Pasture establishment (2012)

"Agriculture.""Dairy grazing.""Dairy grazing publication series : This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United States."New 6/12/Web

When Will U.S. Firms Become Major Dairy Exporters?

Agribusiness, International Relations/Trade, Livestock Production/Industries,

Assessing agricultural policy incentives for Greek organic agriculture: A Real options approach

The adoption of organic agriculture or livestock involves risk and uncertainty, and to overcome this, well designed schemes are required. Are the current support measures attractive for farmers who wish to convert to organic? At first, this study tries to assess the optimal investment trigger for a new comer into organic dairy sheep farming system and secondly, to evaluate the investment profitability of an existing organic farmer in his attempt to improve his farm. Results indicate that the framework of real options analysis is an appropriate form of analysis if the question of investment profitability is examined under risk and uncertainty and the role of economic subsidies offered to organic farmers is assessed.organic agriculture, dairy sheep farming, real options, agriculture policy, Agricultural and Food Policy, Farm Management, Land Economics/Use,

Selecting the right forage (2012)

"Agriculture.""Dairy grazing.""Dairy grazing publication series : This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United States.""Reviewed from M168, Dairy Grazing Manual, by Robert Kallenbach, Forage State Specialist, Division of Plant Sciences."New 2/12/Web

Keys to building a profitable pasture-based dairy (2012)

"Agriculture.""Dairy grazing.""Dairy grazing publication series : This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United States. A list of the publications in this series is available online at http://extension.missouri.edu/m168."New 2/12/Web

Philosophy of pasture-based dairying (2012)

"Agriculture.""Dairy grazing.""Dairy grazing publication series : This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United States. ""Revised from M168, Dairy Grazing Manual, by Stacey A. Hamilton, Dairy Specialist, Southwest Region."New 3/12/Web

Growth of pasture plants (2012)

"Agriculture.""Dairy grazing.""Dairy grazing publication series: This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United States.""Revised by Robert L. Kallenbach, Forages State Specialist, Division of Plant Sciences.""This publication replaces Chapter 3, Growth of Forage Plants, in MU Extension publication M168, Dairy Grazing Manual. Original author: Greg J. Bishop-Hurley, University of Missouri."New 2/12/Web

Managing pasture for yield, quality, persistence and intake (2015)

"Agriculture.""Dairy grazing.""Dairy grazing publication series : This publication is one in a series about operating and managing a pasture-based dairy. Although these publications often refer to conditions in Missouri, many of the principles and concepts described may apply to operations throughout the United States.""Revised from M168, Dairy Grazing Manual, by Stacey A. Hamilton, Dairy Specialist, Division of Animal Sciences, Robert L. Kallenbach, Forage State Specialist, Division of Plant Sciences.""This publication replaces Chapter 4, Forage Quality and Intake, in MU Extension publication M168, Dairy Grazing Manual. Original author: Richard Crawford, University of Missouri."New 9/15/Web