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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Farm management practices"”.
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Innovation adoption and farm management practices in the Canterbury dairy industry
… behaviours of Canterbury (New Zealand) dairy farmers and the socio-demographic, farm and information seeking characteristics (ISCs) associated with adoption. Ten farm management practices (FMPs) were selected based on their adoption and promotion by the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) …
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Effects of Farm Management Practices on Pest Slugs and Slug Predators in Field Crops
… and planting high residue cover crops. These practices are associated with an increase in moderate to severe damage to field crops by slugs. Conserving, and even enhancing, natural enemy populations is a desirable way to manage slug infestations because remedial control measures are limited. …
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Integration of seasonal forecast information and crop models to enhance decision making in small-scale farming systems of South Africa
… and household food security, amongst small-scale farmers of South Africa. Managing climate variability is challenging due to the variation of climate parameters and the difficulty in making decisions under such conditions. Integrated seasonal forecast information and crop models have been used as …
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EVALUATION AND MODELING OF RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN PRODUCE PRE-HARVEST ENVIRONMENT
… at the pre-harvest level. Produce from mixed farms, where vegetable crops and animals are grown at the same premise, is potentially at higher risk of microbial contamination due to its proximity to environmental reservoirs such animal enclosures and composting facilities. Such contamination …
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Social and engineering perspectives on optimal farm management and reliable grain supply chain networks
… in a sustainable basis. New opportunities for farm management decision making have been rapidly growing with the proliferation of data and information describing agricultural systems. Farm management performance is affected by complex interactions between factors, such as crop yield, market …
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Relationship of management factors to differences in profitability among Virginia dairy farms
… chosen herds were personally surveyed for management information. Dairymen were questioned for 1.5 hours about milking systems and practices, feeding, reproductive and genetic aspects of breeding, calf raising and finances. Seventeen non-DHI herds were included. Objectives of the study were …
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Determinants of commercialization among smallholder vegetable cash crop farmers in Thulamela Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa
Smallholder farmers in developing countries play a crucial role in meeting the future food demand and improving the welfare of households. Commercial vegetable farming involves growing vegetables for market and personal use. Vegetables offer a unique market for South African growers because they …
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Factors Influencing the Amount of Time Spent By Cattle In Streams: Implications for TMDL Development
… amounts of time cattle spend in streams. Five farms were studied in southwest Virginia from August 2001 through February 2002. Camera surveillance systems were set up on two beef farms and three dairy heifer operations, and cattle activity in streams was recorded during daylight hours. Climatic …
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Quantitative rice mapping with remote sensing image time series
… to the Australian rice industry for refining farm management practices in future.
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The decline of the globally threatened Rudd's Lark in one of its last remaining core sites, the Wakkerstroom grasslands
… been a change in its available habitat and in farm management practices, and whether the species has changed in its habitat selection since the previous survey. Finally, I aimed to investigate whether other grassland birds (particularly other threatened grassland endemics) also respond to …
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Ecological assessments of Pseudomonas communities in pastoral soils: implications for disease suppression and sustainable production in agricultural grasslands
… are antagonistic against selected pathogens. Management of the diverse soil microbial communities towards a disease suppressive microbiome is an emerging approach to plant disease control in agricultural systems. In comparison to arable systems however, disease suppression under pastoral …
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Informing on Crop Water-Use, Stress, and Growth with Integrated Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling
… growth and health, that can enhance farm management practices.</p> <p>This dissertation examines the ability to monitor and identify crop conditions both spatially and temporally using the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, a sensor that transmits microwave radar, and TIR …
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Gains and Losses in Ecosystem Services: Trade-off and Efficiency Perspectives
… and ecological studies on ecosystem service management often lack appropriate economic considerations. This thesis has been directed to improve understanding of ecosystem service science with a focus specifically on examining the gains and losses in ecosystem services. The thesis dealt with …
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Exploring milk management strategies for improved food safety and health outcomes in the neonate
… thesis investigates the influence of two common management practices of milk, in both the bovine and human context, and their subsequent influence on microbial composition. Firstly, the influence of farm management strategies, mainly antibiotic administration during dry cow therapy, on bovine …