scholarly journals On-Farm Management Decisions to Improve Beef Quality of Market Dairy Cows,

2004 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1558-1564 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Rogers ◽  
A.C. Fitzgerald ◽  
M.A. Carr ◽  
B.R. Covey ◽  
J.D. Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Farm Management ◽  
Beef Quality ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
On Farm

The effect of spring grass availability and grazing rotation length on the production and quality of herbage and milk in early spring

2019 ◽  
Vol 157 (5) ◽  
pp. 434-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Claffey ◽  
L. Delaby ◽  
N. Galvin ◽  
T. M. Boland ◽  
M. Egan
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Milk Production ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Grazing Management ◽  
Early Lactation ◽  
Animal Performance ◽  
Rotation Length ◽  
On Farm ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe importance of spring grass in the diet of early lactation dairy cows has been widely acknowledged. Numerous studies completed on a plot/paddock basis have identified methods of increasing herbage availability in spring, but little focus was placed on how this impacts animal production. The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of opening farm cover (OFC; grass availability on farm at turnout in spring; 1036 (high), 748 (medium) and 544 (low) kg DM/ha) and spring rotation length (fast – 56 days and normal – 63 days) on animal performance in early lactation and herbage production and quality. Spring rotation length had little effect on animal performance, herbage variables or sward composition. High OFC increased pre-grazing herbage mass, allowing for increased daily herbage allowance (DHA) compared to medium and low OFC. There was a reduced proportion of leaf in the sward of the high OFC compared to the low OFC, resulting in lower organic matter digestibility. Despite the reduction in sward quality observed as a consequence of achieving high OFC in spring, the greater DHA available to animals increased milk production (+1.4 kg milk/cow/day). Additionally, animals grazing a medium or low OFC had a greater requirement for silage supplementation in spring (+1.3 kg DM/cow/day). The benefits of the higher DHA highlighted in the current study suggest that autumn grazing management must be adapted to increase herbage availability in spring. However, the benefits observed in milk production did not persist beyond the first grazing rotation.

PERSEPSI PETANI TENTANG KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH DALAM UPAYA PENGEMBANGAN AGRIBISNIS SAYURAN

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Awaludin Sofwanto ◽  
Basita Ginting Sugihen ◽  
Djoko Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Farm Management ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
On Farm ◽  
And Training ◽  
Area Development ◽  
Farmer’S Perception

The regional government policies on vegetables agribusiness development is carried out through agropolitan area development program. The aims of this study are : (1) To get informations on perception of vegetables farmer’s towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development, (2) To get informations on the vegetables farmer’s efforts to increase vegetables agribusiness through agropolitan area development program, and (3) To analyze the correlation of farmer’s perception towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development with the farmer’s efforts to increase vegetables agribusiness. The method of this study is using descriptive correlation. Some important results of this study are : (1) The vegetables farmer’s perception towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development is high, (2) Vegetables farmer’s effort to increase vegetables agribusiness is high, and (3) There is significant correlation between vegetables farmer’s perception and the efforts of the vegetables farmer’s to increase vegetables agribusiness, such as : partnership with the entrepreneurs, on-farm management, and marketing management. The supporting sub-system merit such as : the micro financial institutions, agricultural education and training, agricultural extention, faciliting of regional governments to provide market places at main market in Jakarta should be increased.

Features of Assessing the Competitiveness of Management Decisions while Ensuring the Quality of Life of the Population

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
V.V. Kuznetsov ◽  
◽  
K.N. Malovik ◽  
S.I. Smolyakova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Management Decisions

scholarly journals On-farm examination of sainfoin supplementation effects in dairy cows in a roughage-based feeding system: indicators of protein utilisation

2021 ◽  
pp. 104509
Author(s):  
Alexandra N. Kapp-Bitter ◽  
Uta Dickhoefer ◽  
Gerdine Kaptijn ◽  
Vasilisa Pedan ◽  
Erika Perler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Protein Utilisation ◽  
On Farm

scholarly journals Recent Possibilities for the Diagnosis of Early Pregnancy and Embryonic Mortality in Dairy Cows

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1666
Author(s):  
Ottó Szenci
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Fetal Mortality ◽  
Reproductive Efficiency ◽  
Interferon Tau ◽  
Early Pregnancy Factor ◽  
Pelvic Inlet ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Protein Assays

One of the most recent techniques for the on-farm diagnosis of early pregnancy (EP) in cattle is B-mode ultrasonography. Under field conditions, acceptable results may be achieved with ultrasonography from Days 25 to 30 post-AI. The reliability of the test greatly depends on the frequency of the transducer used, the skill of the examiner, the criterion used for a positive pregnancy diagnosis (PD), and the position of the uterus in the pelvic inlet. Non-pregnant animals can be selected accurately by evaluating blood flow in the corpus luteum around Day 20 after AI, meaning we can substantially improve the reproductive efficiency of our herd. Pregnancy protein assays (PSPB, PAG-1, and PSP60 RIA, commercial ELISA or rapid visual ELISA tests) may provide an alternative method to ultrasonography for determining early pregnancy or late embryonic/early fetal mortality (LEM/EFM) in dairy cows. Although the early pregnancy factor is the earliest specific indicator of fertilization, at present, its detection is entirely dependent on the use of the rosette inhibition test; therefore, its use in the field needs further developments. Recently found biomarkers like interferon-tau stimulated genes or microRNAs may help us diagnose early pregnancy in dairy cows; however, these tests need further developments before their general use in the farms becomes possible.

Stochastic hydrology-how much hydrology does it contain and how much does it matter?

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-19
Author(s):  
V. Klemeš
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Probability Theory ◽  
Stochastic Models ◽  
Mathematical Statistics ◽  
Stochastic Hydrology ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
The Way

Most of what is routinely labeled ‘stochastic hydrology’ does not contain any hydrology at all and could be more properly identified as the fitting of stochastic models to samples of data of hydrologic origin. T0 engage in this enterprise, no hydrologic knowledge is necessary, nor do the results contribute to hydrologic knowledge. Moreover, the bulk of the current stochastic hydrology does not appreciably enhance the quality of water management decisions-an aim which provided the original impetus for its development. It seems that the mainstream of stochastic hydrology follows in the steps of ‘dam theory’, the only difference being that while the latter has become a self-contained branch of pure probability theory, the former is on the way to becoming a branch of pure mathematical statistics.

scholarly journals SUMMARY OF THE WORKSHOP ON FARM MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY

Agrekon ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-430
Author(s):  
L K Oosthuizen
Keyword(s):  
Farm Management ◽  
Management Efficiency ◽  
On Farm

Pasture renewal in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions: An overview of farmer practice, experience and attitudes

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Kelly Smith ◽  
R. Brazendale
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Farm Management ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
Rate Information ◽  
And Performance ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Over Time

Pasture persistence and performance, and associated issues such as black beetle, are of central concern to dairy farmers. The Pasture Renewal Survey 2010 aimed to better understand farmers' confidence in their ability to make informed decisions on their pasture renewal practices, their satisfaction with the success of this decision-making and the performance of their renewed pastures over time. In addition, the survey investigated their attitudes to information sources and what barriers they saw to improving pasture performance on farm. A postal and online survey elicited responses from 776 dairy farmers in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. The four main findings of the work were: 1. Farmers are more confident of their ability to make appropriate on-farm management decisions for renewed pasture than they are of their ability to choose appropriate cultivars and endophyte. 2. Farmers, while generally satisfied with their own success in renewing pasture, reported decreasing levels of satisfaction with renewed pastures over the 3 successive years following renewal. 3. Farmers do not rate information sources very highly in terms of their usefulness in relation to pasture renewal. 4. Weather-related issues and pest-related issues (particularly black beetle) were the most commonly identified barriers to improving pasture performance. Keywords: farmer confidence, farmer satisfaction, information sources, pasture renewal.

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