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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Poultry Science, 1926 Abstract Other than its use for the purpose of supplying, by placing its salts in the feed, the normal iodine requirements to birds, and its use for the purpose of treating wounds and local infections, iodine now has two important uses on poultry farms; one of these uses is the dosing of birds for worms, and the other is the treatment of poultry ...
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Efficiency and distribution in contract farming: the case of Indian poultry growers [PDF]
"This paper is an empirical analysis of the gains from contract farming in the case of poultry production in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The paper finds that contract production is more efficient than noncontract production.
Ramaswami, Bharat +2 more
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao +3 more
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Animal Nutrition, 2018 The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) are popular both as an alternative protein source and as a model of choice for scientific research in several disciplines.
Ngare Wilkinson +8 more
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ProStor Synbiotic Efficiency in Poultry Farming [PDF]
Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Estestvennye Nauki, 2019 We studied the efficiency of the ProStor synbiotic for increasing the growth rate and viability of young chickens and enhancing their natural resistance, livability, and productivity during the adult stage. The homogeneity of young chickens that were reared to replace the adult ones and received the synbiotic with fodder (0.5 kg per 1 t of fodder ...
V.S. Buyarov, S.Yu. Metasova
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan +8 more
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Consumer perception and communication on welfare in organic laying hen farming [PDF]
, 2012 A major reason for increased societal popularity of organic production systems is the growing general discontent with intensive farming practices. However, urbanization leads to limited knowledge of farming and farm animal welfare.
Tuyttens, Frank +3 more
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Application of Mamdani Fuzzy Inference System in Poultry Weight Estimation
, 2023 Traditional manual weighing systems for birds on poultry farms are time-consuming and may compromise animal welfare. Although automatic weighing systems have been introduced as an alternative, they face limitations in accurately estimating the weight of ...
Halis Simsek +2 more
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