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Educational tourism in agriculture and identity of farm successors
Ohe, Yasuo - In: Tourism economics : the business and finance of tourism … 24 (2018) 2, pp. 167-184
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ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF DAIRY FARMS WITH INTENSIVE AND GRAZING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Popovic, Rade - Agroekonomski Odsek, Poljoprivredni Fakultet - 2013
The objective of this research was to examine efficiency of the most common milk production systems in central Serbia … allows measurement of whole farm efficiency and gives benchmarks for further farm analysis. DEA compare levels of input and … outputs for a given dairy farm with all other analysed dairy farms, determining levels of efficiency for all farms with …
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Effect of a carbon price on farm profitability on rain-fed dairy farms in south-west Victoria: a first look
Ozkan, Seyda; Farquharson, Robert J.; Hill, Julian; … - In: AFBM Journal 09 (2012) 1
In this study, the possible impact of different prices of carbon on farm profitability in two dairy farm businesses with different feeding systems was analysed. The feeding systems evaluated were a ryegrass pasture-based system (RM) and a complementary forage-based system (CF). The carbon charge...
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Environmental Sustainability and Economic Benefits of Dairy Farm Biogas Energy Production: A Case Study in Umbria
Torquati, Biancamaria; Venanzi, Sonia; Ciani, Adriano; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 6696-6713
Accelerating demand to reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuels has been driving widespread attention to renewable fuels, such as biogas. In fact, in the last decade numerous policy guidelines and laws regarding energy, the environment and agriculture have been issued to encourage the use...
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ZRÓŻNICOWANIE INWESTYCJI W GOSPODARSTWACH MLECZNYCH
Bórawski, Piotr - In: Roczniki (Annals), 2
The aim of the study was to investigate and evaluate the activities of investment in dairy farms in the region of Mazowsze and Podlasie. Implementing studies were used primary data on the basis of own research conducted in 2013 in the region of Mazowsze and Podlasie on a group of 100 households...
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Competitiveness of dairy farms in three countries: the role of CAP subsidies
Zhu, Xueqin; Demeter, Robert Milan; Oude Lansink, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
, and Sweden. Technical efficiency results show that coupled subsidies have negative impacts in Germany and the Netherlands …, but no significant impacts in Sweden. Decoupled subsidies negatively affect technical efficiency in each country and to a … current production potential. Besides improving efficiency, German and Swedish farms may have options to improve their …
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Measuring technology and performance differentials among the Norwegian dairy farms
Alem, Habtamu - In: The international journal of productivity and … 71 (2022) 8, pp. 3228-3244
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Assessing Food Safety Concepts on the Dairy Farm: The Case of Chemical Hazards
Valeeva, Natasha I.; Meuwissen, Miranda P.M.; Oude … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2004
Adaptive conjoint analysis was used to elicit farmers' and experts' preferences for attributes of improving food safety with respect to chemical hazards on the dairy farm. Groups of respondents were determined by cluster analysis based on similar farmers' and experts' perceptions of food safety...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991627
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Investing in Methane Digesters on Pennsylvania Dairy Farms: Implication of Scale Economies and Environmental Programs
Leuer, Elizabeth R.; Hyde, Jeffrey; Richard, Tom L. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37 (2008) 2
A stochastic capital budget was used to analyze the effect of net metering policies and carbon credits on profitability of anaerobic digesters on dairy farms in Pennsylvania. We analyzed three different farm sizes—500, 1,000, and 2,000 cows—and considered the addition of a solids...
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Financial Analysis of Implementing an Anaerobic Digester and Free Stall Barn System on a Mississippi Dairy Farm
Denley, Jonathan; Herndon Jr., Cary W. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2008
The installation of an anaerobic digestion system and a free stall barn on a Mississippi dairy farm is only feasible with the presence of a cost-share plan. A 60% cost-share plan is the minimum amount of support a farmer must receive in order to install both facilities.
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