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Risk and risk management in agriculture: an overview and empirical results
The paper gives an overview of sources of risk and risk management strategies in agriculture. As risk is an inescapable fact of life, in particular in agriculture, farmers must try to manage risk effectively. Risk management is an integral part of good management of a farm, being a way to avoid losses and exploit opportunities. Results of a field survey with 731 Dutch livestock farmers are ...
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Talking Water with George Millear
George Millear is the owner of Tiltagoona Station, located 60km south-east of Tilpa in western New South Wales. His 66,000-acre property comprises mostly of timbered rangeland grazing country. The Bureau of Meteorology’s annual climate statement shows that 2018 was the third-warmest year on record for Australia, with New South Wales being in its sixth-driest year. Alongside many other ...
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Westway Feed Products: more than 50 hours of time saving thanks to BESTMIX and MILAS
When there are changes on the raw materials market, Westway Feed Products shifts gears quickly. The formulation software BESTMIX and the ERP solution MILAS help this specialist in the field of liquid animal feed supplements to ensure its customers optimum quality for a correct price. Moreover, the synergy between both Adifo software solutions allows more than 50 hours of time saving! Westway ...
By BESTMIX
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Livestock Ventilation System Design Series - Part 1: Factors to Consider
This blog is Part One of our three-part series highlighting livestock ventilation system designs. Livestock farmers understand how important maintaining their animals’ health and comfort is to their bottom line. Livestock ventilation systems contribute to profitability by helping to maintain good air quality not only for their animals but also for those who care for them. Whether animals ...
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How do I drench sheep, goats or other livestock?
Internal parasites can be a significant problem for livestock farmers. Liver fluke and worms cause financial burden due to treatment costs and production losses. Not to mention the enormous impact they have on the animal's welfare. What is drenching? The word drenching can have a few different meanings. In this article, we are referring to the administering of fluid orally meaning into the month ...
By FarmRexx
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Animal feed: the benefits of using a cloud-based software program
Today's world is very focused on the efficiency of digitization. That same efficiency has long been a common interest of livestock and dairy farmers. But more recent advances have brought the technology into the tractor, feed room and mill. With software becoming more cloud-based for any number of services, are there specific advantages to this change? Absolutely! Here are a few points to ...
By BESTMIX
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Antibiotics and the Livestock Industry
The Earth’s population has more than quadrupled in the last 150 years, which has led to dramatic changes in the livestock industry because farmers had to increase the density of animals in order to meet demand. As a result of the increased proximity of animals to one another, disease became a huge problem. Subsequently, antibiotics began being commonly used on livestock farms. Originally, ...
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All-Natural KMI Zeolite for Animal Feed, Dairy & Compost
Feed Additive Zeolite is used widely by livestock farmers as an animal feed additive for beef cattle, dairy Cows, Swine, poultry (broilers & egg production), and sheep. Since Zeolite is the World’s only naturally occurring, negatively charged, mineral a great number of benefits in the feed process can result from the basic chemistry of the zeolite as an animal feed additive. Many ...
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Brewer's Grain - Case Study
Brewer's grain is a vegetable residue from the production of beer and other malt beverages. The material has a high nutritional value and is a popular feed supplement for livestock. Dairy farmers consider brewer's grain to be a highly palatable and absorptive feedstock that helps stimulate milk production. However, due to the high moisture content, fresh brewer's grain has a very short shelf ...
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Sugar Beet Pulp - Case Study
Baling of Beet Pulp Sugar beet pulp is a vegetable residue from the production of sugar. The material has a high nutritional value and is a popular feed supplement for livestock. Dairy farmers consider beet pulp to be a highly palatable and absorptive feedstock that helps stimulate milk production. However, due to the high moisture content, fresh beet pulp has a very short shelf-life. This ...
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New Year`s eve traditions from around the world
As one year ends and a new one begins, people around the world do very strange things... On New Year's Eve people party to celebrate the coming year, make resolutions to improve their lives and wish each other a Happy New Year. Most will hope for good luck in the New Year, but some do more than hope; participating in strange superstitions and traditions to try and make their own luck. The list ...
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Livestock Record Keeping
Livestock Record Keeping Record keeping is an essential part of a good livestock business management. It helps the farmer / investor in improving the efficiency of farm's operations.The key to successful livestock business is by designing better breeding plans and taking uniformed decisions that influences the production and profitability of the farm.Goat Diary Livestock & Farm Management ...
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The risks of spreading slurry after first silage cut
Livestock farmers spreading slurry onto fields after first-cut grass silage face heightened risks of contamination after this year’s early start to the season, a silage specialist is warning, especially if following the current trend to more frequent silage cutting.The risks of spreading slurry after first silage cut According to Ecosyl silage expert, Darran Ward, spreading slurry after ...
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What is farm management software and why use it?
Farm management software, sometimes referred to as livestock management software is a software system for recording farm activities. What does farm management software need to be a useful tool? The ability to: Enter livestock details namely, species and breed, gender, identification details such as ear tag colour and number, progeny and ideally be able to display a photo of the animal. ...
By FarmRexx
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MILAS implementation at W & H Marriage & Sons
One single version of the truth for animal feed production and flour mill In 1824, William and Henry Marriage started to mill the wheat their family farm was producing. These brothers founded a rapidly growing company, by using wind and waterpower in order to mill bread flour. In 1899, the company moved its main office to Chelmer Mills in Chelmsford (English county of Essex), where it is ...
By BESTMIX
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Lambing Season & Fallen Stock
As a livestock farmer, lambing season as you know accounts for a large percentage of your turnover; Ensuring this runs smoothly is part of the secret to lambing success. Fallen stock is an unfortunate, but inevitable part of farming sheep. Reasons for lamb mortality include starvation, birthing trauma, predation, exposure, infectious disease, rejection, and other challenges facing a new born ...
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Lambing Season & Fallen Stock
As a livestock farmer, lambing season as you know accounts for a large percentage of your turnover; Ensuring this runs smoothly is part of the secret to lambing success. Fallen stock is an unfortunate, but inevitable part of farming sheep. Reasons for lamb mortality include starvation, birthing trauma, predation, exposure, infectious disease, rejection, and other challenges facing a new born ...
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South East framing review
Drilling a borehole on a farm can cost less than a conventional water supply and cut the carbon footprint from pumping and treating mains water. "There is an environmental as well as a cost argument for drilling a borehole,' said Ben Nicholls, joint managing director with his brother Richard of Nicholls Boreholes, which is based in West Sussex. Nicholls Boreholes is in an office on an organic ...
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Using path analysis to study factors involved in entrepreneurs' success in rural areas of Iran
The present study aims to identify successful rural entrepreneurs in Isfahan Province and to investigate the factors affecting their success. AHP and multi-index analyses were used. The results show that support by relatives and fellows to secure financial resources, availability of business models to follow, unmediated supply markets, and raw materials locally obtained from livestock and farm ...
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Dead Poultries Harmless Treatment Methods in China
Dead pigs harmless treatment methods in China Any pig farm will encounter dead pigs, dead pigs are often important sources of infection of diseases to spread and spread, causing major economic losses not only on pig-raising industry, also will be a serious threat to human or animal health, so the dead pigs should be a safe and effective treatment. in the course of our work, are often faced with ...
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