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| Latvala, Terhi; Pyykkonen, Perttu. |
| Adopting an automatic milking system (AMS) on a dairy farm decreases the hours spent on animal husbandry by approximately 30 per cent. When comparing a milking parlour and the AM-system, the main economic benefit clearly results from the decrease in labour costs in automatic milking. In terms of economic profitability, the net profit in AM-system remains above that of the milking parlour system. On dairy farms the main reasons for adopting automatic milking are linked to the workload and physical loading. A more flexible working time distributes the workload evenly during busy cultivation periods. More flexible leisure time is also important. Producers also want to enhance the welfare and health of the animals by increasing the milking frequency of highly... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Automatic milking system; Profitability; Labour costs; Livestock Production/Industries; Q12; Q16. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24534 |
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| Xu, Zhiying; Guan, Zhengfei; Jayne, Thomas S.; Black, J. Roy. |
| Fertilizer use remains very low in most of Africa despite widespread agreement that much higher use rates are required for sustained agricultural productivity growth. This study estimates maize yield response functions in agro-ecological Zone IIA, a relatively high potential zone of Zambia, to determine the profitability of fertilizer use under a range of small farm conditions found within this zone. The theoretical framework used in this study incorporates agronomic principles of the crop growth process. The model distinguishes different roles of inputs and non-input factors in crop production. We estimate the effects of conventional production inputs as well as household characteristics and government programs on maize yield for households in the... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Maize; Fertilizer; Profitability; Crop Production/Industries; Q12. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54500 |
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| Swenson, Andrew L.. |
| The performance of over 530 North Dakota farms, 1998-2000, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics. Farm financial trends for the 1991-2000 period are also presented. Financial performance in 2000 and 1999 was the highest since 1993. Performance was much improved from 1997 and 1998 when one-fourth of farms had negative net farm income and over one-half of farms were not able to make scheduled term debt payments with the year's income. Crop prices were low in 2000 and 1999, but yields were generally good, beef cattle prices were... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm financial management; Farm management; Farm income; Liquidity; Solvency; Profitability; Repayment capacity; Financial efficiency; Financial benchmarks; Tenure; North Dakota.; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23487 |
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| Swenson, Andrew L.. |
| The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 2001-2010, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics. Five-year averages, 2005-2009, are also presented. In 2010, median and average acreage per farm was 2,010 and 2,579, respectively. Median and average cash farm revenue was $469,023 and $631,920, respectively. Over 70% of farms were crop farms and 47 percent of farms had gross sales exceeding $500,000. Median age of farm operators was 47. Median net farm income in 2010 was $174,010, up sharply from $47,547 in 2009. Financial measures... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Farm financial management; Farm management; Farm income; Liquidity; Solvency; Profitability; Repayment capacity; Financial efficiency; Financial benchmarks; Tenure; North Dakota.; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115631 |
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| Swenson, Andrew L.. |
| The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 2006-2007, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics. Five-year averages, 2002-2006, and farm financial trends for the 1998-2007 period are also presented. In 2007, median and average acreage per farm was 2,000 and 2,478, respectively. Median and average cash farm revenue was $353,252 and $458,843, respectively. Over 70% of farms were crop farms and nearly one-third of farms had gross sales exceeding $500,000. Median age of farm operators was 47. Every financial measure for 2007 was... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Farm financial management; Farm management; Farm income; Liquidity; Solvency; Profitability; Repayment capacity; Financial efficiency; Financial benchmarks; Tenure; North Dakota.; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/40559 |
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| Karacsony, Peter. |
| The examination of competitiveness – thanks to its many definitions and the applied research methods – is a complex task, and this is especially true in the case of agricultural products. The competitiveness of Hungarian agricultural product has to this day been examined by several foreign and Hungarian experts and the results of their examinations have been made public. At the same time very little special literature deals with the different explanations and interpretations of the concept of competitiveness, and the analysis of the suitability of the measurement methods. In my essay I attempt to show the locatable definitions of competitiveness, and to show without aiming for completeness, the measurement methods which are deemed acceptable in special... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Agrarian economy; Comparative advantage; Profitability; Agribusiness; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54038 |
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| Wineland, Nora. |
| In 1995, the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) collaborated with the Research and Education Division of the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) in developing a needs assessment tool to identify the most important health and productivity factors for the sheep industry. In collaboration with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), a statistically designed producer sample was selected to provide estimates for the United States sheep population in the 48 contiguous states. The NAHMS/ASI questionnaires were mailed to 19,807 sheep operations in January 1996; data were received and summarized from 5,174 respondents. It was estimated that in the 48 contiguous states, there were 82,040 operations with sheep as of 1995;... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: NAHMS; Sheep; Health; Disease; Death; Morbidity; Mortality; Economics; Predators; Vaccinations; Antibiotics; Income; Worms; Reproduction; Profitability; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32743 |
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| Scott, J. Fiona. |
| Opportunity cropping has been shown to reduce mean annual deep drainage compared to long fallow systems. A question that remained was the effect of added fertiliser nitrogen under each of the cropping systems and whether it would make a significant difference to amounts of deep drainage and to profitability. Estimates of crop yield and deep drainage results were generated using the APSLM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) cropping systems model, to compare long-fallow wheat/sorghum and two opportunity-cropping scenarios on a vertosol on the Liverpool Plains using rainfall data from 1958 to 1997. The results showed that fertiliser nitrogen did have a significant effect on deep drainage and gross margin under each cropping system. However, higher... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Cropping systems; Profitability; Modelling; Variability; Whole farm budgeting; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59705 |
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| Swenson, Andrew L.. |
| The performance of over 530 North Dakota farms, 1999-2001, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics. Farm financial trends for the 1992-2001 period are also presented. Financial performance in 2001 declined for all 16 measures, except interest expense ratio, because of lower government subsidies, higher costs and continued low commodity prices. Financial performance in 2000 and 1999 was the highest since 1993 because low crop prices were offset by extraordinary government and crop insurance payments, good yields and improved beef... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm financial management; Farm management; Farm income; Liquidity; Solvency; Profitability; Repayment capacity; Financial efficiency; Financial benchmarks; Tenure; North Dakota.; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23542 |
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