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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"integrated crop–livestock systems"”.
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Environmental Impact of Pasture-Based Milk Production in Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems
… environmental impact of agricultural production systems, particularly dairy farming, has become central to discussions on climate change and sustainability, especially in regions with high agricultural activity and policy-driven climate targets. This dissertation investigated the environmental …
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Brazil’s Soy Moratorium: Current Expansion Capacities, Extension to the Cerrado, and Increasing Compliant Production
… yield gaps on current lands, and introducing integrated-crop-livestock systems with soy (ICLS) onto established pasture. We find 18.0 Mha of additional remaining eligible area in the Amazon and a hypothetical 67.9 Mha in the Cerrado, of which 81.0% and 62.3%, respectively, are estimated to be …
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Demonstrating Short-term Impacts of Grazing Cover Crops on Soil Health in South Dakota
<p>Grasslands have been rapidly converted to croplands over the last decade in the northern Great Plains. This conversion can reduce soil health and increase the region’s ability to pollute the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Therefore, the need for integrated crop livestock (ICL) practices that …
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Combining field experiments, modeling, and analytics for integrated crop-livestock system management
Integrated crop-livestock systems have been suggested as a promising means for diversifying agricultural production as an alternative to specialized cropping systems in modern agriculture. In the U.S. Corn Belt, tremendous amounts of corn residues left on the land after harvest represent a vast …