In many countries students who leave high school have no understanding of how to manage their money. Why is this the case? What can be done to improve students' understanding of how to manage personal finance? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowle...
This article examines how planning on dairy farms is affected by farmers' motivation. It argues that farmers' choice of expansion strategies can be specified in terms of risk decision making and understood as either prevention‐focused or promotion‐focused motivation. This relationship was empirically...
Dairy farms have special maternity areas for cows that are ready to give birth. For example, theBateman family in Utahbuilt state-of-the-art, enclosed and temperature-controlled maternity barns for their cows and calves. Daylight saving time starts Nov. 5, and while many of us turn our cloc...
Dairy farms, along with other animal feeding operations, are being asked to consider a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fund research into whether or not air pollution laws apply to farms. The major concern is ammonia emission with a maximum limit of 10...
“We’ve loved everything about Cleo and feel we have a technology partner we can count on to deliver added value to thePrairie Farms Dairybusiness,” Heffren said. “Cleo continues to provide outstanding solutions and support to allow Prairie Farms to meet the e-commerce requirements of our ...
Organic foods provide more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than food grown in large commercial farms. It tastes better, too. Look for organic fruits and vegetables, meats, poultry and dairy from local farmers, markets and co-ops. Luckily, you can shop green even when you’re in your local...
Related to the increased indebtedness of the New Zealand dairy sector, banks have already put in place stricter lending requirements for dairy farmers (Reserve Bank of New Zealand Te Putea Matua, 2016). Although there is uncertainty around whether New Zealand dairy farms will move from family ...
Duck eggs make a wonderfully tasty and refreshing change from chicken eggs and can largely be cooked almost exactly the same way. This article features 10 different ways to cook duck eggs (or chicken eggs) to help ensure your egg recipes and dishes never
Decisions to cull are sometimes based on the intuition of the decision maker. However, culling cows has a huge impact on the economic performance of a dairy. The cost of culling is easy to calculate, but many factors should be considered: whether this is her first case of mastitis or repea...
"We know that so far it has been mostly indairy cattle. It will be important to understand if there is spillover in meat cattle," he says. "The way we prevent larger outbreaks is by monitoring, carefully isolating people as soon as they get the infection from animals, limiting the numbe...