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16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

Crepe myrtle pruning time in the fall

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 11:10 amThe Lowcountry is blessed with beautiful crepe myrtle or crape myrtle trees that bloom all summer and well into fallFrom shades of pink, lavender, purple to fiery red, these flowering trees with smooth, shiny trunks dot the landscapes of homes, swamps and woodsDwarf, semi-dwarf or towering, these trees have been around for centuries.There is a fascinating history…

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

10 Plants that Beat the Heat

Plant these heat-loving, hardy plants that thrive in hot weather. Simply water them once a week to enjoy their blooms all summer long.

What Every Gardener Should Know About Mulching

Why is It Important To Use Mulch In Landscapes and gardens?

Mulch will help your garden become healthier and resistant to diseases. Mulch helps protect the soil from the sun which helps prevent evaporation of water.

Farmers trained to make animal feed as remedy to poor quality products

Adulterated feed can kill or stunt the growth of poultry and animals

Fly Farms to Provide Alternative Protein for Animal Feeds

What…A fly farm? Yep that’s right, AgriProtein has partnered with Christof Industries to build up to 25 fly farms a year up-cycling organic waste into insect protein for animal feeds. T…

Protein from gorse bushes could feed millions of people, says expert

Invasive prickly plant is widely cleared in Scotland and has been used as animal fodder in the past

Drug residue can easily be avoided in animal by-products

Producers should be aware of ways to prevent drug residues from being found in their animal by-products that they sell to consumers.

Trying to Keep Your Spirits Up While At Home? These Animal Feeds Can Help

Thanks to COVID-19, opportunities for social interaction are limited — as are the health benefits that social interaction provides. But a new study found that there's an alternative way to reap those health benefits: watching footage of cute animals, which has been shown to reduce anxiety and lower blood pressure and heart rate. The New York Times put together a list of the best live feeds of cute animals to keep you calm during a stressful time.

How to Accurately Compare Enzyme Feed Additives

Increasing feed costs are leading many producers to consider the use of alternative or local feed ingredients, even with their drawbacks such as anti-nutritional factors or increased presence of indigestible non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs). Fortunately, there are many enzyme feed additive products on the market today that can address these problems. With an abundance of available…

Sustainable animal feed practices can boost bottom line

Sustainable practices are not only beneficial to the environment in the long term, but also to the participating companies’ bottom line in the short term. That is why the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) believes sustainability is important for animal feed manufacturers.

Legal plastic content in animal feed could harm human health, experts warn

Small bits of plastic packaging from waste food make their way into animal feed as part of the UK’s permitted recycling process

Study: Soybean meal increases weight gain, feed efficiency in growing pigs

IARN -- A soy-checkoff funded study finds soybean meal increases weight gain and feed efficiency in pigs.Dean Boyd, supporting investigator in the study, is a consulting animal nutritionist and adjunct professor of animal nutrition at North Carolina State University and Iowa State Un

New technology to bring down energy cost for meat exporters

The new technology, called modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) - specifically developed for meat exporters - allows export at -4 degrees Celsius, instead of the present -20 degree Celsius