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The Nitrogen Fertilizer Value of Baled Broiler Litter for Cotton Production in the Arkansas Delta [PDF]

The export of poultry litter by baling efficiently packages litter for long-term storage and transportation. Use of baled poultry litter to supply the recommended rates of P and K and a portion of the N rate appears to be a feasible nutrient management ...
Goodwin, Harold L., Jr., Kemper, Nathan, Mozaffari, Morteza   +2 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

The health and management of poultry production

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
The poultry industry in the USA is a fully integrated system of animal agriculture. Each company has control over the bird husbandry and health management aspects of production, including the use of antimicrobial agents. The three segments of the industry-broiler chickens, turkeys, and layer chickens-have few antibiotics available for the therapeutic ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Leverage of Matricaria chamomilla L. Oil Supplementation over Ochratoxin A in Growing Quails

Journal of Food Quality
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is one of the mycotoxins in the agriculture and livestock sectors. The poultry sector suffered from significant economic losses due to the adverse impacts of OTA on the growth rate, feed conversion ratio, and livability.
Reda S. Mohamed, Adel I. Attia, Mohamed M. El-Mekkawy, Fawzy S. A. Ismail, Ayman S. Salah, Mario Nicotra, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Mahmoud M. Azzam, Mahmoud Alagawany   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Individual genomic loci, transcript level and biochemical profile of immune and antioxidant markers associated with genetically identified bacterial mastitis in Shami goats in Egypt

Open Veterinary Journal
Background: Mastitis in goats is unquestionably a grave concern, with far-reaching implications for both animal well-being and productivity, while also presenting a potential threat to public health.
Eman Ebissy, Asmaa Darwish, Amani A. Hafez, Ahmed Ateya, Ahmed El-Sayed   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmer Willingness to Supply Poultry Litter for Energy Conversion and to Invest in an Energy Conversion Cooperative [PDF]

Conversion of poultry litter to energy can serve as a renewable energy source and provide an alternative to land application in areas where poultry production is intensive.
Bazen, Ernest F., English, Burton C., Jensen, Kimberly L., Menard, R. Jamey, Roberts, Roland K.   +4 more
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Integration of organic poultry in whole farm systems: manure nutrient budgets [PDF]

, 2002
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. The aim of this project was to examine how rotations incorporating organic poultry use the cycling of nutrients between soil, crops and birds.
Bhogal, Anne, Gordon, Susan H, Walker, Andrew W   +2 more
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic surveillance and evolution of co-circulating avian influenza H5N1 and H5N8 viruses in Egypt, 2022–2024

Emerging Microbes and Infections
For over two decades, avian influenza virus (AIV) has significantly impacted the Egyptian poultry population, with multiple subtypes and genotypes contributing to significant economic and agricultural losses.
Samah Eid, Naglaa M. Hagag, Zienab Mosaad, Neveen R. Bakry, Mohamed H. Elhusseiny, Wesam H. Mady, Ahmed Erfan, Fatma Amer, Osama Mahana, Nahed Yehia, Moataz M. Elsayed, Dalia Said, Afaf Abdelbaset, Ahlam E. Yonis, Reem M. Reda, Mohamed A. Saif, Ahmed I. Abdelmawgoud, Tamer A. El-Aried, Mahmoud Said, Abdullah Selim, Eman Farghaly, Abdelsatar Arafa, Momtaz Shahein, Mahmoud M. Naguib   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source