scholarly journals Ration Balancing for Sustainable Animal Production: Resources and Methodology

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-281
Author(s):  
Avijit Dey
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Feed Resources ◽  
Livestock Sector ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Rule Method ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Production Resources

Ration balancing is prime consideration to uplift the animal husbandry sector. Balanced ration is the key factor to influence the productivity of animals as well as declines the cost of animal production. A large quantity of feed resources are available, those are fully capable to nourish the livestock sector. Various scientific methods viz. Thumb rule method, Pierson’s square method, Algebric method, computerized model etc. are available to formulate balanced ration, by implementing them on available feed resources. Thus, fully utilization of available feed resources and implementation of scientific feeding methodologies are key forecast for development in animal husbandry sector.

scholarly journals Resource-saving technologies for preparing fodder crops

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 00106
Author(s):  
Tatiana Marinchenko
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
Feed Processing ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Feed Resources ◽  
Feed Production ◽  
Fodder Crops ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Unconventional Feed

A modern animal husbandry needs balanced feeding with rational use of feed and the maximum involvement of unconventional feed. At the same time, issues of increasing the nutritional value of feeds, improving quality, reducing the share of cereals remain urgent, since they occupy a significant part in the composition of the diet and cost structure. The application of modern feed processing technologies increases the efficiency of their use, increases the performance of animal husbandry, as evidenced by numerous experiments. The organization of feed production based on own feed resources significantly reduces the cost of production. The application of a number of technologies has been discussed and justified, which allows obtaining feed with high zootechnical and consumer characteristics, as well as with high rates of nutrition, digestibility and biological value with a significant reduction in the cost of feeding.

scholarly journals Raw Material Resources for Extruding

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Marinchenko
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Production Waste ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Feed Resources ◽  
Feed Costs ◽  
The Cost

Substantial research has been devoted to the problems of more rational feeding of animals, improving the quality and nutritional value of existing feeds with a general reduction in the cost of their production, as well as the search for new and alternative sources of feed and methods for their preparation. At the same time, the scientific community is faced with issues of finding the best ways to recycle agricultural and food production waste. Since agricultural producers and processors also face the problem of recycling a variety of waste, the practical implementation of research in these areas is one of the main tasks of the agricultural sector. This article examines the feasibility of organizing on-farm production of animal feed based on a mobile extruder plant that uses waste from the production and processing of crops, food and other industries. This would reduce feed costs, increase the efficiency of using internal feed resources and would utilize production waste. This approach would significantly reduce the cost of livestock products or could become a source of additional income. The data on the extrusion of a number of non-traditional sources of feed products, such as waste from leather production, grape processing, mushroom cultivation, etc., are provided. Keywords: agriculture, animal husbandry, feeding, alternative feed resources, production waste, extruding, efficiency

Deferring Crisis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Stewart Mauldin
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Antebellum South ◽  
Westward Expansion ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Land Use Practices ◽  
Ecological Regime

This chapter explores the ecological regime of slavery and the land-use practices employed by farmers across the antebellum South. Despite the diverse ecologies and crop regimes of the region, most southern farmers employed a set of extensive agricultural techniques that kept the cost of farming down and helped circumvent natural limits on crop production and stock-raising. The use of shifting cultivation, free-range animal husbandry, and slaves to perform erosion control masked the environmental impacts of farmers’ actions, at least temporarily. Debates over westward expansion during the sectional crisis of the 1850s were not just about the extension of slavery, they also reflected practical concerns regarding access to new lands and fresh soil. Both were necessary for the continued profitability of farming in the South.

From a Seed to a Need: the Growth of Shape Memory Applications in Europe.

1991 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ir. J. Van Humbeeck
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Manufacturing Cost ◽  
Product Price ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Place Promotion ◽  
Memory Applications ◽  
The Cost

AbstractA more systematic marketing research approach has finally revealed good ideas anticipating a market need for the use of shape memory alloys. The success of those new ideas, prototypes and applications are analysed in terms of “the value of the function”, defined as the importance of the function divided by the cost of providing the function. A high importance and/or a low cost of the function are thus the basic requirements for the successful introduction of shape memory applications. Attention is also paid to the way how the 4 P's, product, price, place, promotion (the marketing mix) are applied by the European companies. Those different items will be illustrated on the basis of some small-, medium- and largescale applications, used in different markets. “to the point research”, fundamental and applied, on material properties as well as on manufacturing (cost reduction) is being discussed as the key factor to increase the function value.

scholarly journals Multiobjective formulation is an effective method to reduce environmental impacts of livestock feeds

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (11) ◽  
pp. 1298-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Garcia-Launay ◽  
Léonie Dusart ◽  
Sandrine Espagnol ◽  
Sarah Laisse-Redoux ◽  
Didier Gaudré ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Land Occupation ◽  
Feed Formulation ◽  
Livestock Feeds ◽  
Feed Cost ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Commercial Farms ◽  
The Cost

AbstractEnvironmental and economic performances of livestock production are related largely to the production of complete feeds provided on commercial farms. Formulating feeds based on environmental and economic criteria appears a suitable approach to address the current challenges of animal production. We developed a multiobjective (MO) method of formulating feed which considers both the cost and environmental impacts (estimated via life cycle assessment) of the feed mix. In the first step, least-cost formulation provides a baseline for feed cost and potential impacts per kg of feed. In the second, the minimised MO function includes normalised values of feed cost and impacts climate change, P demand, non-renewable energy demand and land occupation. An additional factor weights the relative influence of economic and environmental objectives. The potential of the method was evaluated using two scenarios of feed formulation for pig, broiler and young bulls. Compared to baseline feeds, MO-formulated feeds had lower environmental impacts in both scenarios studied (−2 to −48 %), except for land occupation of broiler feeds, and a moderately higher cost (1–7 %). The ultimate potential for this method to mitigate environmental impacts is probably lower than this, as animal supply chains may compete for the same low-impact feed ingredients. The method developed complements other strategies, and optimising the entire animal production system should be explored in the future to substantially decrease the associated impacts.

Animal production studies in Jamaica. IV. The costs of developing and maintaining pangola grass pastures

1964 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Nestel
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Cost ◽  
Direct Cost ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Direct And Indirect Costs ◽  
Production Studies ◽  
Total Range ◽  
The Cost

The cost of developing and maintaining pangola grass pastures has been examined under a range of conditions. The direct cost of improving pastures to the stage where they were established as 5–10 acre, fenced, watered units of pangola grass was about £30 per acre. Under favourable conditions this cost could be reduced to £20, but with difficult land or poor techniques the cost could rise to £40 or more per acre. In addition to the direct cost of establishment there was an indirect cost due to land being out of use or stock numbers having to be reduced. This indirect cost appeared to be highest on lands where planting costs were least. It was suggested that there might be an inverse relationship between direct and indirect costs which tended to narrow the total range of establishment costs.

The planning, rationing and organization of work on technical maintenance of machinery and equipment in animal husbandry

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
L. I. Kovalyev ◽  
I. L. Kovalyev ◽  
M. N. Kostomakhin
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Technical Service ◽  
Average Total Cost ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Maintenance And Repair ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Service Contracts ◽  
Technical Maintenance ◽  
The Cost

Maintenance and repair of livestock machinery and equipment is carried out as a rule by specialized repair and service enterprises on the basis of service contracts in accordance with the procedure established by law. However, with the renewal of the park’s farms with machines and equipment with automated and computerized process control, as well as the reconstruction of dairy farms and complexes, it became necessary to have a production base and highly qualified specialists for the maintenance of equipment. The most important and key provisions of the improved methodology of planning and accounting of work in the technical service of animal husbandry with the use of a number of standards are given, some features of accounting and planning of these types of work have been noted. The concepts of “repair unit” and “category of complexity of technical service” have been defined. The general provisions of the methodology for calculating costs and determining the cost of carrying out maintenance and repair of livestock equipment have been considered. On the base of calculations, the average total cost standards for carrying out maintenance and repair of livestock equipment have been established. These standards greatly simplify the planning of costs during the operation of equipment, and also allow us to determine the cost of maintenance and repair at different stages of the creation of new machines.

The tension between global GHG emissions of animal source foods, sustainability, and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (057) ◽  
Author(s):  
Constanza Gutiérrez-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Livestock Sector ◽  
The Caribbean

Abstract The livestock sector faces an important challenge in the medium and long term since it must satisfy an increasing demand for animal products as a result of the increase in population and the world economy but safeguarding natural resources and at the same time minimizing the environmental contamination, especially the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributed to livestock husbandry. For Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), this becomes more relevant given the importance of the sector for the food security of rural communities, particularly for small-scale producers. In this manuscript, we address the main challenges of LAC in this context, from a global perspective that includes the demographic, economic, cultural, and environmental effects. The biggest global challenge for the LAC livestock sector for the coming decades is how to satisfy the growing human demand for animal protein in a sustainable way maintaining the food security of their communities. The efforts to achieve these goals require focusing on improving the efficiency of both animal husbandry and production systems. Therefore, it is necessary to implement technologies of sustainable intensification and it is urgent that those who make political decisions become aware of these issues.

scholarly journals Application of the ABC method in animal husbandry

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 00244
Author(s):  
Tatyana Pavlyuchenko ◽  
Natalya Kosteva
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Method ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Cost Of Production ◽  
Abc Method ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
The Cost

One of the most important problems is the timely and accurate accounting of costs and output. Providing benefits from sales, obtaining benefits from enterprises and, accordingly, improving the quality of products. In this regard, the problem of building a system of state accounting of costs in agriculture is very relevant for national scientists. The article explores the methods of calculating the cost of livestock production by the traditional method and the ABC method, and also studies the prospects for determining the nature of ABC in the practice of enterprises. The study should lead to difficulties. This system is not widespread and does not have developed guidelines. This can lead to an incorrect distribution of processes and costs, a distortion of the calculation of the cost of production. Nevertheless, with a competent approach to using these parameters, you can get more accurate results.

Some Noteworthy Aspects in Designing High-Speed PCB

2013 ◽  
Vol 662 ◽  
pp. 846-850
Author(s):  
Jiang Hong ◽  
Zhi Wei Tang ◽  
Long Hu Chen
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Electromagnetic Compatibility ◽  
Signal Integrity ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Pcb Design ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Switch Rate ◽  
The Cost

With the increase of integrated circuit switch rate and PCB density, signal integrity has become one of the problems must be concerned in high-speed PCB design. How to fully consider EMC (Electromagnetic compatibility) and take effective measures has been a key factor of a system design. Based on the consideration of EMC, the author put forward some aspects in designing high-speed PCB. The optimized PCB design rules have steady and credible performance, the development period is shortened and the cost is reduced. The conclusions drawn from the dissertation are helpful to the design of high-speed PCB.

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