Identification of breeding objectives using a bioeconomic model for a beef cattle production system in Uruguay

In Ethiopia livestock production is an integral part of the Ethiopian agricultural system. Beef cattle production plays an important role in the economies and livelihoods of farmers and pastoralists. Saylem Woreda is one of the remote setting in Ethiopia were information about beef production system is not well studied. Hence, this study was conducted to assess beef cattle production system; marketing and avalable feed resources utilized by beef cattle producers and the factors affecing beef cattle production of the study area through questionaire survey in Saylem woreda, south west Ethiopia. A total of 80 households were interviewed about 78.8% (X2=26.45; p=0.000) of respondents practiced beef cattle production was statistically significant. 93.8% (X2=61.25; p=0.002) of the respondents use only grazing of field grass for beef cattle production. Beef cattle marketing in the study area function at primary markets 78.8% (X2=2.645; p=0.963) of respondents had access to market information before sale was not statistically significant. Most of the respondents 81.2% (X2=19.00; p=0.003) determined factors for price of beef cattle were color, age, weight and agreement of sellers and buyers was statistically significant. The main constraints complained by the respondents in the study area 96.2% had lack of road (transportation) to get market access; 92.5% had prevalence of beef cattle disease in the area and 31.8% had shortage of feed and water and lack of genetically improved beef for fattening. Beef cattle production and marketing systems in Saylem woreda have many levels of formal and informal traders. Therefore, administrative bodies concerned these issues should give priority to find solution for these problems facing beef cattle producing farmers in the study area. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2020, 6(1): 99-106

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Improving beef cattle production system for sustainable rural development in Central Java

10.1063/1.5097497 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Akhmad Sodiq ◽

Pambudi Yuwono ◽

Juni Sumarmono ◽

Setya Agus Santosa ◽

Yusmi Nur Wakhidati ◽

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Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Beef Cattle ◽

Production System ◽

Cattle Production ◽

Sustainable Rural Development ◽

Central Java ◽

Beef Cattle Production

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Sistem Produksi Peternakan Sapi Potong di Pedesaan dan Strategi Pengembangannya

Jurnal Agripet ◽

10.17969/agripet.v17i1.7643 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 60-66 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ahmad Sodiq ◽

Suwarno Suwarno ◽

Farida Rizki Fauziyah ◽

Yusmi Nur Wakhidati ◽

Pambudi Yuwono

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Beef Cattle ◽

Production System ◽

Feeding System ◽

Farming Practices ◽

Cattle Production ◽

Beef Cattle Production ◽

Corporate Social ◽

On Farm

ABSTRAK. Pendekatan penelitian pada peternakan rakyat Livestock On-Farm Trials ditujukan untuk mengidentifikasi sistem produksi peternakan sapi potong di pedesaan wilayah kabupaten yaitu Cilacap, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara dan Kebumen. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendokumentasikan karakteristik sistem produksi peternakan sapi potong, strategi pengembangan untuk meningkatkan produktivitas serta dukungan pembiayaan dari bank. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan pola yang diterapkan berupa peternakan tradisional berlahan terbatas (traditional rural landless) yang terintegrasi dengan sistem pertanian utamanya tanaman padi. Sapi Peranakan Ongole (PO) sangat dominan ditemukan dan merupakan sapi lokal yang tersebar di lima kabupaten. Pada wilayah penelitian juga ditemukan Sapi Brahman Cross yang ditujukan untuk pembiakan. Penampilan produksi sapi PO, Sumba Ongole dan Persilangan Simmental untuk tujuan penggemukan memperlihatkan hasil BCS sedang sampai tinggi, tetapi produktivitas sapi Brahman Cross cenderung rendah. Diperlukan perbaikan pada feeding system and good farming practices untuk meningkatkan produktivitas sapi. Kebijakan untuk meningkatkan akses pembiayaan kredit, meliputi (i) Penguatan dinamika kelompok dan penerapan teknologi untuk memperbaiki produktivitas sapi potong, (ii) pendampingan pemerintah mengenai aspek penjaminan dan subsidi kredit, penyediaan bantuan untuk revitalisasi pertanian yang dikelola pemerintah dan perbankan, (iii) bekerjasama dengan mitra yang sesuai seperti perbankan dan BUMN untuk program Kredit Kemitraan dan Corporate Social Responsibility. (Livestock production system of beef cattle in the village and their development strategies)ABSTRACT. Livestock On-Farm Trials addressed to identify livestock system of beef cattle production in the villages of Cilacap, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara and Kebumen regencies. This study was designed to documenting the production system characteristics of beef cattle and development strategic of livestock production system in order to increase their productivity and financial support from bank. Beef cattle production systems characterize by traditional rural landless and integrated with crops especially rice. Ongole Cross (Peranakan Ongole) are the predominant of the local cattle and are widely distributed over the five regencies. Brahman Cross also found that are raising for cow calf operation. Performance of Peranakan Ongole, Sumba Ongole, and Simental Cross for fattening purposes were moderate to high of BCS, but low reproductive for Brahman Cross. Improving feeding system and good farming practices could be done to increase beef cattle productivity. Policies to improve access to credit financing, including (i) Strengthening of group dynamics and application of technology to improve the productivity of beef cattle,(ii) government assistance on the aspects of credit guarantee and subsidies, provision of assistance for agricultural revitalization managed by the government and banking,(iii) working with appropriate partners such as banks and BUMN for Partnership Credit and Corporate Social Responsibility programs.

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An integrated model of forage, meat and emission in a beef cattle production system

Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research ◽

10.18801/jbar.160218.166 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 1337-1347

Author(s):

M. S. Alam ◽

P. A. Segovia ◽

T. Islam ◽

K. K. Saha

Keyword(s):

Beef Cattle ◽

Production System ◽

Integrated Model ◽

Cattle Production ◽

Beef Cattle Production

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198 Beef cattle support system modeling

Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.1093/jas/skz397.160 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 98 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. 68-69

Author(s):

Robin R White

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Beef Cattle ◽

Production System ◽

Production Systems ◽

Mechanistic Models ◽

Cattle Production ◽

Life Cycle Assessments ◽

System Models ◽

Beef Cattle Production ◽

Farm System

Abstract A model is a tool used to study the dynamics of a system when investigations on the system itself are difficult because of scope, scale, sensitivity, or other complexities. Beef cattle production in the United States is at least a 2- to 4-phase process, consisting of economic, social, environmental, and biological relationships. As such, modeling is a logical strategy to handle many research questions focused on systems responses of beef cattle production systems. There are a number of modeling tools that can be used to research beef cattle production settings, including but not limited to: nutrient requirement models, pasture models, farm system models, and life cycle assessments. Life cycle assessments are the broadest category of models and typically fall under the umbrella of static, deterministic, empirical models that encompass the entirety of the beef production system from manufacture of the inputs through production of the outputs. There are a number of life cycle assessments of beef cattle production systems and comparison of the outcome of these models is a strategy to discern how changes in one aspect of the production system affect all downstream processes. Farm system models can assess an individual economic enterprise or an entirety of a beef production system and typically are dynamic, mechanistic models of the interactions between cattle and their external environments. Several researchers have also established deterministic, empirical farm system models, or hybrids of these two model types. Pasture models can be independent of or tightly linked with farm system models. Most pasture models are dynamic, mechanistic models; however, deterministic, empirical models also exist. Pasture models typically seek to model plant/soil/water interactions. Finally, animal response models and nutrient requirement models can be used to represent animal/feed/management interactions. These models can be dynamic or static, deterministic or mechanistic.

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Life-Cycle Assessment of the Beef Cattle Production System for the Northern Great Plains, USA

Journal of Environmental Quality ◽

10.2134/jeq2013.03.0101 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 42 (5) ◽

pp. 1386-1394 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Christopher D. Lupo ◽

David E. Clay ◽

Jennifer L. Benning ◽

James J. Stone

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Beef Cattle ◽

Great Plains ◽

Production System ◽

Northern Great Plains ◽

Cattle Production ◽

Beef Cattle Production

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520 Late-Breaking: Effect of Technology on Environmental Emissions from Four Representative U.S. Feedlots and the Beef Production System

Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.1093/jas/skab235.285 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 99 (Supplement_3) ◽

pp. 155-155

Author(s):

Jessica Gilreath ◽

Al Rotz ◽

Sara Place ◽

Greg Thoma ◽

Tryon Wickersham

Keyword(s):

Beef Cattle ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Production System ◽

Energy Use ◽

The United States ◽

Cattle Production ◽

Net Returns ◽

Beef Cattle Production ◽

Environmental Emissions ◽

Ractopamine Hydrochloride

Abstract Our objective was to evaluate effects of technological management strategies on environmental impacts and net returns of feedlot operations in the United States. Feedlot operations were simulated with the Integrated Farm System Model (IFSM 4.6; USDA-ARS, University Park, PA) to quantify baseline environmental impacts of feedlot production and full US beef cattle production systems. Strategies simulated included: ionophore, implant, ractopamine hydrochloride, combined management (ionophore, implant, and ractopamine hydrochloride; I+I+R), lubabegron, reduced mortality rate, and improved fiber digestion. Days on feed were adjusted whenever necessary and according to production practices typical of commercial feedlots. Subsequently, annual number of cattle finished by the operation was adjusted according to days on feed to maintain consistent one-time capacities. Mitigation strategies were individually modeled and simulated in IFSM for each feedlot operation to calculate intensities (expressed per kg gain) for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, fossil energy use, blue water consumption, and reactive nitrogen loss. Additionally, net returns to management were estimated for each feedlot operation. Feedlots were then integrated with simulations of cow-calf, stocker, and backgrounding operations to estimate environmental intensities (expressed per kg carcass weight) for the full beef cattle production system. Carbon emission intensity was reduced most using the I+I+R strategy (10%), followed by implant (6%) and ionophore (5%) strategies alone. Similarly, energy use intensity was reduced the greatest by I+I+R (9%), ionophore (5%), and implants (4%). Reductions in water use intensity were also greatest using I+I+R (9%). Net returns increased for all strategies compared to baseline net return with the greatest improvements observed for I+I+R ($114/finished animal) and implants ($66/animal). Consistent results were observed for all strategies simulated across all four environmental intensities when quantified for the full cattle production system. Implementing I+I+R (7%), ractopamine hydrochloride (4%), and lubabegron (4%) in feedlots resulted in the greatest reductions in environmental emissions.

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