might lower farm-level prices and offset risk-reduction benefits. An evaluation of USDA’s Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy (LGM-Dairy …Public risk management policies for dairy producers have the potential to induce expansion in milk supplies, which … (“inelastic”) supply response to risk. LGM-Dairy is more flexible and convenient than other risk management tools, such as hedging …

integral part of mixed crops-livestock farming systems where a farm household owns one to two dairy animals along with other … four regions in the Hindu Kush Himalaya has demonstrated the fact that promotion of market oriented smallholder dairy … conserving the fragile ecosystem. In the region, smallholder dairy farming is not a specialized enterprise, rather it is an …

This report examines the restructuring of the livestock sectors in five countries: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary … trade and investment opportunities, but emphasizes that this potential depends on the successful implementation of …

, consumption, and trade of grains, oilseeds, other crops, and livestock, poultry, and dairy products for Australia. Selected data … are provided for livestock, grains,and retail food prices. Macroeconomic data of population, gross national and domestic …

The recently signed Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) grants the U.S. livestock industry with preferential … differential rates and staging specifications, the beef sector results are primarily driven by trade diversion impacts, while a … access to South Korea's import market. This study evaluates the likely impacts of the KORUS FTA on the U.S. livestock sector …

Climate change could affect the costs and returns of livestock production by altering the thermal environment of … animals thereby affecting animal health, reproduction, and the efficiency by which livestock convert feed into retained … products (especially meat and milk). In the United States, concentrated livestock operations are located in a variety of …

U.S. livestock production has shifted to much larger and more specialized farms, and the various stages of input … growth in the livestock sector. But structural changes can also generate environmental and health risks for society, as …, causes, and effects of structural changes in livestock production. …