FarmCloud: Effective husbandry management to help feed the world
- Portugal
- 5 min read
- Feb 06, 2019
- By Gareth Gardiner Jones
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Global meat consumption is increasing and, consequently, so is intensive farming, meaning FarmCloud's one-stop animal husbandry management solution comes at the right moment
Global meat consumption is on the rise. Developed nations already have a high level of consumption, eating meat at least once daily. Now, the increase in purchasing power in developing nations, especially China, has seen parallel increases in meat consumption.
The sheer growth in meat consumption means an overall increase in demand for more intensively farmed chickens and pigs, and more land for cattle, sheep and animal feed. Just in the United States, which has one of the world's highest meat consumption across species, an estimated 99.9% of broiler chickens, 95% of pigs and 78% of cattle...
The sheer growth in meat consumption means an overall increase in demand for more intensively farmed chickens and pigs, and more land for cattle, sheep and animal feed. Just in the United States, which has one of the world's highest meat consumption across species, an estimated 99.9% of broiler chickens, 95% of pigs and 78% of cattle...
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