Electronic procedures of animal marking and identification as well as the construction of comprehensive management information systems (datanetworkand expert-systems) under standardized conditions, can achieve a considerable contribution to using rationalization reserves in agriculture processing. Socio-political demands can be fulfilled more efficiently with regard to an adapted animal keeping...

The objective of this study was to develop a management information system to evaluate the tactical management of a breeder flock using individual farm analysis with a deterministic simulation model (IFAS). Individual farm analysis is a method that evaluates the performance of individual farms by comparing them with standards. In the first step of IFAS, a farm accounting system is used to compa...

n-farm research is motivated by a desire to learn more about a product/practice/system on land you manage. You may now have the tools (yield monitor, weighing grain cart, etc.) to accomplish on-farm research that generates information you can use in management decision-making. Your on-farm research should start with the design of a “valid comparison”, according to your research objective (Soil ...

The reduction of agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is essential to protect the quality of North Carolina's water resources. In order to reduce these pollutants, increased implementation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) by individual producers is being proposed. Recommended BMPs include soil and water conservation practices, fertilizer and animal waste management and integrated pes...

Traditionally cost-benefit analysis of different farm systems and management strategies, or losses due to diseases, are based on rough estimates made by experts. The purpose of this study is to use panel data to quantify the differences experienced in real life between farmand management systems (fixed sow versus loose sows, one site versus two or multi sites, etc.) and the actual loss due to d...

The objective of this paper was to study the relationships between technological use and farm and farmer characteristics in dairy and dual-purpose farms in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Quantitative and qualitative data related to farm dimensions, land use, pasture, nutrition, reproduction and health management and farm household social characteristics, access to information and technical assistance wer...

Stochastic budgeting is used to simulate the business and financial risk and the performance over a six-year planning horizon on a Norwegian dairy farm. A major difficulty with stochastic whole-farm budgeting lies in identifying and measuring dependency relationships between stochastic variables. Some methods to account for these stochastic dependencies are illustrated. The financial feasibilit...

Groundwater levels rose (an average of 10m) (mostly in 1970’s and 80’s) due to irrigation induced recharge to the groundwater in Coleambally Irrigation Area (CIA). Water table depth rise was a direct result of the net amount of recharge over and above the regional groundwater outflow capacity. Control of net recharge through a range of options is critical to the sustainability of CIA and requir...

We estimate the impacts of various types of government payments to U.S. agriculture on different components of farm household consumption. Using 2003 to 2005 data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), we show that marginal rates of consumption differ by consumption category and income source, including different types of farm program payments. The results suggest that farm ho...