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2008 Michigan Dairy Industry Survey
Bitsch, Vera - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
The Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Team conducted an industry survey with the objectives of identifying and rating industry priorities. After holding discussion groups across the state, two questionnaires were developed and sent to 2,237 dairy farm owners and operators and 480 allied...
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The Impact of Climate Change on the Economics of Dairy Farming – a Review and Evaluation
Martinsohn, Maria; Hansen, Heiko - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 61 (2012) 2
Studien zur Klimafolgenforschung auf den Pflanzenbau konzentrieren, hat die Tierhaltung in dem Zusammenhang bisher nur wenig … Beachtung gefunden. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht den derzeitigen Stand der Forschung im Bereich der Milchviehhaltung … Klimawandels für die Milchviehhaltung diskutiert. Des Weiteren werden verschiedene Herausforderungen und methodische Ansätze der …
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Dairy productivity in the Waikato region, 1994-2007
Cameron, Michael P.; Bell, Kendon - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
The dairy industry is a major contributor to both the New Zealand economy as a whole and to the Waikato regional economy in particular. The industry is experiencing a period of considerable change, with increases in dairy conversion, increased intensification, and increasing use of nitrogen...
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Expanding biogas on UK dairy farms: a question of scale
Butler, Allan J.; Hobbs, Phil; Winter, Michael - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2011
Expanding Anaerobic Digestion (AD) in the UK will not only depend upon finding appropriate economic structures to support on‐farm developments but also an appreciation of environmental issues such as less Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions; reduced use of artificial fertilisers; and better...
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The Changing Nature of Dairying: Ownership, Management And Succession
Dooley, A.E. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008
DairyNZ funded a two-year study on dairy farm ownership and management structures (June 2005 to May 2007), followed by a study on dairy farm succession in 2007/08. Farm business structures affect wealth creation and distribution, and determine who the dairy industry participants are and will be,...
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Beyond the Tanker Track: the social influence of dairying in Southland, 1992 to 2012
Greenhalgh, Jill; Rawlinson, Phillipa - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate the social influence that the recent growth of dairying has had in Southland. Over 60 semi-structured and informal interviews were undertaken with a wide cross-section of organisations and individuals. Quantitative data was used to complement the...
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Technical efficiency and environmental pressures of pig farms in Hungary
Latruffe, Laure; Desjeux, Yann; Fogarasi, Jozsef; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Pig farming is one of the strongest polluters of water resources due to its intensive production techniques and slurry rejection. Several European countries have already introduced environmental regulations aiming at reducing the pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, but not...
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
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Benefits of Integration of Cereals and Forage Legumes With and Without Crossbred Cows in Mixed Farms: An ex ante Analysis for Highland Ethiopia
Kassie, Menale; Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Kassa, Belay; … - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1999
Poverty, low crop and animal productivity and large-scale resource degradation are major problems in the agriculture sector in the East African highlands. Among others, integration of forage legumes in cereal based cropping systems has been proposed as a promising strategy to improve the...
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Evolving Crop-Livestock Farming Systems in the Humid Zone of West Africa: Potential and Research Needs
Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1993
Cattle rearing in humid west Africa was nearly impossible in the past owing to the prevalence of trypanosomiasis, a disease caused by the tsetse fly. However, in recent times, with population pressure, jungle clearance, crop cultivation and tsetse control measures, the challenge has been...
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