Most of the citrus fruits grown worldwide are oranges of various varieties. More than half of these are processed and have their juice extracted. The resultant wet citrus waste has been used for over 60 years as a source of feed for livestock. Most citrus pulp is now dried for convenience of storage and transport prior to feeding to ruminant livestock. Brazil and the U.S.A. are the largest expo...

Abstract The Agro Techno Park (ATP) area was built with the aim of facilitating research, education, dissemination and acceleration transfer agricultural technology produced by government agencies, universities collaboration other multi actors. concept developed in Guguak is an integrated model that integrates agriculture animal husbandry, especially beef cattle food crops. purpose this paper t...

Variations in milk and feed prices directly affect dairy farm risk management decisions. This research used data from the 2010 US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Resource Management Surveys phase III dairy survey to examine how risk management tools affected revenues and expenses across US dairy farms. The survey was sent to 26 states and collected information on costs and returns to ind...

There is an urgent need to increase the supply of sustainable protein for use in animal feed and the use of insect protein provides a potential alternative to protein crops and fishmeal. For example, fly larvae are highly compatible with use in animal feed containing much digestible protein with levels of key amino acids that are comparable with those found in high value alternatives such as so...

The main directions of research on perennial grasses in the field feed production Feed Institute are revealed. analysis was carried out grasses: clover, alfalfa, galega and grasses. In chronological order, indicating names positions researchers, a list all areas on: introduction culture is given; terms, methods sowing, norms sowing seeds single-species mixed phytocenoses; selection cover crops;...

Given the need for parallel increases in food and energy production from crops in the context of global change, crop simulation models and data sets to feed these models with photosynthesis and respiration parameters are increasingly important. This study provides information on photosynthesis and respiration for three energy crops (sunflower, kenaf, and cynara), reviews relevant information fo...

There are prospects for using novel feeds from various sources to provide ruminants with alternative sources of protein and energy such as by-products, and animal wastes. Rabbit feces are a concentrated source of fiber and could have commercial potential both as input biomass in anaerobic processes for biogas production, as well as a fibrous source for ruminal degradation. The aims of this work...

The diversification of agriculture and the development of new crops are closely related. Although diversification is often justified by reference to practical experience, we know little about the theoretical basis for diversification or its causes and effects. Is it theoretically possible to feed the world on a fixed and unchangeable set of species and varieties? Empirical evidence suggests not...

Crop rotation is one of the oldest and most important approaches to the con­ trol of nematodes that feed on the roots of annual crop plants. The value of rotations often was recognized long before their effects upon the dynamics of nematode populations and communities were considered. As specific nema­ tode problems were identified and their economic importance demonstrated, attention usually w...