Richard Soffe1, Matt Lobley2 1Duchy Rural Business School, Chudleigh, Devon, United Kingdom 2Centre for Rural Policy Research, Exeter University, UK, Devon, United Kingdom ABSTRACT The topic of handing on the family farm to the next generation does not appear...
- 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
Jaka Zgajnar2, Emir Becirovic1 1Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina 2Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana Domzale, Slovenia ABSTRACT The paper presents a risk analysis for hypothetical farms focused on berry fruits production. The...
- January 22, 2019
Alison Hall1, Lydia Turner1 and Sue Kilpatrick2 1Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Mooreville Road, Burnie, Tasmania 7320 2Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania 7250 Corresponding Author: Alison Hall. Email: A.F.Hall@utas.edu.au. ABSTRACT Improving pasture utilisation on...
- January 22, 2019
Eva Schröer-Merker, Alison Bailey, Thomas Perrier, Ani Kartikasari, Jacob Kambuta, Kevin Old Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand ABSTRACT The Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) is a concept that describes the different organisations...
- January 22, 2019
David Stevens1, Bob Cottrell2, Tanira Kingi3, Weo Maag4, Tony Whaata5, Clinton Hemana6, Andrew Beijeman7, Marie Casey8, Fiona Comer9 and Shona Frengley9 1AgResearch Ltd 2 Tarawera Farm Trust 3 Whakaue Farming Ltd 4 Pukepoto Farm Trust 5Tautara Matawhaura Trust 6 Opepe...
- January 22, 2019
Henning Otte Hansen Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen hoh@ifro.ku.dk ABSTRACT Agricultural cooperatives in the Western world have proven to be efficient in many cases. Therefore, it is likely that other countries with a...
- January 22, 2019
Henning Otte Hansen Ph.D., senior advisor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen hoh@ifro.ku.dk ABSTRACT The global agri-food industry is facing a number of strategic challenges, which demand that continual strategic adjustments and changes be made in companies....
- January 22, 2019
SIMON WARD Increment Limited and The Policy Group Simon.Ward@increment.co.uk ABSTRACT Agricultural benchmarking and input optimisation are ripe for further development using tools that are now freely available for manipulating larger volumes of data. These new systems will not replace...
- January 22, 2019
SIMON WARD Increment Limited and The Policy Group Simon.Ward@increment.co.uk ABSTRACT Innovation is crucial to economic growth and the alleviation of poverty. It does not just concern new production technology but also new business structures and marketing techniques. UK farmers...
- January 22, 2019
