IMPACTS OF THE NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT ON NEW ENGLAND MILK SUPPLY [PDF]
A two-equation random coefficients model is developed to examine the impact of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact on cow numbers, milk per cow, and milk production during July 1997 to June 1998.
Nicholson, Charles F.+2 more
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Einfluss von Milchleistung und Nutzungsdauer auf den Product Carbon Footprint von Milch bei ökologisch wirtschaftenden Betrieben in Süddeutschland [PDF]
Quantification and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions is an intensively discussed topic. For dairy farms many studies consider a higher milk yield per cow for greenhouse gas mitigation but this often results in a reduction in herd fertility and thus ...
Bahrs, Enno+3 more
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A Study of Variations in Secretion of Ca45 by the Mammary Glands of Dairy Cows
E.W. Swanson+4 more
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The erasure of intensive livestock farming in text-to-image generative AI [PDF]
Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is increasingly integrated into people's daily lives. While it is known that AI perpetuates biases against marginalized human groups, their impact on non-human animals remains understudied. We found that ChatGPT's text-to-image model (DALL-E 3) introduces a strong bias toward romanticizing livestock farming as dairy cows ...
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Holstein-Friesian Re-Identification using Multiple Cameras and Self-Supervision on a Working Farm [PDF]
We present MultiCamCows2024, a farm-scale image dataset filmed across multiple cameras for the biometric identification of individual Holstein-Friesian cattle exploiting their unique black and white coat-patterns. Captured by three ceiling-mounted visual sensors covering adjacent barn areas over seven days on a working dairy farm, the dataset comprises
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Valuation of cow attributes by conjoint analysis: A case study of Western Kenya [PDF]
Better dairy production could reduce poverty and improve nutrition in western Kenya, but the requisite technologies have not been widely adopted. This study collected dairy cow attributes from 630 households to evaluate what factors influence smallholder
Karugia, Joseph Thuo+3 more
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Modelling the Marginal Abatement Cost of Mitigating Nitrogen Loss from Agricultural Land [PDF]
working paperWith the deadline identified by the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) approaching in 2015 there is increasing pressure on policymakers to introduce new regulations to achieve water quality targets.
Buckley, Cathal+5 more
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THE EFFECT OF THE AGE OF SIRE AND DAM ON THE QUALITY OF OFFSPRING IN DAIRY COWS
Carl Allen
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On the theory of dairy cow evaluation [PDF]
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