Management priorities of livestock farmers: A ranking system to support advice

Mugnier, Sylvie; Magne, Marie-Angélina; Pailleux, Jean-Yves; Poupart, Sophie; Ingrand, Stéphane

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2011.11.013

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“…The concerns detected in this study regarding the cost of management practices were also observed by other authors (Rogers, 1995;Mugnier et al, 2012), highlighting the importance of cost in beef production, and may explain its significant effect on risk perceptions. This is especially evident in cow-calf systems, in which low profitability causes farmers to fear changes in their strategic routine.…”

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“…This is especially evident in cow-calf systems, in which low profitability causes farmers to fear changes in their strategic routine. When facing natural or financial limitations, technologies with clear cost-efficiency are more easily adopted (Rapeya et al, 2001) and preferred by cow-calf farmers (Mugnier et al, 2012). The importance of cost may be related to the familiarity of farmers with this factor, as it must be taken into consideration daily, in almost every decision made, differently from flexibility.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Risks associated to different methods of increasing pregnancy rate of cows in cow-calf systems

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This study assessed the risks of different management practices to increase pregnancy rate in beef cow-calf systems, aiming at assisting decision-making. The perception of 18 experts on animal sciences regarding the risks of 32 nutritional, breeding, and general management practices applied to increase pregnancy rate were evaluated through questionnaires. The experts were selected by a non-probability sampling of researchers on veterinary and animal sciences. In addition, five farmers and eight technical consultants were also selected. The questionnaire was applied during a face-to-face meeting. The risk of each practice was assessed according to four factors, namely, cost, technical knowledge, operational complexity, and flexibility, and an equation was developed to calculate this risk. The applied method allowed to determine the risk of each practice, obtaining results similar to those previously perceived by the experts. Operational complexity and cost had greater influence on the estimated risks compared with the other factors. Moreover, the increase of one unit in operational complexity and cost increased the perceived risk and the estimated risk scores in 0.43 and 0.28 points, respectively. Overall, the application of general management practices presented lower risk score compared with nutritional and breeding practices, which were not different from which other. Equations to estimate the risks of farm managers should routinely apply management practices to increase the efficiency of cow-calf production systems.

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Risks associated to different methods of increasing pregnancy rate of cows in cow-calf systems

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“…In our study, farms that had received technical advice had lower emissions per unit of product sold, which reflected the importance of technical advice in grazing management planning, feeding, health care, the reproductive management of the herd, and overall farm system management [69,70].…”

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Beef Grazing Systems in Semi-Arid Rangelands of Central Argentina

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Privitello

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The livestock sector can be a major contributor to the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Within the sector, beef production produces the largest proportion of the livestock sector's direct emissions. The objective of this study was to assess the on-farm GHG emissions in semi-arid rangelands in Argentina and to identify the relationship between emissions and current farm management practices. A survey recorded detailed information on farm management and characteristics. Assessments of GHG emissions were based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 2 protocols. The relationship between farm management and GHG emissions were identified using general linear models. Cluster analysis was used to identify groups of farms that differed from others in emissions and farm characteristics. Emissions per product sold were low on farms that had improved livestock care management, rotational grazing, received technical advice, and had high animal and land productivities. Emissions per hectare of farmland were low on farms that had low stocking rates, a low number of grazing paddocks, little or no land dedicated to improved pastures and forage crops, and low land productivity. Our results suggest that the implementation of realistic, relatively easy-to-adopt farming management practices has considerable potential for mitigating the GHG emissions in the semi-arid rangelands of central Argentina.

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“…caused by improvements in the health status of the herd, which is a win-win strategy because it increases environmental sustainability and animal welfare. In our study, farms that had received technical advice had lower emissions per unit of product sold, which reflected the importance of the technical advice in grazing management planning, feeding, health care and reproductive management of the herd, and overall farm system management [68,69].…”

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confidence: 96%

Effects of the Management of Extensive Beef Grazing Systems on the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Semi-arid Rangelands of Central Argentina

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Privitello³

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The livestock sector can be a major contributor to the mitigation of greenhouse (GHG) emissions. Within the sector, beef production produces the largest proportion of the livestock sector’s direct emissions. The objective of this study was to assess the on-farm GHG emissions in semi-arid rangelands in Argentina and to identify the relationships between emissions and current farm management practices. A survey recorded detailed information on farm management and characteristics. Assessments of GHG emissions were based on the IPCC Tier 2 protocols [1]. The relationships between farm management and GHG emissions were identified using General Linear Models. Cluster analysis was used to identify groups of farms that differed from others in emissions and farm characteristics. Emissions per product sold were low on farms that had improved livestock care management, rotational grazing, received technical advice, and had high animal and land productivities. Emissions per hectare of farmland were low on farms that had low stocking rates, low number of grazing paddocks, little or no land dedicated to improved pastures and forage crops, and low land productivity. Our results suggest that the implementation of realistic, relatively easy-to-adopt farming management practices has considerable potential for mitigating GHG emissions in semi-arid rangelands of central Argentina.

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Management priorities of livestock farmers: A ranking system to support advice

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Risks associated to different methods of increasing pregnancy rate of cows in cow-calf systems

Risks associated to different methods of increasing pregnancy rate of cows in cow-calf systems

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Beef Grazing Systems in Semi-Arid Rangelands of Central Argentina

Effects of the Management of Extensive Beef Grazing Systems on the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Semi-arid Rangelands of Central Argentina

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