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Small Farmers Combining to Stay Profitable and Compete with Large Scale Agriculture

Costin, Rick - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002

Small and intermediate full time farmers in Kentucky are finding it difficult to remain profitable and continue in business. Agriculture trends continue toward larger scale operations. These trends have been driven by economies of scale when purchasing inputs, reduced profit margins on per unit...

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If We Want Entrepreneurs We Need to Provide the Right Environment

van Blokland, P.J. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

concludes with the role of entrepreneurship in world agribusiness. …

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Top Performing Farmers are Information Rich: Case Studies of Sheep and Cattle Farmers in the South Island of New Zealand

Verissimo, Andrea; Woodford, Keith - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

The purpose of this study was to investigate the management behaviours of six top performing sheep and beef farmers from the South Island of New Zealand. Information was obtained through interviews using grounded theory qualitative research methodology. All six farmers were found to be...

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Organic Dairy Farming in Norway Under the 100% Organically Produced Feed Requirement

Flaten, Ola; Lien, Gudbrand D. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

farm types. For the two organic dairy systems examined, both having a milk quota of 100 000 litres but with varying …

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Milk Production Strategies for Farmers in the EU Under New Policy Regulations

Fuchs, Clemens - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

prices for milk products such as butter and SMP. The objective of this analysis is to develop strategies for dairy farmers … attitudes. The uncertainty of the price development for milk itself as well as for milk quotas will be covered using Monte Carlo … simulations. Due to decreasing intervention prices profitability of milk production is endangered in most dairy farms and the …

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Lower Order Sharemilking in New Zealand

Gardner, John W.G. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

The objective of this paper is to describe the principal features of lower order sharemilking in New Zealand. The paper outlines the nature of sharemilking in general and lower order sharemilking in particular. The legislation underpinning lower order sharemilking and the reasons for it are...

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Searching for Productivity Gains through 'Once-a-Day' Milking on New Zealand's Pastoral Dairy Farms

Guimaraes, Frederico Borges; Woodford, Keith - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

Cows that are milked once-a-day (OAD) produce less milk than when milked twice-a-day (TAD). However, these cows also … require less feed because of their lower milk production. Hence stocking rates can be increased. New Zealand evidence shows …

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Human Resource Management in Beef Cattle Farms at Triangulo Mineiro Region

Pereira, Mariana de Aragao; Vale, Sonia Maria Leite … - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

The marketing pressures for economically viable, socially fair and ecologically correct production systems have required the farmers to adopt new management practices, aiming to increase the production scale, improve the quality of the products, and reduce costs. The historical utilization of...

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Risk and Risk Management in Organic and Conventional Dairy Farming: Empirical Results from Norway

Lien, Gudbrand D.; Flaten, Ola; Ebbesvik, Martha; … - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2003

The objective of this study was to provide empirical insight into dairy farmers' goals, relative risk attitude, sources of risk and risk management responses. The study also examines whether organic dairy farming, leads to important risk sources not experienced in conventional farming and, if...

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A New Method for Reduction of NH3 Emissions from Pig Housing Systems by Adding Sulphuric Acid to Slurry

Jensen, Jorgen E.; Norgaard, Nicolaj H.; Krabbe, Henning; … - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2003

Effects of adding sulphuric acid to slurry by flushing the waste pits were studied in a commercial finishing unit with four identical sections. Each section included 300 pigs on fully slatted floors. Waste pits in two control sections had a pull-plug system installed for removal of slurry. The...

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