Phil McKenzie Change for Good Consulting, Wellington, New Zealand ABSTRACT Whether it is for policy, strategy, developing resilience or extension there is a need to engage effectively with the farmers we work with, and often the communities that support...
- January 23, 2019
Madeline M. Schultz¹, Lisa F. Scarbrough², Lorilee J. Schultz³ ¹Iowa State University Extension and Outreach ²Iowa State University Extension and Outreach ³Mil-R-Mor Dairy Farm Manager ABSTRACT Women have significant employment, management and ownership on Iowa farms. Farmwomen are willing...
- January 23, 2019
Brad Bergefurd1, Tim Woods2, Alex Butler2 1The Ohio State University, Piketon, Ohio, United States 2The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States ABSTRACT Produce auctions in the Ohio River Valley play an important role in the marketing of produce...
- January 23, 2019
Sue Trafford1, Guy Trafford1 1Lincoln University, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand ABSTRACT New Zealand’s economy is dependent on cow dairying’s contribution of approx. $7.8 billion to total GDP. However, it faces ratcheting pressure for more regulatory controls as the result...
- January 23, 2019
Mariana de Aragão Pereira1; Roberto Giolo de Almeida 1; Valdemir Antonio Laura 1; Fernando Paim Costa 1; Fabiana Villa Alves 1 1Researchers at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa Gado de Corte). mariana.pereira@embrapa.br ABSTRACT This study analyses the economic viability of...
- January 23, 2019
M.J.J. van den Heever1, W.A. Lombard2 & H. Jordaan3 1Postgraduate student, Department of Agriculture Economics, University of the Free State 2Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State 3Senior lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free...
- January 23, 2019
Muhammad Imran Siddique1, Peter Tozer1, Nicola Shadbolt1 1Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand ABSTRACT Since 2006, milk prices, on average, have increased but there has been a great deal of price volatility in global dairy trade prices as well...
- January 23, 2019
Agata Malak-Rawlikowska1, Edward Majewski1 1Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Nowoursynowska, Warsaw, Poland agata_malak_rawlikowska@sggw.pl ABSTRACT There is an on-going scientific and policy debate how to utilize the local food systems and Short Food Supply Chains...
- January 23, 2019
Stephen Macaulay Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management stephen@nzipim.co.nz ABSTRACT The sheer scale of technology developments in the agricultural and food sectors is moving at a speed we have simply not experienced before. Significant advancements...
- January 23, 2019
A/Prof. Leanne Wiseman Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland ABSTRACT This paper describes the changing legal landscape that farmers must navigate when adopting digital farming technologies and modernising their farming enterprises. The digital transformation that is taking place on farms and...
- January 23, 2019
