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Contra Costa farm bureau monthly.

open access: yes, 1918
Mode of access: Internet.Continued in: California Farm Bureau Federation.
Contra Costa County (Calif.). Farm Bureau.
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Participation in Off-Farm Employment, Rainfall Patterns, and Rate of Time Preferences: The Case of Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes
Devoting time to off-farm activities, while complementing agricultural incomes, may be constrained by labor availability and financial capacity. This paper assesses the importance of rainfall patterns, which condition the availability of agricultural ...
Köhlin, Gunnar   +3 more
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Tractor Trouble - Farm Safety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Bookmark - Farm Safety - Tractor Trouble Bookmark - By David Poulsen & Chris ShawAlberta Women's Institutes; AWI CollectionThis book focuses on the tical issue of farm safety.

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Small Farm Food Safety, Fresh Produce: Part 1: Introduction to the PACE Principles

open access: yesEDIS, 2007
FCS8842, a factsheet by Brian Lapinski, Amy Simonne, and M.E. Swisher, introduces readers to the PACE principles (prevention, accountability, control, and education) of food safety as they apply to small farm management.
Brian Lapinski   +2 more
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Participation in Off-Farm Employment, Risk Preferences, and Weather Variability: The Case of Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes
This article assesses the relative importance of risk preferences and rainfall availability on households’ decision to engage in off-farm employment. Devoting time for off-farm activities, while it helps households earn additional incomes, involves a ...
GebreMedhin, Liyousew   +3 more
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Worker safety on the farm [PDF]

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"U.S. Farm Operations and Adult Farm Workers: In 2007, 2.2 million farms were in operation in the U.S. Approximately 5.3 million adults worked on U.S. farms in 2004, including 1.8 million hired workers and 3.5 million adult family members.

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THE PROFITABILITY OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ON A REPRESENTATIVE GRAIN FARM IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION, 1981-89 [PDF]

open access: yes
A long-term whole-farm analysis compared conventional and low-input farming systems. Data from a nine-year agronomic study at the Rodale Research Farm, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, were used to analyze profitability, liquidity, solvency, and risk on a ...
Johnson, Dale M.   +3 more
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Assessment of farm safety practices among cocoa farmers under certification schemes in the Mampong Cocoa District

open access: yesDiscover Agriculture
In recent years, cocoa certification schemes have emerged as mechanisms to promote sustainable farming practices, including farm safety measures. However, the extent to which these programmes influence farmers’ adoption of safety practices remains ...
Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum   +4 more
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Farm Level Impacts of a Revenue Based Policy in the 2007 Farm Bill [PDF]

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Revenue-based policy alternatives are thought to be a potential component of the 2007 Farm Bill. This research provides an economic analysis of switching to a revenue assurance farm program for representative farms. Specifically, this research provides a
Raulston, J. Marc   +3 more
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