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The Economic and Ecological Impact of Soy in Brazil: A Synthetic Control Method Approach

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, soy expansion in Brazil has generated significant environmental, social and economic impacts. However, there is no consensus about benefits and drawbacks, calling for a more careful account of the economic and ecological diversity of the territories where this phenomenon has been unfolding.
Stefano Ghinoi, Simone Piras, Luca Tasciotti, Valdemar João Wesz Junior   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Virtual Fencing for Precision Grazing

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The UK grazing livestock sector is challenged by declining farm profitability and stringent environmental policy. Innovative technologies such as virtual fencing could enable a balanced economic and environmental performance of beef production. Virtual fencing is a livestock management tool relying on invisible boundaries perceived as auditory,
Elias Maritan, Karl Behrendt, Sarah Morgan, Steven Mark Rutter, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Including AKIS in the 2023 CAP Strategic Plans: What Difference has it Made? Intégration des systèmes de connaissances et d’innovation agricoles (SCIA) dans les plans stratégiques de la PAC pour 2023 : Qu’est‐ce que ça a changé ? Die Einbeziehung von AKIS in die strategischen Pläne der GAP für 2023: Was hat sich dadurch verändert?

EuroChoices, EarlyView.
Summary In 2021, for the first time, the EU Member States were required to include Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) in their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plans (2023–2027). We present the findings of empirical research into how this requirement has influenced the development of national AKIS.
Lee‐Ann Sutherland, Katrin Prager
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring clonality of <i>Mannheimia haemolytica</i> in beef cattle. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr
Hacker ND, Scott MA, Pinnell LJ, Doster E, Crosby WB, Woolums AR, Klima CL, Morley PS, Valeris-Chacin R.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests and Climate Change: An Analysis of Irish Dairy Farms Manifestations d’agriculteurs et changement climatique : Une analyse des exploitations laitières irlandaises Bauernproteste und Klimawandel: Eine Analyse irischer Milchviehbetriebe

EuroChoices, EarlyView.
Summary In 2023 and 2024, farmers across Europe, including in Ireland, staged protests. Low farm incomes and increasingly stringent environmental and climate policies were frequently cited as key drivers. By accounting for almost 38 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions, the agricultural sector is the largest contributor in Ireland to climate ...
Hendrik Hildebrandt, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Aligning Transnational due Diligence: The EU Deforestation Regulation and Brazil's Fragmented Beef Governance

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transnational due diligence regulations, such as the European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐Free Products (EUDR), are reshaping sustainability governance by transforming voluntary norms into binding global rules. Yet, their effectiveness depends on how well they align with domestic governance systems and on the power asymmetries that ...
John James Loomis, Khalid Nadvi, José Antônio Puppim de Oliveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal relationship between liver abscesses and feeding behavior in crossbred beef cattle. [PDF]

Transl Anim Sci
Bradford HL, Kuehn LA, Keel BN, Neville BW, Lindholm-Perry AK.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Supplementing beef cattle diets with brown seaweed affects coprophagous beetles' dung use

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Supplementing beef cattle diets with brown seaweed reduced the attractiveness of dung for a common dung beetle (Onthophagus nuchicornis). Dietary supplementation with brown seaweed appeared to reduce the proportion of major males in the F1 generation.
Samantha Bennett, Rhea Lumactud, Ghader Manafiazar, Paul Manning   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beef cattle industry stakeholder understanding of structural soundness: Opportunities for education. [PDF]

Transl Anim Sci
Greenwood MP, Murphrey TP, Briers G, Cleere J, Odom S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Demographic Analysis of the Sun Protective Behaviours and Skin Cancer Risk of Victorian Farmers

Australasian Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Farmers have an elevated risk of melanoma and non‐melanoma skin cancer due to their occupational exposure to high levels of ultraviolet radiation. The sun protective behaviours of farmers are poorly understood, limiting targeted interventions to this at‐risk population.
Eloise Violet Kwan, Jessie Adams, Joanna Macdonald, Susan Brumby, Tracey Hatherell, Feby Savira, Alison Kennedy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source