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Complementary or Competitive? Emerging Interactions Between Restoration and Protection in the Conservation Reserve Program

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski, Tyler Lark, Rich Iovanna   +2 more
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Effect of Divergent Feeding Regimes During Early Life on the Rumen Microbiota in Calves

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
The objective of this study was to determine whether divergent feeding regimes during the first 41 weeks of the life of a calf are associated with long-term changes in the rumen microbiota and the associated fermentation end-products. Twenty-four calves (
Omar Cristobal-Carballo, Omar Cristobal-Carballo, Sue A. McCoard, Adrian L. Cookson, Adrian L. Cookson, Richard A. Laven, Siva Ganesh, Sarah J. Lewis, Stefan Muetzel   +8 more
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of short- and long-term glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis on plasma metabolome and lipidome of ovariectomized sheep

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background Understanding the metabolic and lipidomic changes that accompany bone loss in osteoporosis might provide insights about the mechanisms behind molecular changes and facilitate developing new drugs or nutritional strategies for osteoporosis ...
Diana Cabrera, Marlena Kruger, Frances M. Wolber, Nicole C. Roy, Karl Fraser   +4 more
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Effect of Methane Inhibitors on Ruminal Microbiota During Early Life and Its Relationship With Ruminal Metabolism and Growth in Calves

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
The present study aimed to determine whether dietary supplementation with methanogen inhibitors during early life may lead to an imprint on the rumen microbial community and change the rumen function and performance of calves to 49-weeks of rearing ...
Omar Cristobal-Carballo, Omar Cristobal-Carballo, Susan A. McCoard, Adrian L. Cookson, Adrian L. Cookson, Siva Ganesh, Katherine Lowe, Richard A. Laven, Stefan Muetzel   +8 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crop insurance and irrigation behavior: The conditional role of pumping costs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Excessive water use for irrigation can accelerate the depletion of water resources, undermining agriculture's resilience to weather‐related shocks. Understanding how farmers make water use decisions is essential for developing effective water management policies.
Sungmin Cheu, Molly Sears
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The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro, Jan Börner, Silke Hüttel, Katja Kowalski, Patrick Hostert, Krisztina Kis‐Katos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early life treatment with Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus strains drives reduced enteric methane emissions in dairy heifers

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Background Methane emissions from enteric fermentation in ruminant livestock make up 27% of anthropogenic methane emissions. Results Screening > 1,700 lactic acid bacteria identified Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus FNZ118 (Kowbucha™ FNZ118) and L. rhamnosus
Laureen Crouzet, William Kelly, Catherine Andrews, Priya Soni, Brian Tong, Rebecca Tavendale, Krsana Rajasekaran, Kathy Wieliczko, Kay Pilkington, Rachel Kaminsky, Fiona Matiya, German Molano, Edgar Sandoval, Brenna Dobson-Hill, Peter Reid, Stefan Muetzel, Ajmal Khan, Paul Maclean, Hamish Doohan, Tracey Burgess-Smith, Norton Atkins, Shalome Bassett, James Dekker, Jeremy Hill, Emma Bermingham, Graeme Attwood   +25 more
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The complete genome sequence of the rumen bacterium Butyrivibrio hungatei MB2003

Standards in Genomic Sciences, 2017
Butyrivibrio hungatei MB2003 was isolated from the plant-adherent fraction of rumen contents from a pasture-grazed New Zealand dairy cow, and was selected for genome sequencing in order to examine its ability to degrade plant polysaccharides.
Nikola Palevich, William J. Kelly, Sinead C. Leahy, Eric Altermann, Jasna Rakonjac, Graeme T. Attwood   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source