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...

The data-farm template is a software component for the Pipelined Processor Farm (PPF) software architecture. The PPF data-farm template is a exible, semi-manual method of prototyping continuous-ow applications. The template design originates in a set of abstract design principles. The PPF template is instrumented to provide either support for logic debugging at an intermediate development level...

A case is made for greater emphasis to be placed on value chain management as an alternative to geographically based disease risk mitigation for trade in commodities and products derived from animals. The geographic approach is dependent upon achievement of freedom in countries or zones from infectious agents that cause so-called transboundary animal diseases, while value chain-based risk manag...

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...

In the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak in the United States, a rapid and humane method of on-farm swine euthanasia will be required. Given the extraordinary number of animals involved and the design of currently used swine confinement buildings, methods relying on the handling and restraint of individual animals will likely prove much too slow to stem the spread of disease. Humanely ...

Based on the fact that the academe rarely researches the quality safety of farm products from the view of the game theory, we utilized choice behavior of the government which influences the purchaser (market) and the producer (farmers) by the combination of the compensation mechanism and the quality rating mechanism in Chinese quality safety management of farm products to enhance the quality of...

We present the model of a new information system for agribusiness management that supports Direct Costing and Activity Based Costing methodologies. We conducted interviews with key-informants to evaluate their needs and identify the information requirements for the introduction of structured cost management approaches in a Farm Management Information System. The paper presents a viable design o...

Business Intelligence (BI) can assist in agricultural enterprises to strengthen their production potential and technical effi ciency due to its eff ective support to the managerial, analytical, planning, and decision-making activities of managers and specialists. However, the state of the BI in the Czech Republic is not still completely understood. In this context, this paper aims at the evalua...