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From: jbonner@cast-science.org<BR>To: lda@pollinator.org<BR>Sent: 8/1/2012
6:31:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time<BR>Subj: CAST Issue Paper: Water and Land
Issues Associated with Animal Agriculture, a U.S. Perspective<BR></DIV>
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#50 from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), titled <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Water and Land Issues Associated with
Animal Agriculture:</B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> A U.S.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Issue
Paper examines the livestock, land, and water issues raised by the
FAO—including concerns examined in the publication titled <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Livestock’s Long Shadow</I>.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">John M.
Bonner, Ph.D.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ABSTRACT<O:P></O:P></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The authors
draw heavily on published data and literature to look at current status and
trends in physical and biological indicators as well as policy and both
regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to addressing issues such as rising
meat consumption, water quality, land degradation, feed grain demands, and the
large volumes of manure. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The experts
who compiled this paper cover the production of beef, dairy, pork, and
poultry.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They focus
on:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>policy transitions to prevent economic damage to
producers and consumers;</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The authors
point out that the relationship between livestock and land and water resources
is directly affected by (1) improvements in productivity registered through
technological gains and intensification, (2) improvements in waste management
systems and understanding of pollution processes, and (3) emerging demands on
livestock production systems to address other social
goals.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This paper
emphasizes the need for sustained research, development, and education to
dramatically increase the productivity of livestock and related systems while
decreasing resource use and negative environmental effects. As the concluding
line states:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Policy to ensure access to resources and
education and timely distribution of food to the poorest people on the planet
is needed to prevent disaster.</B>”<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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international consortium of scientific and professional societies, companies,
and nonprofit organizations. It assembles, interprets, and communicates
credible, science-based information regionally, nationally, and
internationally to legislators, regulators, policymakers, the media, the
private sector, and the public.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 3.25in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Kelly D.
Zering, Chair, North Carolina St. Univ.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>G. Larry
Newton, Univ. of Georgia<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 3.25in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Terence J.
Centner, Univ. of Georgia<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>John M. Sweeten, Texas A&M
Univ. System <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 3.25in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Deanne Meyer,
Univ. of California–Davis<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Steven Woodruff,
Woodruff & Howe Environ. Engineering, Inc.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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Zering—Phone: 919-515-6089; E-mail: <A title=mailto:kzering@ncsu.edu href="mailto:kzering@ncsu.edu"><FONT color=#0000ff>kzering@ncsu.edu</FONT></A>
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Bonner—Phone: 515-292-2125, ext. 225; E-mail: <A title=mailto:jbonner@cast-science.org href="mailto:jbonner@cast-science.org"><FONT color=#0000ff>jbonner@cast-science.org</FONT></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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