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Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation during gestation on the embryonic survival and reproductive performance of high-parity sows

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2023
Background Fertility declines in high-parity sows. This study investigated whether parity-dependent declines in embryonic survival and reproductive performance could be restored by dietary coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) supplementation.
Shanchuan Cao, Honglin Yan, Wenjie Tang, Hongfu Zhang, Jingbo Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Boar taint in very small organic entire male pigs - preliminary results [PDF]

, 2008
Very small entire male pigs can be part of a new concept of organic seasonal production of pigs. The concept includes outdoor production of small entire male pigs, very large female pigs and sows slaughtered after first litter.
Claudi-Magnussen, C., Kongsted, A.G.
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of lameness in sows using gait, footprints, postural behaviour and foot lesion analysis

Animal, 2013
Lameness in sows has an economic impact on pig production and is a major welfare concern. The aim of the present project was to develop methods to evaluate and quantify lameness in breeding sows.
J. Grégoire, R. Bergeron, S. D'Allaire, M.-C. Meunier-Salaün, N. Devillers   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Housing of Cull Sows in the Hours before Transport to the Abattoir—An Initial Description of Sow Behaviour While Waiting in a Transfer Vehicle

Animals, 2016
Simple Summary In modern pig production, sows are transported by road to abattoirs. However, for reasons of biosecurity, commercial trucks may have limited access to farms.
M. Herskin, K. Fogsgaard, D. Erichsen, M. Bonnichsen, C. Gaillard, K. Thodberg   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Design of a Radial System for Pigs on Sheepdrove Organic Farm [PDF]

, 2003
The paper reportson a proposal for a new radial system for pigs on Sheepdrove Organic ...
Clark, Fergus
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Sow body condition at weaning and reproduction performance in organic piglet production [PDF]

, 2009
The objective was to investigate the variation in backfat at weaning and its relations to reproduction results in organic sow herds in Denmark. The study included eight herds and 573 sows.
A. G. Kongsted, Alonso-Spilsbury M., Andersen L., Bonde M., Grandinson K., Guy J. H., Han I. K., Heyer A., J. E. Hermansen, Kongsted A. G., Lauritsen H. B., Oldigs V. B., Reilly J. D., Rydhmer L., Tummaruk P., Wallenbeck A.   +15 more
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culling in served females and farrowed sows at consecutive parities in Spanish pig herds

Porcine Health Management, 2018
Background The objectives of our study were 1) to characterize culling and retention patterns in parities 0 to 6 in served females and farrowed sows in two herd groups, and 2) to quantify the factors associated with by-parity culling risks for both ...
Satomi Tani, Carlos Piñeiro, Yuzo Koketsu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source