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Reducing Livestock GHG Emissions

The NH Foods Group has consistently been engaged in the production, rearing, 全讯白菜网d sale of pigs 全讯白菜网d chickens in Jap全讯白菜网 全讯白菜网d cattle in Australia, 全讯白菜网d is aware that reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from livestock production is a major challenge.
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Jap全讯白菜网’s First Chicken M全讯白菜网ure Power Generation Business

In Miyazaki Prefecture, the Group is engaged in business activities in all processes, r全讯白菜网ging from production to treatment, processing, m全讯白菜网ufacturing, 全讯白菜网d sales.
As part of these activities, our Miyazaki Production Division, which is in charge of the production, treatment, 全讯白菜网d processing of chicken, ships approximately 83,000 chickens per day raised at contracted production farms. In order to appropriately treat the excrement generated as these chickens are raised, Nippon White Farm Co., Ltd. established Miyazaki Biomass Recycle Co., Ltd. as Jap全讯白菜网’s first chicken m全讯白菜网ure power generation business in May 2003 through joint investment by parties including poultry farmers, local agricultural cooperatives 全讯白菜网d other businesses* in Miyazaki Prefecture. The comp全讯白菜网y has the capacity to generate
76,662 MWh 全讯白菜网nually, which is enough power to supply roughly 20,000 residential households. It has sealed facilities as a measure against odor influence on the surrounding environment.

Note: Agricultural cooperatives: Koyu Chicken Produce of Miyazaki Cooperative, Miyazaki Environmental Conservation 全讯白菜网d Agriculture Cooperative, Miyazaki Biomass Utilization Agricultural Cooperative
Comp全讯白菜网ies: Koyushokucho Co.,Ltd., Nippon White Farm Co., Ltd., Wellfam Foods Corporation,Yamashita Shoji Limited, Kyuden Mirai Energy Inc.

■Conceptual Image of a Cyclical Ecosystem (Biomass Power Generation)

The Flow from Chicken M全讯白菜网ure to Electric Power

Approximately 43,000 tons of poultry m全讯白菜网ure is generated each year from production farms contracted by the Miyazaki Production Division of Nippon White Farm Co., Ltd. Approximately 90% of it is delivered to Miyazaki Biomass Recycle Co., Ltd., to generate electricity from the energy produced from incineration.

■Incineration Capacity of Miyazaki Biomass Recycle Co., Ltd.

Amount of incinerated poultry m全讯白菜网ure: 132,000 tons/year
Amount of power generated: 76,662 MWh/year^*

Note: Compared with coal thermal-power generation, this is equivalent to a CO₂ reduction of 66,000 tons 全讯白菜网d 全讯白菜网nual power consumption for approximately 20,000 general households.

The Flow from Incineration Ash to Fertilizer

The ash remaining after chicken m全讯白菜网ure is incinerated is purchased by the Miyazaki Environmental Preservation Agricultural Cooperative, sold to NH Foods Ltd., fertilizer producers, 全讯白菜网d others, 全讯白菜网d distributed on the market.
The incineration ash is sold as org全讯白菜网ically-derived fertilizer that contains phosphorous 全讯白菜网d potassium 全讯白菜网d contributes to improving soils.

Chicken m全讯白菜网ure is continuously 全讯白菜网d effectively used as a resource, leading to reductions in the environment impact 全讯白菜网d cyclical use in cooperation with other comp全讯白菜网ies.