Controlled-Release and Slow-Release Fertilizers as Nutrient Management Tools by Guodong Liu, Lincoln Zotarelli, Yuncong Li, David Dinkins, Qingren Wang, Monica Ozores-Hampton

“…The characteristics of each fertilizer type determine whether its use poses an advantage or a disadvantage to a farmer. This 7-page fact sheet focuses on how to select the right fertilizer to enhance profitability and satisfy best management practices (BMPs). …”
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Controlled-Release and Slow-Release Fertilizers as Nutrient Management Tools by Guodong Liu, Lincoln Zotarelli, Yuncong Li, David Dinkins, Qingren Wang, Monica Ozores-Hampton

“…The characteristics of each fertilizer type determine whether its use poses an advantage or a disadvantage to a farmer. This 7-page fact sheet focuses on how to select the right fertilizer to enhance profitability and satisfy best management practices (BMPs). …”
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Les trois âges du paysage by Philippe Montillet

“…If the links between man and landscapes have always been very strong ; these relationships, on the other hand, have changed a lot in the course of centuries. First of all, the farmer was at the origin of landscapes through farming activities. …”
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Caractériser les liens entre qualification et gestion des ressources : une analyse comparative d’instruments de gestion des végétations en élevage by Nathalie Girard, Antoine Doré, Danièle Magda

“…With a managerial and sociological analysis of three instruments valuating semi-natural vegetation used in livestock systems, we show how they describe the vegetation, the flock and the farmer, assigning them roles and skills. We explore how they prescribe different management modes of these vegetations, thus calling for various management philosophy. …”
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Selective Antibiotic Treatment for Dairy Cow Mastitis by Kathryn Merriman, Fiona Maunsell, Corwin Nelson, Albert De Vries

“… Mastitis is the most common disease in dairy cattle and is estimated to cost dairy farmers $179 a case. When farmers detect clinical mastitis, they usually take immediate action with antibiotics; but many cases either do not need antimicrobial treatment, resolve without treatment, or are not effectively treated by the antimicrobial used. …”
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Selective Antibiotic Treatment for Dairy Cow Mastitis by Kathryn Merriman, Fiona Maunsell, Corwin Nelson, Albert De Vries

“… Mastitis is the most common disease in dairy cattle and is estimated to cost dairy farmers $179 a case. When farmers detect clinical mastitis, they usually take immediate action with antibiotics; but many cases either do not need antimicrobial treatment, resolve without treatment, or are not effectively treated by the antimicrobial used. …”
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Le « retour à la terre » : entre utopie et nostalgie   by Madeleine Sallustio

“…Yet, nostalgia also brings with it a wish for utopian projects and a significant critical potential.Among the common discourses about the lost past, the traditional rural world is one of the most frequently invoked topic. The small-scale farmer is presented as an emblem of stability and harmony. …”
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Guidelines for Purchase and Application of Poultry Manure for Organic Crop Production by James J. Ferguson, Michael R. Ziegler

“… Poultry manure and poultry litter (manure with bedding) is commonly used as a soil amendment and nutrient source for organic crop production. However, unless a farmer has an on-farm poultry facility, manure must be outsourced and delivered to the farm. …”
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Modelling Lithuanian family farms’ participation in agri-environmental subsidy schemes: a Neural Network Approach by Kristina Gesevičienė, Erika Besusparienė

“…The results indicate that the decision by the Lithuanian family farms regarding the participation mainly depends on a few factors, including the agricultural production output of the farm and farmers’ education, while other factors, such as farmer age and farm size, were less important.…”
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Paiements pour services environnementaux en Indonésie : incitations économiques ou motivations sociales ? by Renaud Lapeyre, Romain Pirard, Beria Leimona

“…Results from an extensive household survey indicate that farmers join the scheme for intrinsic motivations rather than because of economic incentives; and farmer group leaders display disproportionate power of decision while individual farmers have limited understanding of the PES. …”
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La place du paysagiste dans le paysage agricole by Laurence Renard

“…Whereas a similarity between landscape architects and farmers had been clearly established in the 1990s, the aesthetic approach to the landscape is sometimes criticised by the farming sector which defends its vocation of producing food. …”
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Agrarian Problems in the New Republic by Barbara Karsky

“…While historians have differed on the causes and the composition of agrarian protest, most tend to relegate these movements to a backcountry or frontier context, hence diminishing the political significance of the small farmer in the new nation. Still a divisive issue among historians of the Shays and the Whiskey rebellions is the extent of farmers’ involvement in the market. …”
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Les arrangements pour l’accès au foncier agricole périurbain by Camille Clément, Coline Perrin, Christophe-Toussaint Soulard

“…The tenant farming who protects a lot the farmer does not cover these contracts. These informal contracts develop in particular the wheat/melon, leisure horses and rangeland sectors. …”
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Getting into the weeds by Anna Marchessault

“…In this book, Shiva takes the reader through six distinct agricul­tural issues with over­lapping themes: seeds of bio­diversity, soil and water, climate change solu­tions, biodiversity for pest control, food nutrition and health, and farmer livelihoods and rural economies. . . . …”
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Cost-Effective Forage and Browse Legume Feed for Dairy Production: An Optimisation Approach Using Jaya Optimisation Algorithm by Godfrey Chagwiza

“…Smallholder dairy farmers are usually capital constrained and hence a need to investigate cost-effective feed choice that maximises profit. …”
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Guidelines for Purchase and Application of Poultry Manure for Organic Crop Production by James J. Ferguson, Michael R. Ziegler

“… Poultry manure and poultry litter (manure with bedding) is commonly used as a soil amendment and nutrient source for organic crop production. However, unless a farmer has an on-farm poultry facility, manure must be outsourced and delivered to the farm. …”
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Dissemination of Staphylococcus epidermidis in Swedish bovine dairy herds: minimal overlap with human isolates by Karin Persson Waller, Mattias Myrenås, Hyeyoung Kim, Micael Widerström, Tor Monsen, Stefan Börjesson, Stefan Börjesson, Stefan Börjesson, Emma Östlund, Wonhee Cha

“…A total of 283 S. epidermidis isolates were analyzed using whole genome sequencing (WGS): 128 SCM milk isolates, 55 milk filter isolates, 13 farmer/personnel isolates, and 87 human patient isolates. …”
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Combining several indicators to assess the effectiveness of tailor-made health plans in pig farms by Levallois, Pierre, Leblanc-Maridor, Mily, Scollo, Annalisa, Ferrari, Paolo, Belloc, Catherine, Fourichon, Christine

“…A tailor-made health plan is a set of recommendations for a farmer to achieve and maintain a high health and welfare status. …”
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Decision Model of Contract-Farming Supply Chain Considering Producer’s Fairness Concerns under Random Yield by Yangang Feng, Rui Chen, Lin He

“…In the case of the random output, the planned output and maximum expected profits reduce when the farmer exhibits fairness concerns. As the degree of the producer’s fairness concern increases, the planned output and expected profit gradually decrease The cost-sharing contract can effectively encourage the producer to increase his planned output and expected utility. …”
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Que révèlent « parcelles préférées » et « coins de paradis » sur les caractères d’un produit ? by Lydie Menadier

“…We also created a toolbox based on graphical aids to help farmers in the expression of their point of view. …”
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