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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

TRITICALE IN COW FEEDING

open access: yesЗерновое хозяйство России, 2018
The share of concentrated forage is constantly increasing in the forage balance of the country. The main kind of grain used in husbandry feeding is wheat and it places high demands on soil fertility.
A. P. Gaganov   +2 more
doaj  

Digestibility of organic matter of total mixed rations with the supplementation of yeast culture using the in vitro method

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2007
We conducted this study to evaluate the new in vitro system, DAISYII to determine organic matter (OM) digestibility in ruminant feedstuffs with and without addition of the yeast culture (RUMEX) in the amount of 0 grams; 0.30 grams and 2.40 grams/2L of ...
Jan Doležal, Petr Doležal
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability of the Dairy Industry: Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science, 2021
Dairy cattle provide a major benefit to the world through upcycling human inedible feedstuffs into milk and associated dairy products. However, as beneficial as this process has become, it is not without potential negatives.
Carlyn B. Peterson, Frank M. Mitloehner
doaj   +1 more source

Milk production and survival of spring-calving carryover cows in New Zealand dairy herds : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Animal Science at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Non-pregnant cows are generally culled from dairy herds and replaced with two-year-old heifers. Alternatively, non-pregnant cows can be dried-off at the end of lactation, retained for one year (carried over), before being mated and returned to a milking ...
Gardner, Rachel
core  

In vitro study of dietary factors affecting the biohydrogenation shift from trans-11 to trans-10 fatty acids in the rumen of dairy cows [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
On the basis of the isomer-specific effects of trans fatty acids (FA) on human health, and the detrimental effect of t10,c12-conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on cows’ milk fat production, there is a need to identify factors that affect the shift from trans-
Enjalbert, Francis   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

A Metabolomic Overview of Follicular Fluid in Cows

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Follicular fluid (FF) protects the oocyte against proteolysis and extrusion during ovulation, providing an appropriate microenvironment that favors proper embryonic development; thereby, FF plays a key role in embryo quality.
Tatiane Melina Guerreiro   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the Sodium Thiocyanate on Preserving the Raw Cow Milk [PDF]

open access: yesAl-Qadisiyah Journal For Agriculture Sciences, 2015
The present study is planned to evaluate the keeping quality of raw milk by activation of its natural lactoperoxidase system (LPS) at about 3 h of the morning milking.
Najim Hadi Najim, Mohamed Khadum Wali
doaj   +1 more source

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