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Julio Cesar Pascale Palhares, Danielle Leal Matarim, Rafael Vieira de Sousa and Luciane Silva Martello
The aim of the study is to discern benchmarks for the indicators L water cow-1 day-1 and L water kg milk-1 day-1 per type of production system and season. A total of 876 commercial dairy farms underwent comprehensive water consumption monitoring from Jan...
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Verónica Cruz Moriana, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Leytón, Yolanda Mena and Francisco de Asís Ruiz Morales
The multifunctionality of agricultural and livestock systems is a pivotal attribute that should be considered when formulating rural policies, as it serves as a significant source of income for those managing these systems in their respective areas. The ...
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Marcia Pereira Quinby, Renata La Guardia Nave, Virginia Sykes, Gary Bates, Carl Sams and Otávio Goulart de Almeida
The use of living mulch (LM) in corn (Zea mays L.) production must be evaluated under different N fertilization levels. The objective of this study was to determine the optimum amount of N fertilization in white clover (Trifolium repens L. (WC)) LM in co...
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Piotr Golinski, Patrycja Sobolewska, Barbara Stefanska and Barbara Golinska
Maximizing annual pasture consumption without negatively impacting individual cow performance is of great importance in grass-based dairy and beef systems due to pasture being the most cost-effective nutrient source. However, the disadvantages of convent...
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Sarmini Maheswaran, Lydia M. Cranston, James P. Millner, David J. Horne, James A. Hanly, Paul R. Kenyon and Peter D. Kemp
This article reviews the literature on nitrate leaching under sheep grazing systems and focuses on identifying future research needs. Urinary nitrogen (N) is an important source of the nitrate leached from pastoral agriculture. Urinary N excretion can be...
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Worasit Sangjan, Lynne A. Carpenter-Boggs, Tipton D. Hudson and Sindhuja Sankaran
Pasture management approaches can determine the productivity, sustainability, and ecological balance of livestock production. Sensing techniques potentially provide methods to assess the performance of different grazing practices that are more labor and ...
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Csaba Centeri
Seventy-seven percent of all agricultural land is related to livestock, meat and dairy, including grazing land and arable fields used for animal feed production. The effect of livestock on the natural environment is well documented. Many types of researc...
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Lwandile Nduku, Ahmed Mukalazi Kalumba, Cilence Munghemezulu, Zinhle Mashaba-Munghemezulu, George Johannes Chirima, Gbenga Abayomi Afuye and Emmanuel Tolulope Busayo
An Earth observation system (EOS) is essential in monitoring and improving our understanding of how natural and managed agricultural landscapes change over time or respond to climate change and overgrazing. Such changes can be quantified using a pasture ...
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Marianne Silva Santos,Paulo Sérgio de Rezende Nascimento
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A determinação da potencialidade à erosão hídrica é o ponto de partida para minimizar os processos de degradação do solo e a perda da biodiversidade. As geotecnologias apresentam-se como ferramentas de suporte no diagnóstico e prognóstico amb...
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João Serrano, Shakib Shahidian and José Marques da Silva
Montado is an agro-forestry system occupying a large surface in countries of the Mediterranean region. In this system, the natural dryland pasture is the principal source for animal feed in extensive grazing. The climatic seasonality associated with the ...
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