The present study was conducted to evaluate the response of dairy farmers about the timely availability of technical and extension services provided by milkfed in Amritsar, Bathinda and Ludhiana districts of Punjab. For the study, response of total 225 dairy farmers (75 each from Amritsar, Bathinda and Ludhiana districts) was analyzed regarding the provision of input services provided by milkfe...

one of the most important issues in dairy farm is feed management which aims to manage available and required feed. There are several problems associated with managing cattle feed such as how to best satisfy feed deficits or how to utilize extra feed available. Since early 70s, feed planning decision support systems have been developed to help farmers addressed issues. However, many of those sy...

Today's dairies are growing rapidly, with increasing dependence on Latino immigrant workers. This requires new educational strategies for improving milk quality and introduction to state-of-the-art dairy farming practices. It also creates knowledge gaps pertaining to the health of animals and workers, mainly due to the lack of time and language barriers. Owners, managers, and herdsmen assign tr...

This paper describes a new knowledge acquisition method using a generic design environment where context-sensitive knowledge is used to build specific DSS for rural business. Although standard knowledge acquisition methods have been applied in rural business applications, uptake remains low and familiar weaknesses such as obsolescence and brittleness apply. We describe a decision support system...

Appropriate selection of holistic management strategies for livestock farming systems requires: (1) understanding of the behaviour of, and interrelations between, the di€erent parts of the system; (2) knowledge of the basic objectives of the decision maker managing such enterprise; and (3) understanding of the system as a whole in its agro-ecoregional context. A decision-support system based on...

This study aimed to determine the proportion of Australian farming enterprises with systems and processes that meet current regulatory and industry standards for health and safety. Data from 683 farming enterprises were drawn from a nationally stratified random sample representing seven commodity sectors: beef cattle, cotton, dairy, horticulture, grain growing, sheep, and sugar cane. Results in...