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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Net Farm Income"”.
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Management of Length of Lactation and Dry Period to Increase Net Farm Income in a Simulated Dairy Herd
… whereas RHA decreased. Three different milk-feed income scenarios, (+20%, average, -20%) were combined with three dry cow costs, (+20%, average, and -20%). Nine combinations were analyzed statistically at each rate of decline. Net cash income changed $3561, $1571, and $-3051 from 8 to 13 to 18 to …
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An assessment of the impact on agricultural prices and output of anticipated versus unanticipated monetary variability
… versus unanticipated money growth on total, nonfarm, and farm real gross domestic product, real net farm income, real prices received by farmers for crops and livestock, and the real value of agricultural exports are evaluated. The distinction between anticipated and unanticipated components of …
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Organic farming in Thailand: case studies on chemical-free vegetable production in Chiangmai, Thailand : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science (International Rural Development) at Lincoln University
… study was to examine the outcomes of organic farming, in particular chemical-free vegetable production, in Chiangmai, Thailand. The main objective of the study was to assess the outcomes in terms of the farmers' objectives, economic performance, and other effects from this method of production …
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Sustainable development in Honduras: economic evaluation of soil conservation practices
… soil conservation practices for a representative farm in a watershed in Honduras are examined in a linear programming framework. Special attention is paid to income-soil loss tradeoffs, income-risk tradeoffs, and on the effect of different farmers' planning horizons on net farm income. A …
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Multiperiod farm planning to maximize smallholder farm income : a case study of Shinyanga region, Tanzania
This study investigates the problem of low farm income in Shinyanga region, Tanzania. For the past two decades, smallholder farmers of Tanzania have been experiencing low farm earnings from the farming occupation. The problem of low farm income has trapped small holder farmers in a vicious cycle, …
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Nutrient Management Planning on Virginia Livestock Farms: Impacts and Opportunities for Improvement
… of nutrient management plans on livestock farms. Study results indicate that nutrient management plans do result in significant reductions while maintaining or increasing farm income. Nutrient management plans on the four case farms reduced mean nitrogen losses by 23 to 45 percent per acre …
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A systems approach to the economic evaluation of nitrogen fertiliser use in sheep farming enterprises
… the economic use of nitrogen fertiliser in sheep farming enterprises which depend on seasonal production of grass-legume pastures as the main source of feed. Nitrogen fertiliser has not been widely used in grass-legume based pastoral systems. These farming systems have instead relied on nitrogen …
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An Economic Analysis of Selected Production Co-Operatives in Saskatchewan
… machinery co—operatives and co-operative farms incorporated in Saskatchewan under The Co—operative Production Associations Act, 1967 were analyzed to determine if during selected periods of their operations, their members had achieved a level of well-being superior to that realized by …
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The Political-Economy of Science and (Bio)Technology: The Emergence of Agricultural Biotechnology in Canada
The development of genetically modified (GM) seeds has been followed by the rapid production of GM crops. Many insightful contributions have been made in the academic literature on the emergence of agricultural biotechnology, however, some gaps remain. First, there is a lack of emphasis on …
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A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR AGRICULTURE SECTOR POLICY ANALYSIS
… factor prices, production, and detailed regional income and expenditure accounts. USMP is formulated and solved nonlinearly. In contrast to the linear approximation and optimization procedures used in most previous models of this type, this formulation facilitates proper representation of …
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Optimizing the management of soil erosion using GIS
… minimize sediment yield and maximize watershed farm income by a multi-objective linear programming model. These models were applied to Syahrood, one of the sub-basins of Damavand watershed in Iran, where soil erosion by water is one of the major land-related problems. Runoff erosivity, soil …
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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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Farm-level and socio-economic impacts of a genetically modified subsistence crop : the case of smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Internationally, genetically modified (GM) crops have been the fastest adopted agricultural technology in recent history with a 67-fold increase in global area planted between 1996 and 2007. The first plantings of insect resistant (Bt) white maize in 2001/02 established South Africa as the first GM …