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The Economics of Organic Versus Conventional Cow-calf Production [PDF]

open access: yes
Costs, returns, and profitability of cow-calf farms that are organic or transitioning to organic are compared with those of cow-calf farms that are non-organic. A method of matching samples is used for the comparison.
Gillespie, Jeffrey M.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Swiss organic dairy farmer survey: Which path for the organic cow in the future? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The survey showed a high interest of the Swiss organic dairy farmers in breeding, suggesting that there is potential to breed an adapted organic dairy cow.
Bapst, Beat, Haas, Edda
core  

Shared Waters, Shared Responsibility: Solving Collective Action Problems in an Upstream‐Downstream Setting

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The governance of shared water systems requires collaboration across diverse stakeholders. In this study we advance the theoretical understanding of asymmetric collective action problems (CAPs) by reassessing the role of third‐party interventions and emphasizing the strategic importance of policy brokers and institutional venues.
Anna Bendz, Simon Matti, Patrik Öhberg
wiley   +1 more source

Enterprise Budgets for Livestock Businesses that Use National Forest Grazing Land [PDF]

open access: yes
Cow-calf and sheep enterprise inputs, production, costs, and returns are estimated for ranches with Forest Service grazing permits using 1982 as a base year. Budgets represent different cow and sheep herd sizes in National Forests and national Grasslands
Gee, C. Kerry   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Cowl - v.1 - n. 15 1/2 - Apr 01, 1936 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1936
The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 1, Number 15 1/2, a one-page April Fools edition, renamed the Cow(l) Slip - April 1, 1936.

core   +1 more source

By‐product of heparin extraction as a sustainable alternative to enhance the use of nitrogen in agriculture

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract This study evaluates the potential of a new organic fertilizer derived from porcine intestinal mucosa (designated BHE), a by‐product of the heparin extraction process, as a sustainable nitrogen (N) source for agriculture. The work was conducted in two stages: (i) chemical and spectroscopic characterization of BHE compared with poultry litter ...
Aline Zanquetti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil organic matter and mineral content as crucial factors for the fate of tetracycline in soils

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Soil self‐cleaning ability and bioavailability of different pollutants are strongly dependent on the soil properties. It is not easy to determine effects of individual soil characteristics because they can impact together often in a synergic effect.
Martina Klučáková, Petra Závodská
wiley   +1 more source

Observational study on application of a selective dry-cow therapy protocol based on individual somatic cell count thresholds [PDF]

open access: gold, 2020
Alfonso Zecconi   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Spontaneous regression of equine sarcoids is an exceptional event

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Sarcoids are benign, yet locally aggressive skin tumours that commonly affect horses and other equid species. The lesions are induced by bovine papillomavirus types 1, 2, and probably 13 in conjunction with other factors including trauma and a genetic predisposition.
Sabine Brandt
wiley   +1 more source

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