Grass-based dairies and dairy network/promotions [PDF]
What is the potential for grass-based dairying in southern Iowa? How can we help beginning farmers and others enter the dairying profession?
Beaman, Bill, Ennis, Tim
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Strategic, tactical, complex and simple changes to farm systems
Abstract Pressure has grown to reconfigure commercial farm systems to ameliorate resource degradation as governments have increasingly sought to halt or reverse the damaging effects of agriculture on the environment. Now, climate change is creating additional pressure to redesign farm systems to withstand more variable, and historically more extreme ...
Geoff Kaine+2 more
wiley +1 more source
Free or combined 3H-labeled fatty acids are converted to their methyl-14C esters or, if labeled with 14C, to their methyl-3H esters. For a given specific radioactivity of the methyl group, the nuclide ratio in the esters separated by GLC is a direct ...
C. Bishop+3 more
doaj
Classification of cow diet based on milk mid infrared spectra: a data analysis competition at the "International workshop of spectroscopy and chemometrics 2022" [PDF]
In April 2022, the Vistamilk SFI Research Centre organized the second edition of the "International Workshop on Spectroscopy and Chemometrics - Applications in Food and Agriculture". Within this event, a data challenge was organized among participants of the workshop.
arxiv
Article Highlights: •Examined AFB1 contamination in Ethiopian livestock feed from 2000 to 2024; •Identified significant contamination levels ranging from 2.4% to 100%; •Analysed detection methods, highlighting variability in effectiveness; •Recommended improved monitoring and standardizing detection practices; •Emphasized region‐specific interventions ...
Sisay Weldegebriel Zeweld+2 more
wiley +1 more source
Occupation Patterns of Amish Settlements in Wisconsin
This article explores occupation patterns of Amish households and settlements in Wisconsin. Wisconsin has seen dramatic growth in Amish settlements over the past 50 years.
John Cross
doaj
Machine Learning Approaches to Predict and Detect Early-Onset of Digital Dermatitis in Dairy Cows using Sensor Data [PDF]
The aim of this study was to employ machine learning algorithms based on sensor behavior data for (1) early-onset detection of digital dermatitis (DD); and (2) DD prediction in dairy cows. With the ultimate goal to set-up early warning tools for DD prediction, which would than allow a better monitoring and management of DD under commercial settings ...
arxiv
Getting into dairying : starting with a 40-cow herd in south Missouri (1989) [PDF]
"11/89/1100."A quick answer to the questions "Should I go into dairying?". Major conclusions ; Suggestions -- Getting into dairying. Objectives of the study ; Methodology and procedures ; Explanation of data ; Results of analyses ; Findings ...
Bennett, Myron, Osburn, Donald
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Ethnographies of global health governance and diplomacy: A practical guide
Abstract In the past two decades, medical anthropology has increasingly turned its attention to the global, including ethnographic fieldwork at global health mega‐events and the processes behind global health initiatives. Similar developments have taken place in political and legal anthropology, with researchers looking at United Nations organizations,
Rachel Irwin
wiley +1 more source
Predicting Illness for a Sustainable Dairy Agriculture: Predicting and Explaining the Onset of Mastitis in Dairy Cows [PDF]
Mastitis is a billion dollar health problem for the modern dairy industry, with implications for antibiotic resistance. The use of AI techniques to identify the early onset of this disease, thus has significant implications for the sustainability of this agricultural sector.
arxiv