Mathew A. Webb1,2, Darren Kidd1, Rhys Stickler1, Andrew Pirie3 1Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Prospect, TAS, Australia 2School of Life and Environmental Sciences & Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia 3Tasmanian Institute...
- January 22, 2019
Amanda Douridas1, Mary Griffith1, Edwin Lentz1, Mary Ann Rose1, John Schoenhals2 1Ohio State University Extension, Ohio, United States 2Pioneer, Ohio, United States ABSTRACT Ohio residents have been calling for changes in agricultural practices since harmful algal blooms have disrupted...
- January 22, 2019
Alison Bailey1, Jacob Kambuta1, Thomas Perrier1 1Lincoln University Alison.Bailey@lincoln.ac.nz ABSTRACT In recent years, the concept of sustainability has been a feature in agricultural policy discussions. In this context it is important to understand the rationale of farmer’s decisions in...
- January 22, 2019
Kapil Arora1, Kelvin Leibold1, Daniel Andersen1 1Iowa State University Extension & Outreach, Ames Corresponding Author: Kelvin Leibold, kleibold@iastate.edu ABSTRACT Manure application costs were evaluated for tank wagon applicators (TWA) and drag line applicators (DLA) for transport distance increments of...
- January 22, 2019
Brian H. Jacobsen1, Latacz-Lohmann2, Luesink, Harry and Michels, Rolf3, Lisa Ståhl4 1Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, brian@ifro.ku.dk 2Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kiel, Germany 3Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands 4Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of...
- January 22, 2019
Ringetani Maltou1, Yonas T. Bahta1 1Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Bahtay@ufs.ac.za/Yonas204@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Recurring drought is a major challenge to smaller holder livestock farmers. This study estimates agricultural drought resilience of smallholder livestock farms...
- January 22, 2019
Enoch Owusu-Sekyere1, Henry Jordaan1 1Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa kofiwusu23@gmail.com/OwusuSekyereE@ufs.ac.za ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper was to estimate consumers’ preferences for environmentally sustainable beef products, with the aim of developing and...
- January 22, 2019
