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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adding anaerobic digestate to commercial farm fields increases soil organic carbon

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Integrating anaerobic digestion technology can help farms meet agronomic, environmental, and economic goals. The slurry by-product from anaerobic digestion – anaerobic digestate – can be applied to croplands as an organic amendment and fertilizer ...
S.H. Villarino, M.D. McDaniel, M.J. Blauwet, B. Sievers, L. Sievers, L.A. Schulte, F.E. Miguez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Applied 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, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forage quality on family farms in Croatia corn silage quality on family farms

Mljekarstvo, 2004
The aim of the applied research project: “Forage evaluation by NIR spectroscopy” was to monitor the nutritive value of grass silage, corn silage and hay on family farms in Croatia over 6-month feeding (from November 2003 to May 2004).
Marina Vranić, Mladen Knežević, Goran Perčulija, Darko Grbeša, Josip Leto, Krešimir Bošnjak, Ivana Rupić   +6 more
doaj  

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Forage quality on family farms in Croatia grass silage quality on family farms

Mljekarstvo, 2004
The aim of the applied research project: “Forage evaluation by NIR spectroscopy” was to monitor the nutritive value of grass silage, corn silage and hay on family farms in Croatia over 6-month feeding (from November 2003 to May 2004) Over last 15 years ...
Marina Vranić, Mladen Knežević, Goran Perčulija, Josip Leto, Krešimir Bošnjak, Ivana Rupić   +5 more
doaj  

ENTREPREUNARIAL AND FAMILY BUSINESS FARMS IN THAILAND: WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE RUBBER BOOM?

Journal of Asian Rural Studies, 2018
Following the high rubber prices in the second half of the 2010s, rubber plantations expanded greatly especially in Southeast Asia. Smallholders were important actors of the recent rubber boom.
Benedicte Chambon, Pierre-Marie Bosc, Arunee Promkhambut, Kanchana Duangta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tax Policy and Farm Organization

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced substantial changes to the tax code, affecting farms' organizational incentives. This study examines farms' responses to the TCJA along extensive and intensive margins, focusing on organizational and labor expense adjustments.
Tia M. McDonald, Katherine Lacy
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of Milk Production Decisions on Polish Family Farms: A Classification Tree Approach

Agriculture
Most Polish commercial dairy farms have expanded their production in recent years through herd increases and milk yield improvements. This study investigates internal and external drivers shaping farmers’ decisions regarding the future scale of milk ...
Wojciech Sroka, Andrzej Parzonko, Tomasz Wojewodzic, Marta Czekaj, Lidia Luty, Adam Drab   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source