Knowledge about the patterns of animal movement--particularly feeder-cattle movement--within the USA is necessary in order to anticipate how diseases might be spread geographically. This study was conducted to explore the availability of interstate-level movement data which might be used to develop a more coherent national picture of interstate feeder-cattle movement. State Statistical Offices ...

A study on nutrient uptake by different legume crops was carried out at two locations–one at Bangladesh Agricultural University farm Mymensingh and another at Regional Agricultural Research Station of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Jamalpur. The objective was to find out the optimum concentrations of different nutrient elements and its uptake by legume crops in a Wheat-Legume-T. Am...

Physiological Ecology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom (J.K., H.G.); Biobased Products, Agrotechnology and Food Science Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.E.S.); Botany Department, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland (F.A., N.F., F.C., M.B.J.); T...

the process of globalization is changing the world economically, politicaly, socially and culturally. globalization in the general sense is the greater integration of the national economies in the world and it is a much discussed phenomenon. greater integration has many effects on the structure of production in national economies, the roleof multinational corporation and foreign direct investme...

Two-stage utility maximization theory has been widely used in the literature to estimate import demand for agricultural commodities that are often inputs. This article examines the overlooked conceptual and empirical limitations of applying two-stage utility maximization theory to model the demand for imported commodities that are inputs. A discussion is presented about how the underutilized th...

The imbalance between water supply and demand in the country has challenged water resource management, especially in the agricultural sector. The virtual water study approach, as an approach that values the use of water inputs in the production and consumption of various commodities, has been established and discussed for almost two decades. Based on this concept, the issue of virtual water tra...

In December 2019, China committed to purchase more imports from the United States under a Phase One trade agreement. We show that most efficient way for increase its agricultural is mimic effect of an import subsidy, which would need be 42% and 59%, respectively, meet 2020 2021 targets in absence other growth 2017. As result, divert away countries, especially Australia Canada, followed by Brazi...