The rapid growth in livestock farming since the late 1960s has resulted problems managing excess waste excreted from livestock. A study on water quality of groundwater, river water, and soil solution clarified that groundwater pollution by nitrate nitrogen was caused nitrogenous compounds permeating wastes under inappropriate management, including dumping and/or digging in. appropriate treatmen...

The advancement in computing and telecommunication has broadened the applications of drones beyond military surveillance to other fields, such as agriculture. Livestock farming using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems requires monitoring animals on relatively large farmland. A reliable communication system between UAVs ground control station (GCS) is necessary achieve this. This paper descri...

Over eight years we measured the effects of plant community composition, vegetation structure, and livestock grazing on occurrence of three grassland bird species-Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), and Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)-at sites in central California during breeding season. In California's Mediterranean-type climatic region, co...

This fact sheet has been developed to support the implementation of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Feed Management 592 Practice Standard. The Feed Management 592 Practice Standard was adopted by NRCS in 2003 as another tool to assist with addressing resource concerns on livestock and poultry operations. Feed management can assist with reducing the import of nutrients to the farm and...

This fact sheet has been developed to support the implementation of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Feed Management 592 Practice Standard. The Feed Management 592 Practice Standard was adopted by NRCS in 2003 as another tool to assist with addressing resource concerns on livestock and poultry operations. Feed management can assist with reducing the import of nutrients to the farm and...

Introduction This fact sheet has been developed to support the implementation of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Feed Management 592 Practice Standard. The Feed Management 592 Practice Standard was adopted by NRCS in 2003 as another tool to assist with addressing resource concerns on livestock and poultry operations. Feed management can assist with reducing the import of nutrients to...

abstract the objectives of this study were to identify the strengths (s), weaknesses (w), opportunities (o) and threats (t) in producing milk in the province of sistan and baluchestan . furthermore, the study attempted at developing strategies towards effective management of in the milk production. under the current situation, the study data was collected using questionnaires responded by three...

The demand, production and consumption of livestock products are growing faster than the increase in world population. This development has led to pollution problem caused by the increasing amount of animal waste. The complaints and health threats of animal waste pollution to our environment is on the increase. In some cases, the damage has been spectacular and even tragic. In Nigeria, there is...

Abstract Firm operators continually manage multiple sources of risk. In an application to cattle feedlot operations, our objective is determine if producers view output price and animal health risks separately or jointly. We conduct a survey with choice experiment placing in forward looking, decision-making scenarios, capture information on past risk management approaches. Evidence regarding re...