The technique of the processor farm has become very widely used for paral lelising applications often being mentioned without reference to any source The goal of this work has been to put together a complete and rigorous un derstanding of what the technique can be used for and what is needed in order to arrive at an e ciently farmed application This paper consists of these two parts We have sho...

INCE 1974, FOLLOWING PUBLICATION of Schuh’s “The Macroeconomics of Agriculture,” much research effort has been devoted to determining whether and how monetary policy affects the farm sector. One of the more active areas of interest has been the question of whether changes in the money stock affect the farm! nonfarm product relative price ratio. The reason for this particular interest, as descri...

The technique of the processor farm has become very widely used for paral-lelising applications, often being mentioned without reference to any source. The goal of this work has been to put together a complete and rigorous understanding of what the technique can be used for and what is needed in order to arrive at an eeciently farmed application. This paper consists of these two parts. We have ...

This contribution is based on the personal experiences of the author as a typical crop farmer in Holland in 1925-1991, as a researcher at the Dutch Institute of Agricultural Engineering (19541964), and as the Director of that Institute in the period 1964-1983. In essence, the 20th century developments in mechanized agriculture are considered from a historical perspective. The future of farm mec...

Popular government presupposes the existence of liberty, equality, and justice as its fundamental principles. Theoretically these principles prevail in Michigan. Practically they do not. How is it as to political rights ? One-half of the people, though subject to the laws, have no voice in making those laws. Their right to vote and the right of the people to cast their votes for them is denied....

Any certification program must have audits in order to ensure that the product, process or system meets the requirements intended for the program and that they continue to follow these procedures. Audits are intended for control or compliance. This paper will deal with the different types of audits, how they are conducted and who usually conducts them. The procedures used in any audit have been...

There are inexpensive and rapid bacteriologic tests available that allow veterinarians as well as dairy producers to make real-time decisions to better manage udder health in their herds. The commercial on-farm culture system (OFCS) that will be discussed include Petrifilm plates (3M Microbiology) and Minnesota Easy Culture System. Petrifilm plates are ready-to-use culture media that are used p...

On Farm Research (OFR) ist eine Methode zur Beurteilung von Precision Farming (PF). Sie umfasst die Planung, Anlage und Auswertung von praxisnahen, großflächigen Feldversuchen, unter Einbeziehung von Precision Farming Technologien. Diese werden im landwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen durchgeführt.

rice production in most of asian countries has been increased more rapidly than population and this has been led to increase in supply and proportionately decrease in the real price of rice in world and domestic markets. furthermore, together with growth in production and national gross income of the country per-capita income has been increased and also demand for rice at national and internati...