Author : Mike Hutjens
Publisher : Hoard's Dairyman Books
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 34,53 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780932147356
Types of feeding systems for dairy cattle - sizing, economics, TMRs, feed storage and feed bunk management.
Author : M. F. Hutjens
Publisher : Hoard's Dairyman
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 2008-07
Category : Dairy cattle
ISBN : 9780932147530
Author : John Moran
Publisher : Landlinks Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,40 MB
Release : 2005-12-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 064309976X
Tropical Dairy Farming is a manual designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock. It shows how to provide dairy cows with cost-effective feeds that match small holder farming systems and discusses the major obstacles to improving feeding management in the humid tropics. The author shows the benefits and drawbacks of various feed components and the calculation of balanced diets based mainly on forages combined with some supplementary feeding. Diseases and problems associated with unbalanced diets are also covered, as well as important information on growing and conserving quality forages as silage. The book draws on examples from a variety of countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, East Timor and the Philippines.
Author : H. H. Van Horn
Publisher : American Dairy Science Association
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 35,26 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service. Cooperative Extension
Publisher : Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Author : Peter de Jong
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,95 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118489470
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sustainable dairy production, helping the industry to develop more sustainable dairy products, through new technologies, implementing life cycle analysis, and upgrading and optimization of their current production lines. It aims to stimulate process innovations, taking into account environmental, economic and public relations benefits for companies. Topics covered include: How to set up a sustainable production line How to quantify the carbon foot print of a dairy product by using life cycle analysis Current technologies to improve the carbon foot print What measures can be taken to reduce the global warming potential of the farm Reduction of water use in dairy production Marketing sustainable dairy products Bench marking of dairy products against other food products Potential future technological developments to improve the carbon foot print for the following decades
Author : John Moran
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0643102167
This book is the first detailed and comprehensive guide to the use of feedpads in the dairy industry, from planning and construction to day-to-day management, written especially for farmers. With ongoing droughts and access to water driving up the cost of conserved forages and feeding concentrates, feedpads offer flexible and efficient systems to maximise returns on feeding expensive supplements to grazing dairy cows, and form part of the risk management strategy for dairy farms. Feedpads for Grazing Dairy Cows covers all the aspects of animal husbandry involved in running a successful system and addresses key issues such as formulating rations to balance grazed pasture, management of farm labour and effluent management. The key principles of dairy nutrition are explained along with the concept of partial mixed rations and the range of potential ingredients. The authors also cover the physical features of feedpad design and construction and provide a checklist for planning a feedpad. They discuss important issues such as cow welfare, animal health and the management of effluent, including cleaning the pad, storing and recycling these solids and liquids on farm while minimising feedpad odours, flies and vermin. This book demonstrates a wide range of long-term economic benefits and will play an important role in helping dairy farmers achieve higher farm profitability.
Author : Ollie Ezekiel Reed
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Alfalfa silage
ISBN :
Author : Fuller W. Bazer
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128170530
Animal Agriculture: Sustainability, Challenges and Innovations discusses the land-based production of high-quality protein by livestock and poultry and how it plays an important role in improving human nutrition, growth and health. With exponential growth of the global population and marked rises in meat consumption per capita, demands for animal-source protein are expected to increase 72% between 2013 and 2050. This raises concerns about the sustainability and environmental impacts of animal agriculture. An attractive solution to meeting increasing needs for animal products and mitigating undesirable effects of agricultural practices is to enhance the efficiency of animal growth, reproduction, and lactation. Currently, there is no resource that offers specific knowledge of both animal science and technology, including biotechnology for the sustainability of animal agriculture for the expanding global demand of food in the face of diminishing resources. This book fills that gap, giving readers all the necessary information on important issues facing modern animal agriculture, namely its sustainability, challenges and innovative solutions. - Integrates new knowledge in animal breeding, biotechnology, nutrition, reproduction and management - Addresses the urgent issue of sustainability in modern animal agriculture - Provides practical solutions on how to solve the current and future problems that face animal agriculture worldwide
Author : Antonella Vastola
Publisher : Springer
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319163574
This book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural resource systems and new technologies. The experiences made by the researchers of the School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Science (SAFE) of the University of Basilicata offer a wide and multidisciplinary approach to the identification and testing of different solutions tailored to the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the region and the surrounding areas. Basilicata’s productive system is mainly based on activities related to the agricultural sector and exploitation of natural resources but it has seen, in recent years, an industrial development driven by the discovery of oil fields. SAFE research took up the challenge posed by market competition to create value through the sustainable use of renewable and non-renewable resources of the territory. Moreover, due to its unique geographical position in the middle of the Mediterranean basin, Basilicata is an excellent “open sky” laboratory for testing sustainable solutions adaptable to other Mediterranean areas. This collection of multidisciplinary case studies and research experiences from SAFE researchers and their scientific partners is a stimulating contribution to the debate on the development of sustainable techniques, methods and applications for the Mediterranean regions.
