Labor Management in Agriculture

Labor Management in Agriculture
Author: Gregory Encina Billikopf
Publisher: University of California Agricultu Agricultural Issues Cente
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2003
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Automatic Milking

Automatic Milking
Author: A. Meijering
Publisher: Brill Wageningen Academic
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Since this previous International Symposium, much has happened.

Sustainable Dairy Production

Sustainable Dairy Production
Author: Peter de Jong
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2013-01-16
Genre: 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

Precision Dairy Farming 2016

Precision Dairy Farming 2016
Author: Claudia Kamphuis
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2023-09-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9086868290

The supply of new innovative precision dairy farming technologies is steadily increasing. It aims to help farmers to be more labour efficient and to support them in their daily management decisions. At the same time, since many technologies are developed from an engineering perspective, adoption of these technologies is sometimes limited since knowledge on economic benefits and farmers' needs is often incomplete. This book covers the current status of precision dairy farming technologies and what farmers expect from them. It also includes insights and future perspectives on managing, analysing, and combining sensor information. Moreover, new innovative ideas that may better fit farmers' needs and expectation are introduced, ranging from technologies or innovations that aim at improved animal health and welfare, to those technologies that result in a more efficient use of feed and improved grazing management. This book is unique because science and engineering are combined to develop precision dairy farming technologies that are to be applied in practice. The book will serve as a stepping stone for new and innovative ideas within this rapidly growing area within dairy farming.

Udder Health and Communication

Udder Health and Communication
Author: H. Hogeveen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2012-03-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9086867421

In dairy industries throughout the world there is a desire to optimize udder health. An improved udder health will lead to improved animal welfare, improved production efficiency and a reduction of the use of antibiotics. To improve udder health, first of all, technical knowledge on issues such as treatment, milking, infectious pressure and host resistance is important. However, over the years we learned that knowledge alone is not enough: knowledge has to be used. And for knowledge to be used, farmers have to be motivated. This requires knowledge about motivation and communication. In this book, recent knowledge on technical udder health issues is combined with knowledge on motivation and communication. A large number of descriptions of mastitis control programs that are being carried out worldwide is combined with more specific studies. These are aimed at effective advising, motivation and communication strategies, economics, and technical studies on mastitis control and prevention. Therefore, this book provides an applied source of information for all that are willing to improve udder health.