The Analysis of Response in Crop and Livestock Production
The Analysis of Response in Crop and Livestock Production

Author: John L. Dillon

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0080983901

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The role of the agricultural scientist is to manipulate crop and livestock response phenomena so that they serve society's needs better, enabling countries to obtain full benefit from their agricultural resources. By producing food more efficiently, resources can be made available for non-agricultural development and other needs beyond the essentials of food and fibre. This text provides an introductory outline of the analytical principles involved in appraising the efficiency of crop-fertilizer and livestock-feed response. It provides students of both agricultural science and economics with a simple but formal exposition of the why, how and wherefore of the principles of crop and livestock analysis, thereby helping to further co-operative effort among biological and economic researchers. The third edition has been updated and revised, with additions relating to the principles of modelling, the concept of economic duality as pertinent to response processes, the appraisal of aggregate response, and the economics of response research.

Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures
Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures

Author: Monte Rouquette Jr.

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 0128144750

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Management Strategies for Sustainable Cattle Production in Southern Pastures is a practical resource for scientists, students, and stakeholders who want to understand the relationships between soil-plant interactions and pasture management strategies, and the resultant performance of cow-calf and stocker cattle. This book illustrates the importance of matching cattle breed types and plant hardiness zones to optimize cattle production from forages and pastures. It explains the biologic and economic implications of grazing management decisions made to improve sustainability of pastures and cattle production while being compliant with present and future environmental concerns and cattle welfare programs. - Documents the effects of cattle grazing on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints - Discusses strategies to enhance soil fertility, soil health, and nutrient cycling in pastures - Provides information on the use of stocking rates, stocking strategies and grazing systems to optimize cow-calf production of weaned calves and stockers. - Presents innovations in cattle supplementation and watering systems to minimize negative impacts on water and soil health - Includes methods for weed control to maintain pasture condition and ecosystem stability - Describes management strategies to integrate cattle operations with wildlife sustainability

Principles of Cattle Production, 3rd Edition
Principles of Cattle Production, 3rd Edition

Author: Clive J C Phillips

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2018-11-02

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1786392704

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Completely updated and revised, this new edition continues to provide an introductory level text for all interested in beef and dairy cattle production systems. It presents a vision for a cattle industry that contributes to the environment, to the welfare of cattle and to the provision of safe and high quality food.

Agricultural Supply Response
Agricultural Supply Response

Author: Hossein Askari

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13:

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Review the commonly pursued governmental agricultural policies, summarize and collate the results of some of the studies of peasant supply responsiveness. Identify the reasons for the different results across crops and countries and discuss the areas deserving further attention.

Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-04-07

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0309168643

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Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of ammonia, nitrous oxide, methane, and other pollutants emitted from livestock and poultry farms, and for determining how these emissions are dispersed in the atmosphere. The committee calls for the EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish a joint council to coordinate and oversee short - and long-term research to estimate emissions from animal feeding operations accurately and to develop mitigation strategies. Their recommendation was for the joint council to focus its efforts first on those pollutants that pose the greatest risk to the environment and public health.

Commodity Models for Forecasting and Policy Analysis
Commodity Models for Forecasting and Policy Analysis

Author: Walter C. Labys

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-02-01

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1003846718

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Originally published in 1984 this book remains as relevant as when it was first published. At that time the oil crises of the 1970s and the growing international debt burden highlighted the extent to which events in primary commodity markets continue to influence the economies of developing and industrialized economies alike. Commodity modelling has become a valuable tool in efforts to predict and understand the behaviour of commodity markets and thereby reduce their fluctuations. This book provides an overview of the nature of the different types of commodity model as well as their diverse applications. In non-technical language the reader is introduced to the underlying modelling methodologies, including their advantages, limitations and commodity specific implications. The book will be of interest to commodity economists, traders and analysts, economic planners and those involved in agricultural, mineral and energy modelling.