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Characteristics of rural smallholder communities in northern Vietnam, with particular emphasis on dairy farming
The objective of this field questionnaire survey was to provide information about the characteristics of rural smallholder farming communities, which have been targeted by the Vietnamese government's dairy development policy. The results from this study suggest that the adoption of dairy farming is partly determined by pre-existing wealth of the farming households. It is, therefore, more likely ...
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Test Your Interest in Dairy Grazing With New Internship Program
Have you always wanted to dairy farm but never knew how to get started? Do you know someone who would love a career as a dairy farmer but doesn’t know where to start? The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship now has an internship program that may be perfect for you or someone you know. The DGA internship is a great new program for people who are looking to see if this might be a good fit for them ...
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Dairy farm Oklahoma, USA
Type of Wastewater System: Facility to Sediment Basin for Solids collection, Sediment Basin to Lagoon for Water collection Expectations: This facility was in need of solid removal from sediment basin as it was to a point of water flow restriction and solid capacity in the sediment basin. The expectation was to liquefy the solids in the sediment basins using microbial augmentation, and to not use ...
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Operationalising eco-efficiency in agriculture: the example of specialised dairy farms in Flanders
Eco-efficiencies of a representative set of Flemish dairy farms were determined for the years 19891990 and 20002001. Eco-efficiency was measured as a combination of nitrogen (N) use efficiency and energy use efficiency, where N use efficiency (l milk kg-1 N surplus) is the ratio between the amount of produced milk and the farm-gate N surplus (= N input − N output). Energy use efficiency (l milk ...
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Dairy Farm Installations - Case Study
A 10’ x 60’ (3m x 18m) BioReactor was installed 2009 at a 1700 cow dairy farm. The BioReactor is composting dewatered dairy manure. The retention time is 4 days and there is no stabilization period. The compost is used for bedding the herd and soil restoration. ...
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Enhancing Dairy Farm Efficiency with Manure Separators
Dairy farming is not only a crucial part of our food industry but also a significant contributor to agriculture's environmental challenges. Managing dairy waste, especially manure, is a pressing issue that has wide-reaching implications for both the farming community and the environment. In this blog post, we will delve into the importance of manure management in dairy farms and explore the ...
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Himmerland dairy farm case study
A. PRE-TREATMENT Barn Type: 60 tie stall dairy barn. Mats used in stalls. Manure Handling: Barn houses about 17 – 20 cows along each of two 120 foot parallel pits 2.5 feet wide and 5 to 9 feet deep (stepped). The pits gravity drain to the center of the pit and then flow out to an outside manure storage pit via 2.5 foot square pipe. Half of south gutter is used to handle parlour wash. At the ...
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Dairy farm New Mexico, USA
Type of Wastewater System: Facility to Lagoon For Solid and Wastewater Collection Problem: This facility has an expensive liner in its lagoon, and the use of equipment to remove the solids from the lagoon was not an option. It also dewaters the lagoon via irrigation onto row crops every 30 days. The buildup of solids in the lagoon had reached a point of capacity such that they were unable to ...
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Manage herd and farm
Improve health, raise productivity, save money – herd management with digital technology by GEA offers large and small dairy farms powerful functions for monitoring and managing cow health and operational procedures efficiently on a daily basis. With GEA’s Herd Management your farm is front and center GEA’s Herd Management system filters information to provide the ...
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Molecular characterization of giardia isolates from calves and humans in a region in which dairy farming has recently intensified
Giardiasis is a notifiable disease of high prevalence in New Zealand, but there is limited knowledge about the sources of Giardia duodenalis genotypes that can potentially cause human infections. Dairy calves are one environmental source of Giardia isolates, but it is unknown whether they harbor genotypes that are potentially capable of causing infections in humans. To address these questions, 40 ...
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How does Hustler help a Taranaki farmer, do a better job feeding out his bales?
Based at the bottom of Mount Taranaki, Paul Lightoller farms 580 cross-breed dairy cows on 244 effective hectares with the great help of two SL360X (Unrola LX105) Hustler bale feeders. Read more to discover when it comes to feeding out bales, Paul places his trust in Hustler. Paul bought his first Hustler three years ago, and the second one is just finishing its third season. As he is using ...
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Dairy Farms need IPEX too Case Study
T he Pelletier dairy operation near La Pocatière, Québec needed a wiring and panel upgrade that would be sturdy enough to manage the demands of an 80-cow dairy herd and the insurance inspectors. Dairy barns are unique environments, aside from the cows, the barns need secure wiring for the milking stations and lighting, and that wiring needs protection from regular exposure to ...
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Environmental input–output analysis of the New Zealand dairy industry
This work presents data and analysis quantifying the total (direct and indirect) resource use and outputs (products and pollutants) of the New Zealand dairy industry for the year April 1997 to March 1998. It also identifies those sectors supplying the dairy industry which make significant indirect contributions to its total inputs and outputs. Although this data is 14 years old, it is the only ...
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Du-Brook Dairy Farm Casa Grande, Arizona - Case Study
Challenge Reduce operating expenses without interfering with pasture land for cows. Solution 134 kW rooftop mount solar energy system covering stables. Benefit Generating 50% of their own energy and $26,000 each ...
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Effect of Agrilaser at US dairy farm with starling problem - Case Study
A dairy farm in Idaho, United States was faced with a tremendous starling problem. Each year thousands and thousands of starlings arrived in flocks. Starlings are attracted by comfortable resting places inside which hold an abundant and easy-access food source. This particular farm experienced problems both inside the stables as outside on the land. The birds were feeding on the cow feed, ...
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CAFO Manure Treatment-Struvite Removal and Struvite Prevention
CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) face struvite in their manure holding ponds and manure lagoons, as well as their recirculation systems. On a dairy farm in Neb. that operated with 15,000 milking cows, they were generating 500,000 gal per day of wastewater laden with manure. Over the summer, they noticed a reduction in their pumping capacity because the first lagoon was filling faster ...
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Current situation and the development of the dairy industry in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria
Abstract The development of the dairy industry plays an important role in the economy of Middle Eastern countries. Judged by its growth rate, the dairy industry is viewed as one of the most progressive food industries in the Middle East. During the early 1970s, countries established executive programs to promote dairy farming; the major objective was to attain self-sufficiency in milk ...
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A partial budget analysis for phosphorus-based nutrient management plans for Connecticut dairy farms
This study estimated changes in costs of manure handling, costs of the fertilizer replacement value of manure, and expected changes in net revenues associated with the implementation of manure nutrient management plans (NMPs) based on the agronomic critical concentration for P using a partial budget analysis. The net revenue from manure management practices traditionally used by farmers in a ...
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Confidential Client, Dairy Farm, Pennslyvania - Case Study
In July 2011, AdEdge Water Technologies was selected by CET Engineering Services and the client via a competitive bidding process to design, manufacture, and commission a packaged nitrate removal system for a food processing plant in Pennslyvania. The existing water system is a 0.7 MGD system consisting of a single well pump feeding multiple atmospheric storage tanks coupled with final UV ...
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Feeding Bales and Maize with One Machine Provides an Efficiency Breakthrough for Dairy Farm
Marike Ostebuhr, a dairy farmer from Strackholt, Germany, tells us about how she changed the way she fed her cattle, making it more time efficient and reducing feed waste... Marike Ostebuhr, a Dairy farmer, runs a small operation in Strackholt, Germany with around 120 livestock and 50 milking cows. The name "Strackholt" means "elongated forest". No wonder since it is well known for ...
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