Prof. Braj Kishore Singh1, Prof. Johan Perret1, Graduate Student Tanyaradzwa Chinyukwi1 1Earth University, Las Mercedes, Guacimo, Costa Rica The excessive use of inorganic fertilizers can lead to a decline in soil organic matter content, increased soil acidity, degradation of soil...
- July 4, 2019
Dr Denis Angers1, Dr. Murilo Veloso2, Dr. Cimelio Bayer2 1Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Quebec, Canada, 2Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Adopting no-tillage (NT) in agro-ecosystems is a recommended measure to enhance C accumulation in soils....
- July 4, 2019
Yukio KINOSHITA1, Nobuo KIMURA1 1Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University (Japan) ABSTRACT Currently, the agricultural industry in Japan has an ageing farmer population, mostly having traditional ideas, skills and knowledge regarding their farm business. To ensure that these farmers adapt...
- January 25, 2019
Jonathan Moyle1, Jennifer Rhodes1, Paul Goeringer1 1University Of Maryland Extension, Salisbury, Maryland, United States ABSTRACT In today’s modern world commercial farmers face a wide range of challenges, from weather to diseases to government regulations. These ever changing, if not...
- January 25, 2019
Ben. Stockwin1, Lynn Mason2 1Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia, Barton, ACT, Australia 2JM & NL Mason, Carrick, TAS, Australia Purpose The main purpose of the Primary Industries Education is to provide improved teaching and learning about primary industries in...
- January 25, 2019
Jeffrey E. Tranel1, John P. Hewlett2, Vanessa Tranel1 1Colorado State University 2University of Wyoming ABSTRACT The average age of farmers in the United States continues to increase each year. Data suggest that many current farmers and landowners are or...
- January 25, 2019
Cole Ehmke1 1University Of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States ABSTRACT Annie’s Project is an 18-hour educational program carried out over six weeks. The course is designed to empower farm and ranch women to better engage in the leadership of...
- January 25, 2019
Cole Ehmke1, John Hewlett1 1University Of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States ABSTRACT Wyoming and other states in America’s West are experiencing rapid changes in land ownership patterns. The individuals and families now living and working on the land typically...
- January 25, 2019
Krafft1,3, M. Ljung2, C. Lunner Kolstup1, M. Melin1, S. Lundberg3 1Department of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology, Swedish University of Agriculture, Alnarp 2.Principal Extension Officer, Swedish University of Agriculture, Skara 3Växa Sverige, Falkenberg Corresponding author. Jannica Krafft, jannica.krafft@vxa.se...
- January 25, 2019
Phillip Oosthuizen1 1Sernick Group, Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa ABSTRACT Consumers worldwide are becoming more demanding about their preference for beef and it is evident from the switch from quantity to quality issues that consumers raise in the market....
- January 25, 2019
