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Ireland’s dairy sector is characterised by pastoral spring-calving systems and seasonal milk production at national … seasonality on the Irish dairy processing industry regarding processor gross surplus (Surplus), costs of milk collection and …
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The Kenya dairy sub-sector has been undergoing developments since the 1980s, these has been in the areas of adoption of … intensive dairy farming especially zero grazing. There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the sub-sector so as to make … the critical institutional arrangements and financial factors that constrain the profitability of small-holder dairy …
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Impacts on Australian agriculture of projected climate change are likely to be spatially and temporally diverse, with many regions likely to experience increased downside risk in agricultural production. Some regions, such as south-west Australia, are projected to be particularly at risk of...
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The U.S. live hog production has undergone a significant structural change characterized by a trend toward larger operations. Experts argue that there is a cost advantage for larger farms due to industrialization and increased management intensity. One important element in production, mainly for...
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The objective of this study was to analyse the technical efficiency (TE) of the milk production on totally 83 cattle herds (database of APRC Nitra) in the period 2006-2010 and to synthesise impact of the main inputs (costs) on the TE value. A nonparametric approach Data Envelopment Analysis with...
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In Finland, expanding dairy farms often face the problem of additional fields being geographically distant and only … dairy farms and simulate the effect of parcel distance and parcel size on the efficiency of an average farm for 2000 through …
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse productivity change of Estonian dairy farms during the period 2001-2009. Data …
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using data from the European Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) for operations specializing on dairy. The analysis covers …
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at dairy farms. Operational managerial practices are defined as animal health, breeding, and feeding practices. The main … efficiency. Breeding exactly the number of heifers that is needed for replacement of the dairy cows negatively affects long …
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livestock, especially the dairy sector to the Ethiopian economy is minimal. The per capita consumption of dairy products of 16 … liters is one of the lowest in the world. With increasing income and urbanization, the demand for dairy products is expected … to increase. A number of studies have examined the potential of the dairy sector to satisfy existing as well as future …
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