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The production potential of OWB forage is evaluated under commercial rotational grazing management. The economic value … of the forage is determined by the replacement value of the CP and TDN content. The optimal grazing period is determined …
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The incorporation of livestock into alley farming systems, in which food or forage crops are grown between hedges of … multipurpose trees that are regularly pruned for mulch and/or forage, has been studied for over 10 years in Africa. Prunings from … ruminants in West Africa with the foliage of leguminous trees is increased survival, and the forage is best directed at late …
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The Dairy sector in Uganda has responded positively to agricultural sector liberalisation policies that took effect in the 1990s. Total national milk production has grown from 460 million litres in 1990 to 1.6 billion litres in 2011, with per capita milk consumption growing from 16 litres in...
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Incidence of draught use of cows is high in Bangladesh due to shortage of male cattle. The consequences of this on fertility and milk production of cows and consumption of milk by farming households are shown empirically on the basis of a large survey in Bangladesh.
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The mountain areas of Austria and Switzerland are important locations for dairy farming. Owing to natural conditions, the milk in these areas is produced at a considerably higher cost. Nevertheless, structural change in the mountain areas of both countries proceeded at a lower pace than in the...
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A Szigetközben gazdálkodó Zrt. és a szlovákiai Agrárvállalkozók Társulata és Szövetkezete tejtermelésének 2002-2006. évi vizsgálata alapján megállapítható, hogy a 2004-es EU-csatlakozáskor bevezetett kvótarendszer és a hozzá tartozó támogatások, illetve a Szlovákiában...
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Vizsgálataimban három szakosított tejtermelő üzem munkaerő foglalkoztatási rendszerét mértem fel. Megállapítható, hogy konfliktuskeltő tényező a tejtermelő tehenészeti telepek munkaerő-állományának szakismereti szintje. Ez felveti a konvertálható szakmunkásképzés...
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Marketing and production contracts covered 39 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural production in 2008, up from 36 percent in 2001, and a substantial increase over 28 percent in 1991 and 11 percent in 1969. However, aggregate contract use has stabilized in recent years and no longer suggests...
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prevalence of contracting affects the average price received by independent producers. The empirical approach uses a fixed …-effects model to examine whether the change in the prevalence of contracting is correlated with the change in the spot market price …, such as product quality and location, that might be correlated with price and contracting prevalence. Findings indicate …
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