda, courtesy of The Associated Press, which is US based, but publishing in 2 Canadian news magazines (winnipegfreepress and foodincanada, both ending with .com):
Lab-grown meat is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants. If some lawmakers have their way, it never will be.
Earlier this month, both Florida and Alabama banned the sale of cultivated meat and seafood, which is grown from animal cells. In Iowa, the governor signed a bill prohibiting schools from buying lab-grown meat. Federal lawmakers are also looking to restrict it.
It’s unclear how far these efforts will go. Some cultivated meat companies say they’re considering legal action (...)
Still, it’s a deflating end to a year that started with great optimism for the cultivated meat industry.
Lab-grown meat isn't on store shelves yet, but some states have already banned it