STOCKER CATTLE OWNERSHIP VS. CONTRACT GRAZING: A COMPARISON OF RISK-ADJUSTED RETURNS

Stocker cattle ownership is compared to contract grazing using stochastic simulation. Returns are evaluated for both cattle owners and caretakers in contract grazing agreements. For caretakers, contract grazing is significantly less risky than cattle ownership. For cattle owners, contracting reduces risk only slightly while significantly reducing expected returns.Livestock Production/Industries,

Genomic assessment of quarantine measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 importation and transmission

Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from international travel is a priority. We evaluated the effectiveness of travellers being required to quarantine for 14-days on return to England in Summer 2020. We identified 4,207 travel-related SARS-CoV-2 cases and their contacts, and identified 827 associated SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Overall, quarantine was associated with a lower rate of contacts, and the impact of quarantine was greatest in the 16–20 age-group. 186 SARS-CoV-2 genomes were sufficiently unique to identify travel-related clusters. Fewer genomically-linked cases were observed for index cases who returned from countries with quarantine requirement compared to countries with no quarantine requirement. This difference was explained by fewer importation events per identified genome for these cases, as opposed to fewer onward contacts per case. Overall, our study demonstrates that a 14-day quarantine period reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the onward transmission of imported cases, mainly by dissuading travel to countries with a quarantine requirement

CATTLE PRODUCER ATTITUDES TOWARDS ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING PRACTICES

This paper reports the results of a comprehensive survey of Mississippi beef cattle producers regarding their current production and marketing practices and their attitudes toward and willingness to employ alternative production and marketing practices

CATTLE PRODUCER ATTITUDES TOWARDS ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING PRACTICES

This paper reports the results of a comprehensive survey of Mississippi beef cattle producers regarding their current production and marketing practices and their attitudes toward and willingness to employ alternative production and marketing practices.beef cattle production and marketing practices, producer attitudes, Marketing,

STOCKER CATTLE OWNERSHIP VS. CONTRACT GRAZING: A COMPARISON OF RISK-ADJUSTED RETURNS

Stocker cattle ownership is compared to contract grazing using stochastic simulation. Returns are evaluated for both cattle owners and caretakers in contract grazing agreements. For caretakers, contract grazing is significantly less risky than cattle ownership. For cattle owners, contracting reduces risk only slightly while significantly reducing expected returns

Expected Utility Analysis of Stocker Cattle Ownership Versus Contract Grazing in the Southeast

Stocker cattle ownership is compared to contract grazing using stochastic simulation. Returns are evaluated for both cattle owners and caretakers in contract grazing agreements. For caretakers, contract grazing is significantly less risky than cattle ownership. Slightly to moderately risk-averse caretakers could be expected to prefer some type of contract grazing to direct ownership of cattle. For cattle owners, contracting reduces risk only slightly while significantly reducing expected returns

Expected Utility Analysis of Stocker Cattle Ownership Versus Contract Grazing in the Southeast

Stocker cattle ownership is compared to contract grazing using stochastic simulation. Returns are evaluated for both cattle owners and caretakers in contract grazing agreements. For caretakers, contract grazing is significantly less risky than cattle ownership. Slightly to moderately risk-averse caretakers could be expected to prefer some type of contract grazing to direct ownership of cattle. For cattle owners, contracting reduces risk only slightly while significantly reducing expected returns.contracts, expected utility, grazing, stocker calves, Q0, L1,

ASFHyP3/hyp3: HyP3 v3.2.0

Added <ul> <li><a href="job_spec/"><code>job_spec</code>s</a> can now specify a required set of secrets and an AWS Secrets Manage Secret ARN to pull the secret values from. Notably, secrets are now externally managed and not part of the HyP3 stack. </li> </ul&gt

ASFHyP3/hyp3: HyP3 v3.5.0

Added <ul> <li>Added <code>resolution=20.0</code> option for <code>RTC_GAMMA</code> jobs.</li> <li>Added a <a href="job_spec/WATER_MAP_EQ.yml"><code>WATER_MAP_EQ</code></a> job spec to the <code>hyp3-streamflow</code> and <code>hyp3-enterprise-test</code> deployments.</li> </ul&gt