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Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A link between PLF, animal welfare and LCA: the objectives of SUS3D project

The sustainable development of animal-derived products is one of the greatest challenges for next years, due to the increasing pressure on the livestock sector to meet the growing demand of a growing population, but at the same time reducing the resource
Di Battista D., Capretti Chiara, Giannone C., Lanzoni L., Santolini E., Vignola Giorgio, Chincarini M., Bovo Marco   +7 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of frequent feed pushes of mixed feed on feeding behaviour, feed intake, and milk production in an AMS herd

, 2017
Precision Livestock Farming offers new technologies to substitute man hours spent on feeding management in intensive dairy farming, including automated feed pusher robots.
Sloth K. H., Fontana I., Bossen D., Tullo E., Coletti C., Pena Fernandez A., Guarino M.   +6 more
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Emergencies on livestock farms

Animal Welfare, 1993
Experienced livestock keepers know full well that they will have to cope, throughout the year, with a whole series of minor and, at times, major emergencies involving their animals. One of the talents of the good stockperson is his/her ability to anticipate trouble and to take early remedial action.
openaire   +1 more source

The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of climate changes on existing crop-livestock farming systems

, 2016
The state of Western Australia is a major producer and exporter of crops and livestock. Mixed farming systems are typical agricultural enterprises in the Western Australian wheatbelt where climate drives the productivity and profitability of these farms ...
Moore, Andrew D., Ghahramani, Afshin, Afshin Ghahramani, Andrew D. Moore   +3 more
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Deoxynivalenol-Induced Spleen Toxicity in Mice: Inflammation, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Macrophage Polarization, and the Dysregulation of LncRNA Expression

Toxins
The spleen is a primary target of deoxynivalenol (DON) toxicity, but its underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigates the effects of DON on inflammation, splenic macrophage polarization, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and ...
Qingbo Zhao, Weili Feng, Peiyu Gao, Yu Han, Siyi Zhang, Ao Zhou, Liangyu Shi, Jing Zhang   +7 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application and development of precision livestock farming technologies to improve transparency in pig husbandry - A systematic literature review using PRISMA

There is an increasing demand for higher animal welfare and environmental standards in pig production, as well as better transparency and traceability. Since PLF technologies could facilitate the optimization of transparency and traceability from farm to
Stachowicz, Joanna, Hölscher, Philipp, Umstätter, Christina, Gunarathne, Anoma   +3 more
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