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1. The Drivers of Herbicide Use among Arable Farmers in Canterbury, New Zealand: Toward an Integrated Approach

Author:
Martin Espig; Robyn A. Dynes; Roxanne J. T. Henwood; Trevor K. James
Source:
Society & natural resources 2022 v.35 no.3 pp. 281-300
ISSN:
1521-0723
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; farms; herbicide resistance; herbicides; stakeholders; New Zealand;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing challenge in agricultural systems worldwide, leading to additional management costs and yield losses. Best practice management guidelines have been promoted for decades, yet incidences of resistance continue to increase. In New Zealand, herbicide resistance might be more widespread than commonly assumed. To respond to the emerging challenge, this article dra ...
DOI:
10.1080/08941920.2022.2032516

2. Review: Preference elicitation methods for appropriate breeding objectives

Author:
J.G. Burns; V. Eory; A. Butler; G. Simm; E. Wall
Source:
Animal 2022 v.16 no.6 pp. 100535
ISSN:
1751-7311
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; cattle; genetic improvement; market value; markets; silos; stakeholders; systematic review; uncertainty;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Breeding objectives of livestock and other agricultural species are usually profit maximising. The selection emphasis placed on specific traits to achieve a breeding objective is often informed by the financial value of a trait to a farm system. However, there are alternative, and complementary approaches to defining both the breeding objective and the selection emphasis placed on traits that are ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.animal.2022.100535

3. Improving Communications to Increase Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner (NIPF) Participation in Forest Certification Programs: A Case Study in Arkansas, USA

Author:
Elena C. Rubino; Nana Tian; Matthew H. Pelkki
Source:
Forests 2022 v.13 no.1 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; case studies; forest certification; forest land; forest management; nonindustrial private forests; surveys; tree farms; Arkansas;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Despite the socioeconomic and ecological significance of the 10.4 million acres of forestland owned by nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners across Arkansas (approximately 58% of forestland in the state), only 5% of this land is certified through the American Tree Farm System. As such, understanding how to improve the reach and content of communications to NIPF landowners is vital for exp ...
DOI:
10.3390/f13010086

4. Simulating the productivity and profitability of a herd of beef-dairy crossbred breeding cows on New Zealand hill country with fixed feed supply

Author:
Lydia J. Farrell; Stephen T. Morris; Paul R. Kenyon; Peter R. Tozer
Source:
Livestock science 2022 v.260 pp. 104924
ISSN:
1871-1413
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; Angus; Charolais; Simmental; beef; business enterprises; cattle feeds; cows; crossbreds; herds; pastures; profitability; progeny; sires; New Zealand;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Beef-dairy crossbred cows (such as Angus-Friesian) have lighter mature cow weights while weaning heavier calves compared with cows in a typical self-replacing New Zealand Angus breed herd. The objective of this study was to quantify the potential profitability of farming an Angus-Friesian cow herd through modelling the potential changes in cattle numbers, feed demand, production, and beef enterpri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.livsci.2022.104924

5. What is ‘conventional’ agriculture?

Author:
James Sumberg; Ken E. Giller
Source:
Global food security 2022 v.32 pp. 100617
ISSN:
2211-9124
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; agriculture; food security;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Agriculture faces many challenges. In both public discourse and the scientific literature debates about the future are increasing framed in terms of ‘alternative’ versus ‘conventional’ agriculture. In this paper we critically examine this framing, and seek to understand how the term conventional has been and is being used. We argue that the category conventional agriculture has little analytical p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100617

6. Default Vegetarianism and Veganism

Author:
Timothy Perrine
Source:
Journal of agricultural & environmental ethics 2021 v.34 no.2 pp. 13
ISSN:
1187-7863
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; ethics; journals; vegan diet;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper describes a pair of dietary practices I label default vegetarianism and default veganism. The basic idea is that one adopts a default of adhering to vegetarian and vegan diets, with periodic exceptions. While I do not exhaustively defend either of these dietary practices as morally required, I do suggest that they are more promising than other dietary practices that are normally discuss ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10806-021-09856-1

7. Addendum: Werner, D.; et al. Early Immunocastration of Pigs: From Farming to Meat Quality. Animals 2021, 11, 298

Author:
Daniela Werner; Lisa Baldinger; Ralf Bussemas; Sinje Büttner; Friedrich Weißmann; Marco Ciulu; Johanna Mörlein; Daniel Mörlein
Source:
Animals 2021 v.11 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; farms; immunocastration; meat quality; swine;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The authors wish to add the following to this paper [...] ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani11040996

8. Collective design of innovative agroecological cropping systems for the industrial vegetable sector

Author:
Camille Puech; Arnaud Brulaire; Jérôme Paraiso; Vincent Faloya
Source:
Agricultural systems 2021 v.191 pp. 103153
ISSN:
0308-521X
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; agroecology; farms; latitude; profitability; vegetables;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... There is an urgent need to reduce the use of phytosanitary products in industrial vegetables due to environmental and health concerns. However, as in many industrial sectors, vegetables production is characterised by strong constraints related to the expectations of consumers, the profitability of distributors and the processing steps of industrial companies. These constraints impact farming syste ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103153

9. Reducing milking frequency from twice each day to three times each two days affected protein but not fat yield in a pasture-based dairy system

Author:
J.P. Edwards; N. McMillan; R.H. Bryant; B. Kuhn-Sherlock
Source:
Journal of dairy science 2022 v.105 no.5 pp. 4206-4217
ISSN:
0022-0302
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; body condition; body weight; commercial farms; cows; energy; farm management; forage; herds; income; labor force; lactation; lactose; milk; pasture management; pastures; regression analysis; working conditions;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Milking 3 times in 2 d (3-in-2) could enhance the attractiveness of the dairy workplace relative to twice-a-day milking (TAD) by reducing labor requirements for milking and increasing workforce flexibility. The objective of this study was to quantify the farm system interactions associated with milking 3-in-2 at 3 stages of lactation, with the aim of providing guidance to pasture-based dairy farme ...
DOI:
10.3168/jds.2021-21242

10. Recent Advances in Smart Farming

Author:
Pedro Gonçalves; Paulo Pedreiras; António Monteiro
Source:
Animals 2022 v.12 no.6 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-2615
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; animals; farms; internet of things;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Digital Transformation, which has the Internet of Things (IoT) as one of its pillars, is penetrating all aspects of our society with dramatic effects [...] ...
DOI:
10.3390/ani12060705

11. Whole Farm Performance of Centrifuge Extraction of Phosphorus from Dairy Manure

Author:
C. Alan Rotz; Michael R. Reiner; Sarah K. Fishel; Clinton Dean Church
Source:
Applied engineering in agriculture 2022 v.38 no.2 pp. 321-330
ISSN:
0883-8542
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; agriculture; barns; cropland; dairy farming; dairy manure; electric energy consumption; eutrophication; exports; farms; financial economics; herds; models; nitrogen; phosphorus; phosphorus fertilizers; prices; risk; society; soil; Pennsylvania;     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... As the size of dairy farms has increased, feeds produced on the farm as well as those purchased from off-farm sources can be transported long distances to feed the herd. Transporting the manure back to the cropland used to produce the feed can be difficult and uneconomical. Technology such as a centrifuge can be used to extract nutrients into a more concentrated form for more efficient transport. ...
DOI:
10.13031/aea.14863

12. Farmer-centred design: An affordances-based framework for identifying processes that facilitate farmers as co-designers in addressing complex agricultural challenges

Author:
C.R. Eastwood; F.J. Turner; A.J. Romera
Source:
Agricultural systems 2022 v.195 pp. 103314
ISSN:
0308-521X
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; cognition; data collection; farmers; stakeholders; working conditions;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Structured co-design processes are increasingly used for agricultural system redesign challenges. Many co-design processes were created in non-agricultural contexts, therefore there has been limited analysis of how they are best applied when involving farmers in co-design.The aims of this paper are to describe the application and affordances of co-design processes in a context of complex agricultu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103314

13. District-level agricultural total factor productivity for the Karoo, South Africa: 1952–2002

Author:
Beatrice Conradie; Amelia Genis; Jan Greyling; Jenifer Piesse
Source:
Agrekon 2021 v.60 no.2 pp. 128-144
ISSN:
2078-0400
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; accounting; censuses; farms; irrigation systems; South Africa;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... An earlier study of district-level agricultural total factor productivity in the Western Cape province of South Africa Conradie et al. (2009a, b) is extended to include eleven Northern Cape districts that in combination make up the Karoo. Tornqvist Theil total factor productivity (TFP) indices are calculated using accounting data from 10 years of the farm census between 1949/50 and 2001/2. The Nor ...
DOI:
10.1080/03031853.2021.1908155

14. Changes in the Role of Agriculture from the Perspective of Innovative Agricultural Entrepreneurs. The Case of Szeklerland, Eastern Transylvania

Author:
Biró A. Zoltán; Ágnes Sárosi-Blága; Judit-Tünde Kovács
Source:
European countryside 2022 v.14 no.1 pp. 51-66
ISSN:
1803-8417
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; Europeans; entrepreneurship; farms; households; rural development; towns;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Relying on an interview-based research carried out in Szeklerland (Eastern Transylvania) between 2011 and 2020, the present study investigates the impact of the new rural development paradigm on the first level indicated by Van der Ploeg et al. (2000): changes in the relationship between agriculture and local society. The analysed region does not form an administrative unit, it is the eastern regi ...
DOI:
10.2478/euco-2022-0003

15. Exploring actors, their constellations, and roles in digital agricultural innovations

Author:
Kernecker Maria; Busse Maria; Knierim Andrea
Source:
Agricultural systems 2021 v.186 pp. 102952
ISSN:
0308-521X
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; farm management; farmers; farms; learning; technology; wills; Europe;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Agricultural innovations can emerge from multi-actor cooperation and so actors, their roles, and their activities will likely influence the character of novel farming practices. Recent studies suggest that such cooperation might be particularly relevant for the digitalization of farming, reflected in the transition from mechanical to data-based agricultural tools and practices, collectively referr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102952

16. AFHVS 2021 Presidential Address: critical praxis and the social imaginary for food systems transformation

Author:
Kim L. Niewolny
Source:
Agriculture and human values 2022 v.39 no.1 pp. 1-4
ISSN:
0889-048X
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; agriculture; agroecology; curriculum; farms; food justice; health policy; humans;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this 2021 AFHVS Presidential Address, Kim Niewolny provides a brief foray into the onto-epistemic framing of critical praxis for sustainable food systems transformation. Niewolny proposes we engage in the creative entanglement of critical praxis and the social imaginary to “unthink” the orthodoxies that govern our ideas of the possible. She offers several possibilities as pathways toward a food ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10460-021-10278-y

17. Weather, Workload and Money: Determining and Evaluating Sources of Stress for Farmers in Ireland

Author:
Mary Brennan; Thia Hennessy; David Meredith; Emma Dillon
Source:
Journal of agromedicine 2022 v.27 no.2 pp. 132-142
ISSN:
1545-0813
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; agromedicine; farmers; farms; probability; probit analysis; sheep; surveys; variance; weather; Ireland;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The demands of modern farming can place substantial stress upon the farmer, adversely impacting their wellbeing. This study identifies both the prevalence of stress and assesses the demographic, farm, and social characteristics that impact the incidence of stress. We report the results of a survey of a nationally representative sample of farm enterprises in Ireland undertaken in association with t ...
DOI:
10.1080/1059924X.2021.1988020

18. Constraints faced by women shgs in adoption of horticulture enterprises

Author:
Mita Meher; Sushree Purabi Panigrahi; Debasmita Nayak
ISSN:
2454-552X
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; data analysis; data collection; farms; horticulture; interviews; languages; mass media; statistical analysis; women;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The study was undertaken in Birmaharajpur and Ullunda blocks of Sonepur district with the objectives of studying constraints in adoption of enterprises and suggestions to overcome it. The number of respondents for this study was 120 women SHG members. The data were collected through a pre-tested structured interview schedule with appropriate statistical measures for analysis and interpretation of ...
DOI:
10.5958/2454-552X.2021.00022.0

19. Synthesizing Knowledge about Structural Change in Agriculture: The Integration of Disciplines and Aggregation Levels

Author:
Stefan Mann
Source:
Agriculture (Basel) 2021 v.11 no.7 pp. -
ISSN:
2077-0472
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; agriculture; farms;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... It is common sense that it needs social and economic perspectives to understand structural changes in agriculture. The current study asserts that, likewise, the integration of the farm level (micro), the sectoral level (meso), and the societal level (macro) are needed to gain insight into the system of agricultural structures. Following a review of the literature, these three levels were integrate ...
DOI:
10.3390/agriculture11070601

20. Can we obtain high productivity allied to environmental gains? An emergy-economic study of sheep meat production systems

Author:
Danny A. Rojas-Moreno; Rafael Araújo Nacimento; Yuli A. Pena-Bermudez; Vanessa Theodoro Rezende; Gustavo L. Sartorello; Carmo Da Silva Filho; Feni Agostinho; Ives C.S. Bueno; Augusto H. Gameiro
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2022 v.365 pp. 132722
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
farming systems,   etc   ; economic performance; emergy; feedlots; markets; meat production; profitability; sheep; sheep meat; sustainable development; Brazil;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Lamb production in Brazil has the state of São Paulo as its largest consumer market, but due to competition for area with other agricultural activities, sheep farming in São Paulo underwent an intensification of the production system to achieve better economic profitability. This intensification can compromise the sustainability of the system. There is no research concerning about emergy evaluatio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132722