STATE AND TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET OF MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTION in UKRAINE

In a four year grazing trial with dairy cows the application of 5000 kg lime/ ha (applied in two applications of 2500 kg/ha in winter of the first two years) significantly increased annual pasture production in two of the four years and dairy production in one year. In three of the four years lime significantly increased pasture growth over summer/autumn with concurrent increases in milk production. In the last year of the trial lime had little effect on pasture growth but a relatively large increase in milkfat production resulted. A higher incidence of grass staggers was recorded on the limed farmlets in spring for each of the four years. In the second spring immediately following the second application of lime significant depressions in both pasture and plasma magnesium levels were recorded. By the third spring differences in plasma magnesium levels were negligible but small depressions in herbage magnesium resulting from lime continued to the end of the trial. Lime significantly raised soil pH, Ca and Mg levels but had no effect on either soil K or P. As pH levels of the unlimed paddocks were low (5.2-5.4) in each autumn and soil moisture levels were increased by liming, these factors may suggest possible causes for the seasonality of the pasture response to lime

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THE SOIL PATTERN AND TRENDS IN WEST COAST AGRICULTURE SINCE 1964

Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association ◽

10.33584/jnzg.1981.42.1577 ◽

1981 ◽

pp. 19-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D.B. Wright

Keyword(s):

West Coast ◽

Land Development ◽

Dairy Production ◽

Waste Land ◽

Development Costs ◽

Coastal Soils ◽

Physical Features ◽

Soil Pattern ◽

Great Scope

The physical features, climate and soils of the West Coast are described. Expansion since 1964 of dairy production, sheep and beef cattle numbers, and areas of improved grassland are highlighted, as is the role of the Crown in land development and settlement. While isolation and distance, development costs, river problems, and farmer attitude and knowledge are considered limitations, great scope exists for increased production by the adoption, of more intensive techniques, including horticulture on the best coastal soils, and by development of waste land.

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Attitude of Dairy Farmers Towards Cultivation of Green Fodder Crops in Bidar District of Karnataka

THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ◽

10.21887/ijvsbt.v12i3.7118 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Prakash Kumar Rathod

Keyword(s):

Attitude Scale ◽

Dairy Production ◽

Personal Interview ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

Interview Method ◽

Ex Post ◽

Fodder Crops ◽

Ex Post Facto ◽

Medium Level ◽

Green Fodder

An ex-post-facto exploratory study was conducted to assess the attitude of dairy farmers towards cultivation of green fodder crops and constraints faced by them for fodder cultivation in Bidar district of Karnataka, India using an attitude scale through personal interview method. The study reported that majority of the respondents had medium level of favorable attitude towards green fodder cultivation and the variables education and scientific orientation of the farmers was found to be significantly correlated with attitude towards green fodder cultivation. The respondents perceived that non-availability of inputs and scarcity of water was the major constraints for cultivation of fodder in the study area. The study concluded that, there is a need to educate the farmers about green fodder cultivation and feeding through various extension approaches for improved dairy production in the study area.

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Evaluation of Virtual Water and Water Sustainability of Dairy Production in Trentino Alto Adige (North-Eastern Italy)

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11041047 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1047

Author(s):

Pier Paolo Miglietta ◽

Federica De Leo ◽

Benedetta Coluccia ◽

Yari Vecchio ◽

Fabian Capitanio

Keyword(s):

Water Availability ◽

Dairy Products ◽

Virtual Water ◽

Resource Depletion ◽

Small Scale ◽

Dairy Production ◽

Water Sustainability ◽

Freshwater Resource ◽

Total Turnover ◽

Protected Designations Of Origin

Dairy products play a significant role in the human diet, but they are often associated with high freshwater resource depletion. In Italy, the dairy sector represents more than 12% of the total turnover of the agri-food sector. Trentino Alto Adige is the first Italian region in terms of number of dairy farms, but it does not register a quantitatively consistent dairy production. Notwithstanding, it is characterized mostly by small-scale farms whose strengths are the Protected Designations of Origin and typical mountain productions. The present study aims at: (i) accounting for the virtual water VW of the main dairy products (milk, butter and cheese) produced in Trentino Alto Adige; (ii) estimating the renewable water resources based on the water flow assessment of the study area; (iii) assessing water sustainability comparing the virtual water consumption of the dairy sector at a regional level to the water availability. The findings show that the consumptive virtual water related to dairy production represents about 1% of the water availability in Trentino Alto Adige. Italy’s domestic dairy production is expanding to meet the growing demand, but the expansion of dairy farming in water-stressed regions should be avoided, preferring instead suitable mountain regions where small-scale farms represent a lively entrepreneurial substrate.

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Assessing and reducing the environmental impact of dairy production systems in the northern US in a changing climate

Agricultural Systems ◽

10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103170 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 192 ◽

pp. 103170

Author(s):

Karin Veltman ◽

C. Alan Rotz ◽

Larry Chase ◽

Joyce Cooper ◽

Chris E. Forest ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impact ◽

Production Systems ◽

Dairy Production ◽

Changing Climate

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Understanding the dairy production systems in rural settlements in the Brazilian semi-arid region: characterization, typology, and holistic perception

Tropical Animal Health and Production ◽

10.1007/s11250-021-02840-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 53 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Maria Samires Martins Castro ◽

Delano de Sousa Oliveira ◽

Raquel Oliveira dos Santos Fontenelle ◽

Ana Paula Araújo do Nascimento ◽

Robson Mateus Freitas Silveira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Arid Region ◽

Production Systems ◽

Dairy Production ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Holistic Perception ◽

Semi Arid Region ◽

Semi Arid

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Use of information and communication technologies in small-scale dairy production systems in central Mexico

Experimental Agriculture ◽

10.1017/s0014479720000319 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (5) ◽

pp. 767-779

Author(s):

Juan de Dios García-Villegas ◽

Anastacio García-Martínez ◽

Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordán ◽

Monica Elizama Ruiz-Torres ◽

Adolfo Armando Rayas-Amor ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cluster Analysis ◽

Production Systems ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Small Scale ◽

Central Mexico ◽

Dairy Production ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Group 2 ◽

Small Scale Dairy

AbstractThe objective of the study was to characterize small-scale dairy production systems to identify the technological preferences according to the farmer and farm characteristics and to analyze the importance and role of the information communication technologies (ICTs) in the dissemination of information related to management and livestock activities. To collect the data, a survey was applied to 170 small-scale dairy farmers from central Mexico. To characterize the farms, a factor analysis (FA) and cluster analysis (CA) were performed. To compare and identify differences between groups, a Kruskal–Wallis test was conducted. Four factors that explain 70.93% of the accumulated variance were identified; these factors explain the use of technology, production characteristics, social connections, and use of ICTs. The cluster analysis identified four groups. Group 1 was integrated by farmers with more experience and the largest farms. Group 2 had higher studies and use of ICTs. Group 3 was formed by young farmers but had a low use of technology. Group 4 contained older farmers with a low use of technology. The young farmers with higher studies have begun to incorporate ICTs into their daily activities on the farm, as observed in Group 2. Smartphones were the most used and were considered important by the farmers of the four groups, since they enable interaction with other farmers and the dissemination of topics of interest related with the farm. In conclusion, four group of farmers were differentiated; therefore, different extension approaches should be implemented to take into account the preferences and the technologies considered most important for each group. The ICTs are emerging technologies among small-scale dairy farmers to communicate information related to livestock management, mainly by young farmers with studies of secondary, as observed in Group 2.

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