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Epidemiology of lameness in dairy cows [PDF]
Four visits were made to 50 dairy farms in England and Wales between February 2003 and February 2004 and a further three visits to 42 of these farms between February 2005 and February 2006. At each visit the locomotion of all cows was scored (15,597 cows,
Barker, Zoe Elizabeth
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Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi
Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina +4 more
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Selective Breeding in Organic Dairy Production [PDF]
, 2009 Organic dairy farming started to take off in the early 1990s, when the European Union laid down organic standards for animal production. Until now, however, only incidental steps have been taken towards organic breeding and organic farmers mainly use ...
Nauta, W.J., Nauta, Wytze
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), scheduled to become fully operational in 2026, is designed to complement the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) by replacing free emission allowances and preventing carbon leakage to non‐EU regions. CBAM initially covers energy‐intensive sectors, including mineral nitrogen (N) fertiliser production.
Davit Stepanyan +6 more
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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 +4 more
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Wireless sensor network for cattle monitoring system [PDF]
, 2009 This paper describes a cost effective Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology for monitoring the health of dairy cows. By monitoring and understanding the cow individual and herd behaviour, farmers can potentially identify the onset of illness, lameness
Andonovic, I. +4 more
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regional crop‐livestock integration can reduce dependence on external inputs and improve circularity, but its implementation requires coordination across heterogeneous farms and may generate uneven welfare losses due to technical, economic and behavioural factors, including social norms and peer effects.
Matteo Bruno Ricozzi +3 more
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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
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Protein utilization by the dairy cow [PDF]
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1959 openaire +2 more sources
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 +3 more
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