A method of combining survey data and Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) records to achieve low cost farm trials is presented. Farm trials and surveys of current practices and production responses are useful to identify yield gaps between expectations predicted from experimental findings and actual field results. Different management schemes can be ranked using subjective probabilities a...

Dairy product quality monitoring begins at the farm and ends in hands of consumer. Raw milk must also meet other standards; it should be free drug residues, added water sediment, contaminants abnormalities. In our researches, is taken somatic cells count, number bacteria Aflatoxins as indicators raw from Ov?e Pole region period January-June, 2018. For needs this research, an analysis was made 1...

The dissemination of information by extension agents on dairy management prac­ tices used to control mastitis and the recep­ tion and use of that information by producers are investigated. Producers are surveyed to determine current practices used. The rela­ tionship between milk yield, somatic cell count, management practices, and producer and production characteristics is estimated. Subjectiv...

The California dairy industry generates about $4.5 billion in gross farm revenue, more than any other agricultural industry in the state. The dairy industry is also one of the most heavily regulated and supported agricultural industries in California. This article examines how the role of government has evolved in one part of the California milk marketing and pricing system. We describe the cre...

The success of Johne's disease (JD) control programs based on risk assessment (RA) depends on producers' compliance with suggested management practices. One objective of this study was to describe the perception of participating Canadian dairy farmers of the impact of JD, the RA process, and suggested management strategies. The second objective was to describe the cost of changes in management ...

Smallholder rice farming in Tanzania is an important economic activity that has the potential to livelihood improvement of smallholder farmers, yet their profitability remains low due several challenges they face. This study analyzed costs and benefits associated with farming, determined profit distribution among farmers assessed risk bearing ability under changing circumstances total variable ...

Savings and credit cooperatives play a significant role in this country's financial well-being, promoting savings providing accessible loans to members of all social classes. This study aimed investigate the impact internal controls on performance Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) operating Nairobi County, Kenya. More specifically, research sought understand effects segregation duties, appr...

In Victoria the usual diluent for deep frozen bull semen consists of a mixture of egg yolk, sodium citrate and glycerol. The semen is equilibrated in this mixture for 17 hours prior to freezing. O’Dell and Almquist (1957), and Amman and Almquist (1957) found that survival of spermatozoa as assessed by motility was increased when the semen was diluted with a mixture of glycerol, fructose and ski...

Efforts to develop market opportunities are a key element of the current USAID agricultural strategy. In this study, we illustrate how milk marketing in two pastoral towns in northern Kenya is influenced by patterns in intra-household decision making. In this pastoral study area, men make migration decisions and women market milk. Since milk markets are in town and households change location fr...