A strategic evaluation of the introduction of the East Friesian sheep breed on a North Island hill country farm : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Applied Science in Agricultural Systems and Management at Massey University [PDF]
, 1998 New Zealand sheep fanning has changed dramatically over the past 20 years as it has adjusted to a market-led and unsubsidised economy. Despite this, new technology and management practices such as cross breeding offer exciting opportunities for improving
Martinez, Jesus Romero
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Price Premiums for Single‐Name and Compound‐Name Geographical Indications in Swiss Cheese Trade
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Geographical indications (GIs) have become increasingly important in agri‐food markets, especially in Europe. For Swiss cheese imports and exports, we analyze whether GIs are associated with higher trade prices. We find that price premiums can be obtained for both exports and imports. However, this is only the case for cheeses with single name
Judith Irek
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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 +2 more
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Prevalence of chlamydiae in dairy cattle herds and factors contributing to the spread of infections
Journal of Veterinary ResearchDifferent Chlamydia species affect cattle and contribute to economic losses. One of them, C. pecorum, is a globally endemic livestock pathogen. Despite its endemicity, prevalence data from Poland have so far been limited.
Szymańska-Czerwińska Mońika +4 more
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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 +4 more
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Electrophoretic Patterns of the Serum Proteins of Sheep infected with Hæmonchus contortus [PDF]
, 1959 Dallas L. Mould, Paul H. Silverman
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THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF THE U.S. SHEEP INDUSTRY [PDF]
The cyclical nature of numbers and prices of sheep and lambs was examined from 1924 through 1993. Tests for structural change also were conducted utilizing the minimization of Akaike's information criterion (MAIC).
Van Tassell, Larry W., Whipple, Glen D.
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Economic necessity for developing the milk sector [PDF]
, 2000 The Merinos dominating in the Hungarian sheep industry and the profitability of sheep production is not as high as would be necessary. Economic analysis was made to find out the possible break-even points. According to the results, the increase of milk
Jávor, András +5 more
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