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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Farm Profitability"”.
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Cost efficiency and capital structure in farms and cooperatives
U.S. farm profitability is near historic highs. This fact raises many questions related to the economics of production agriculture. Three questions are examined in this dissertation. First, should farmers use a different benchmark for farm profitability? To answer this question, a benchmark of farm …
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Economic Modeling of Bioenergy Crop Production and Carbon Emission Reduction in Illinois
… incentives would significantly increase the farm profitability and could help power plants achieve the emission reduction at a reasonably low cost.
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Intertemporal portfolio choice: An application to agricultural investment
This research analyzes optimal off-farm investment decisions for a Central Illinois hog farm in the presence of bankruptcy costs. Optimal decisions are derived using a stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) model which incorporates the stochastic dynamic nature of investment returns and the …
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User-centered design of a fertilizer recommendation system for smallholder farmers
… impacts the environment, human health, and farm profitability. The problem can be addressed by adopting the principles of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM), which call for judicious use of fertilizer based on frequent soil testing. However, inadequate soil testing capacity and lack of …
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Shifts in livestock technology, programming, and composition: exploring the future of livestock agriculture
… the relationship between genetic selection and farm profitability. Genetic selection is measured by net merit, which is an index based on economically relevant traits that ranks U.S dairy cattle based on their expected lifetime profitability. The second essay analyzes risk management practices …
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Moving Virginia Dairy Farms Toward Phosphorus Balance
Sustainability for Virginia dairy farms requires balancing phosphorus (P) imports and exports at the farm-gate level. Balancing P helps prevent further accumulation of P in farm soils through routine applications of manure, which over time contributes to surface water quality issues. The objectives …
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The effectiveness of rabbit control on selected North Canterbury farms
… to present control practice and policy. Five farms were selected for a more detailed investigation of rabbit numbers; rabbit control effort, and the relationship to farm financial performance. It was found that farm profitability is greatly dependent on product prices and the less intensive …
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Relay- and double-crop production systems for wheat
… production farther north, and increase farm profitability. Diversifying crops used in these cropping systems may allow farmers more crop production choices. Double-cropping may also be an alternative to avoid competition for resources among intercrops. Field research was needed to …
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Integrating Groundwater Conservation and Risk Mitigation under Uncertainty: Strategies for Sustainable Aquifers and Agriculture
… and maintain economic stability for farmers. The research specifically focuses on the Sheridan-6 Local Enhanced Management Area (LEMA) in Kansas, U.S.A, an innovative groundwater conservation initiative that implements multi-year pumping restrictions. Employing a multi-method …
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Effects of Farm and Household Decisions on Labor Allocation and Profitability of Beginning Vegetable Farms in Virginia: a Linear Programming Model
… is facing a rising average age of principal farm operators and a decline in number of beginning farmers. With numerous barriers and challenges resulting in many farm failures, a majority of beginning farmers are relying on off-farm income to support their households. Decision-making and farm …
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Financial Performance of Pasture-Based Dairies: A Virginia Case Study
… financial performance for pasture-based dairy farms relative to similar resourced-based confinement farms. Comparisons are based on the recommended financial and profitability measures of performance provided by the Farm Financial Standards Council. Primary and secondary data plus simulation of …
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Characterizing Thiamine Status and Mechanisms of Thiamine Supplementation on Subacute Ruminal Acidosis Attenuation in Dairy Cows
… milk production in today’s intensive management farms. However, overfeeding high grain diets increases the risk of subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA), which is characterized by prolonged decrease in rumen pH and high levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). SARA challenge has been confirmed to severely …
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FUNCTIONAL FEED ADDITIVES FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
… animal performance thus resulting in higher profitability for the farmers. The aim of the following project was to evaluate innovative functional feed additives for animal nutrition, in order to increase animal health, performance and reduce the use of antibiotics in farm animals. The …
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Assessing long-term conservation of groundwater resources in the Ogallala Aquifer Region using hydro-agronomic modeling
… strategies on water use efficiency and farm profitability of agricultural systems while managing groundwater sustainably; ii) to use the DSSAT-MODFLOW modeling system in a global sensitivity analysis framework to determine the system factors (climate, soil, management, aquifer) that …
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Managing herbivory over space and time: consequences for vegetation and cattle responses in African rangelands
… grazing experiments, I performed a nation-wide farm management survey and a fence-line contrast study between farms that were largely aligned with HPG principles and their respective neighbours. Stocking rate, grazing density, and herbivore type had no consistent effect on remotely sensed NDVI, …
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The effects of financial structure on the profitability of Illinois agriculture
Using data from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management, this study analyzes how financial structure impacts the profitability of grain and livestock farms in Illinois from 1996 to 2009. Various datasets were assembled to sort farms into pure grain farms, and then sub-sample datasets for the …
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INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY LEVELS OF THE CATTLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
… points. Inside the food sector, livestock farming and thus the production and consumption of animal derived products are often extremely criticized for their “sustainability”. From an environmental point of view, emissions of GHGs are the main critical aspects, with enteric fermentations of …
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ENERGY AND PROTEIN EFFICIENCY OF LACTATING DAIRY COWS FED GROUND PEAS, CANOLA MEAL AND RUMEN-PROTECTED AMINO ACIDS
… Research must be conducted to help dairy farmers make informed decisions about the use of alternative protein supplements as a way to improve farm profitability, optimize protein and energy utilization and increase knowledge about environmental pollution. Therefore, strategies to reduce …
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Grazing management strategies of diverse pastures on irrigated dairy farm systems : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… environmental impacts are sought for dairy farming systems. Two strategies to improve DM production and quality are grazing management and the choice of forage species mixture. While grazing management rules are well developed, particularly timing and intensity, for perennial ryegrass-white …