This study covered 150 cooperative member milk producers and 150 non-member milk producers which were post-stratified into Landless, Marginal, small, medium and large herd size categories. In this study we calculated the per day maintenance cost with three variables i.e, Fodder, Concentrate and...

Livestock are an important component of rural livelihoods in developing countries, but data about this source of income and wealth are difficult to collect because of the nomadic and semi-nomadic nature of many pastoralist populations. Most household surveys exclude those without permanent...

Australia is experiencing cataclysmic weather events largely due to rising atmospheric temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions – climate change. A consequence of droughts, floods, fires, tempests and family disasters is the sale or loss of valuable stud stock. In normal trading...

The 2016 Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare Report assesses how 99 of the world's largest food companies in the food retailer and wholesaler, restaurant and bar, and food producer and manufacturer sectors are managing farm animal welfare. The report concludes that farm animal welfare is...

The views that food companies hold about their responsibilities for animal welfare can strongly influence the lives and welfare of farm animals. If a company's commitment is translated into action, it can be a major driver of animal welfare. The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW)...

The Origin of Livestock section of the National Organic Program regulates which animals are organic. It also provides guidelines for switching a conventional herd to an organic herd. While part of a regulation that seeks to standardize organic standards, third party certifiers regularly offer...

The inequalities confronting older Australians have attracted considerable public attention, and significant attention in this journal (Elder Law Review). One issue that has not been addressed is how a decision by an older person not to be identified as a person with a disability has important...

In this paper, efforts were made to assess the impact of full and seasonal stall feedingtechnology on households' milk production and consumption, market participation (animal and animal product sale) in Northern Ethiopia using data obtained from the survey of 518 rural farmers. The overall...