The Agricultural Clean Technology program AND livestock implications of a California ballot initiative

To help farmers and agri-businesses find new ways to make their operations more sustainable the federal government has created the Agricultural Clean Technology Program. $50 million of the $165 million designated for the program will go specifically towards the purchase of more efficient grain dryers. Are there products out there that can meet the guidelines set out in the program.Triple Green Products of Manitoba has created BioDryAir that uses biomass material to fire up those dryers eliminating the need for natural gas or propane. Lyall Wiebe will explain the new dryer and how it fits into the federal governments’ new strategy.A California ballot initiative set to take effect at the end of the year has implications for the production of livestock throughout the United States and Canada. Proposition 12 imposes new minimum space requirement for calves raised for veal, breeding sows, and laying hens and restricts the use of certain production practices and bans the sale of product from any farm that fails to meet those standards. National Pork Producers assistant vice president and general counsel Michael Formica explains what this means for anyone that supplies meat products to Californians and the concerns it raises for all of North Americas producers. To help farmers and agri-businesses find new ways to make their operations more sustainable the federal government has created the Agricultural Clean Technology Program. $50 million of the $165 million designated for the program will go specifically towards the purchase of more efficient grain dryers.Are there products out there that can meet the guidelines set out in the program. Triple Green Products of Manitoba has created BioDryAir that uses biomass material to fire up those dryers eliminating the need for natural gas or propane. Lyall Wiebe will explain the new dryer and how it fits into the federal governments’ new strategy.A California ballet initiative set to take effect at the end of the year has implications for the production of livestock throughout the United States and Canada. Proposition 12 imposes new minimum space requirement for calves raised for veal, breeding sows, and laying hens and restricts the use of certain production practices and bans the sale of product from any farm that fails to meet those standards. National Pork Producers assistant vice president and general counsel Michael Formica explains what this means for anyone that supplies meat products to Californians and the concerns it raises for all of North Americas producers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.