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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

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.
Bharat Ramaswami, P.K. Joshi, Pratap Singh Birthal   +2 more
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Water Quality and Poultry Production

Poultry Science, 1996
Mineral and microbial content of water affects the performance of poultry. Because poultry production can adversely affect water quality, the Environmental Protection Agency monitors and regulates its impact. Management of nonpoint source water contamination is especially important. If properly managed, litter, a valuable secondary commodity associated
openaire   +2 more sources

USE OF POULTRY LITTER AND OTHER BIOMASS IN ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

Poultry litter is a byproduct of poultry production which has potential to cause water quality problem if it is not applied properly on land as a nutrient source.
Bhandari, Doleswar, Bhattarai, Keshav, Paudel, Krishna P.   +2 more
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Energy and environmental burdens of organic and non-organic agriculture and horticulture [PDF]

, 2006
Production of 10 major commodities in England and Wales was studied using Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). Organic and non-organic (contemporary conventional) systems were compared.
Audsley, E, Sandars, D L, Williams, A G
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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

Effect of postbiotic supplementation on growth rate and hematological profile in Barela dromedary calves (Camelus dromedarius) under semi-intensive management system

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
Camels play a crucial role in contributing food security and economy in arid and semi-arid regions, having historically sustained nomadic and pastoral communities for centuries.
Asim Faraz, Hassan Qadir Buzdar, Abubakar Sufyan, Riaz Hussain Mirza, Nabeela Ameer, Faizan Saleem, Dur E. Nayab, Sajjad ur Rahman, Muhammad Mukarram Bashir   +8 more
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Eucalyptus globulus oil supplementation improves growth performance by regulating serum biochemistry, antioxidant, intestinal health, and lung health of broilers from 1 to 21 days of age

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionEucalyptus globulus oil (EGO) is distinguished by its elevated 1,8-cineole content and is gaining attention as a natural feed additive due to its multifunctional bioactivities.
Zhenzhen Ji, Zhenzhen Ji, Zhiqiang Miao, Yuanyang Dong, Miaomiao Han, Chenxuan Huang, Jianhui Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Physiological, nutritional, and productive responses of broilers supplemented with lemon, fenugreek, and sesame oils as feed additives

Scientific Reports
This study objective is to evaluate the influence of lemon, sesame, fenugreek essential oils and their mixture as feed additive on the growth performance, carcass criteria, nutrient digestibility, cecum microbial and certain blood parameters of broiler ...
Mohamed A. Fawaz, Ayman A. M. Abd El-Hafez, Yousef A. Abdelmoati, Abdalla H. H. Ali, Hamdy A. Hassan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source