Blueprints For Tropical Dairy Farming

Author : John Moran,Philip Chamberlain
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781486306480

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Blueprints for Tropical Dairy Farming by John Moran,Philip Chamberlain Pdf

Blueprints for Tropical Dairy Farming provides insight into the logistics, infrastructure and management required for the development of small and large dairy farms in tropical developing countries. Farmers will learn how to improve the welfare, milk quality and productivity of their dairy herds. This book complements author John Moran’s five previous books on the principles of tropical dairy farming. The manual covers a wide range of topics related to ensuring the sustainability of dairy production systems in tropical developing countries, such as South and East Asia, Africa and Central America. It also provides guidelines for the best management practices of large-scale, more intensive dairy systems. While smallholder farms are the major suppliers of milk in the tropics, many larger farms are becoming established throughout the tropics to satisfy the increasing demands for fresh milk. Blueprints for Tropical Dairy Farming will be a valuable resource for farmers and stockpeople who want to improve the productive performance of their dairy herds, farm advisers who can assist farmers to achieve this aim, educators who develop training programs for farmers or who train dairy advisers in the basics of dairy production technology, and other stakeholders in tropical dairy production, such as local agribusiness, policy makers and research scientists. National and international agencies will learn new insights into the required long-term logistics for regional dairy development, while potential investors will acquire knowledge into intensive tropical dairy farming.

Author : John Moran
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643091238

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Tropical Dairy Farming by John Moran Pdf

This manual is designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock.

Author : John Moran
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643107908

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Managing High Grade Dairy Cows in the Tropics by John Moran Pdf

Dairy consumption in Asia has more than doubled over the last 25 years, and has led to more than 50% of the world’s total dairy imports now entering Asian markets. Consequently, Asian countries are seeking to improve their self-sufficiency in dairy produce by developing their local milk industries. Asian livestock importers are looking for increasing numbers of high grade dairy stock from established dairy industries in countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Unfortunately, a major problem encountered throughout Asia has been the poor performance of these exotic high grade dairy heifers when exported from their country of origin to a new, more stressful environment. This has been due to a failure to prepare for their introduction. Exotic dairy cows, particularly those from farms with high levels of herd performance, have high management requirements. If subjected to local and traditional small holder dairy farm practices, they are unlikely to produce acceptable yields of milk or may not even get back into calf. Poor management practices can lead to low growth rates, delayed breeding, stock diseases and even deaths among imported stock both before and after first calving. Managing High Grade Dairy Cows in the Tropics addresses the entire range of management practices found on tropical small holder dairy farms, highlighting those which are likely to adversely impact on heifer and cow performance, hence farm profitability. It is a companion volume to three other manuals written by John Moran: Rearing Young Stock on Tropical Dairy Farms in Asia, Tropical Dairy Farming and Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers.

Author : John Moran
Publisher : Landlinks Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643098718

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Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers by John Moran Pdf

Most countries in South-East Asia have established smallholder dairy farming industries through social welfare and rural development programs to provide a regular cash flow for poorly resourced farmers. These farms are now being treated as accepted rural industries and require a more business-minded approach based on changes to farm profitability. Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers gives smallholder dairy farmers the business management skills they will need to remain sustainable. Drawing on detailed financial analyses of smallholders in countries such as Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia, it shows how to budget cash inputs to match cash outflows during different seasons of the year, and how to invest wisely in improving cattle housing and feeding systems. If farmers make greater use of formats and structures for farm costs and returns, it will increase their awareness of the relative importance of all their financial inputs in terms of cost of production per kilogram of milk produced on the farm. It will also allow them to make more meaningful and timely decisions by correctly costing planned changes to their routine farming practices. The book will also be of use to support organisations to more clearly define the key drivers of profit on smallholder farms, and to government departments and national dairy organisations to routinely evaluate and update their industry policies.

Author : Lindsay Falvey,?haran ?hanthalakkhan?
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 0734014325

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Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics by Lindsay Falvey,?haran ?hanthalakkhan? Pdf

Author : John Moran
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643107922

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Rearing Young Stock on Tropical Dairy Farms in Asia by John Moran Pdf

Rearing young stock for replacement heifers is probably one of the least well understood and practised aspects of herd and feeding management on dairy farms throughout the world, particularly on small holder dairy farms in the tropics. This book addresses all the major concerns of the small holder dairy farmer in Asia. It shows how to attain optimal growth in young stock, so that as cows, they can calve at an appropriate early age at the lowest cost and promptly substitute for any cows culled from the milking herd. This provides continuing returns on the investments of feed, labour and other farm resources. Low reproductive rates and high calf mortality are the major causes of reproductive wastage. This has a direct bearing on culling and replacement strategies and on genetic improvement. In many tropical countries, calf mortality can be as high as 50%. In some areas this can be due to climatic stress on temperate or crossbred stock. While climatic stress compounds the other hazards of calf life, high calf mortality is usually due to diseases and poor feeding management. Rearing Young Stock on Tropical Dairy Farms in Asia encourages the small holder dairy farmer to maintain their investment in replacement heifers and gives them the tools necessary to achieve realistic targets for mortalities, live weight gain, mating age, and age and live weight at first calving. It is a companion volume to three previous manuals written by John Moran: Tropical Dairy Farming, Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers and Managing High Grade Dairy Cows in the Tropics.

Author : David B. Lindenmayer,Suzannah M. Macbeth,David G. Smith,Michelle L. Young
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781486314843

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Natural Asset Farming by David B. Lindenmayer,Suzannah M. Macbeth,David G. Smith,Michelle L. Young Pdf

Farm dams, creeklines, vegetation and rocky outcrops are natural assets that are essential for healthy, sustainable farms. Protecting and enhancing these elements of natural capital on farms not only supports biodiversity, but also contributes to farm productivity and to the well-being of farmers and farming communities. Natural Asset Farming: Creating Productive and Biodiverse Farms reveals seven key natural assets and why they are so valuable for biodiversity and productivity on farms. Drawing on two decades of long-term ecological monitoring and knowledge exchange with farmers, Landcare groups and natural resource management experts, this book is a tool for building and enhancing natural assets in agricultural landscapes. In bringing together ecological science and the experience of farmers in the wheat–sheep belt of south-eastern Australia, Natural Asset Farming will help foster ideas, boost resilience and improve the sustainability of agricultural production.

Author : Rebecca Doyle,John Moran
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781486301621

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Cow Talk by Rebecca Doyle,John Moran Pdf

The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so, optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better understanding of animal behaviour and the ways cattle communicate their comfort or distress. The book discusses normal cattle behaviour and shows how domestication and breeding can affect behaviour to achieve high levels of production of milk, live weight gain and fertility. Animal welfare is important for producers because it can affect the health, production and contentment of cows. Animal welfare practices which adversely affect cow and herd performance on tropical small holder dairy farms are identified. Advice is then given to change the animal's environment or modify a handler's technique to ensure cattle have the degree of comfort needed to achieve more profitable and sustainable systems of livestock farming. Cow Talk will be a beneficial resource for farmers who want to improve animal welfare, farm advisers who can assist farmers to improve their welfare practices, educators who develop training programs for farmers and dairy advisers, and other stakeholders in tropical dairy production such as local agribusiness, policy makers and research scientists.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dairy Production Systems in the Tropics: A Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew W. Speedy,Andrew Speedy,R. Sansoucy
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : OSU:32435064582356

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Feeding Dairy Cows in the Tropics by Andrew W. Speedy,Andrew Speedy,R. Sansoucy Pdf

Author : Lewis Kahn,David Cottle
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643109902

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Beef Cattle Production and Trade by Lewis Kahn,David Cottle Pdf

Beef Cattle Production and Trade covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate. It is an international text with an emphasis on Australian beef production, written by experts in the field. The book begins with an overview of the historical evolution of world beef consumption and introductory chapters on carcass and meat quality, market preparation and world beef production. North America, Brazil, China, South-East Asia and Japan are discussed in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export. The remaining chapters summarise R&D, emphasising the Australian experience, and look at different production systems and aspects of animal husbandry such as health, reproduction, grazing, feeding and finishing, genetics and breeding, production efficiency, environmental management and business management. The final chapter examines various case studies in northern and southern Australia, covering feed demand and supply, supplements, pasture management, heifer and weaner management, and management of internal and external parasites.

Author : Barbara Vincent
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781486306596

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Farming Meat Goats by Barbara Vincent Pdf

Goat meat is growing in popularity in Australia and is also an important export industry. It offers many opportunities for large- and small-scale farmers who need to diversify or seek alternative enterprises. Farming Meat Goats provides producers with comprehensive and practical information on all aspects of the goat meat industry. It covers selecting and preparing a property, choosing breeding stock, breeding, health care and nutrition, drought feeding, condition scoring and marketing. This second edition of Farming Meat Goats has been updated throughout and contains new information about the National Livestock Identification System, current regulations for ovine Johne's disease and animal welfare during transportation, and information about marketing. It will allow farmers to produce animals to specification for targeted markets in Australia and overseas including: butchers; supermarkets; restaurants; on-farm live sales; sales to abattoirs that specialise in Halal kills; and breeding stock either as replacements or for improved herd genetics.

Author : Clive J C Phillips
Publisher : CABI
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781786392701

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Principles of Cattle Production, 3rd Edition by Clive J C Phillips Pdf

Completely updated and revised, this new edition continues to provide an introductory level text for all interested in beef and dairy cattle production systems. It presents a vision for a cattle industry that contributes to the environment, to the welfare of cattle and to the provision of safe and high quality food.

Author : J. C. T. van den Berg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Dairy farming
ISBN : WISC:89032840159

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Strategy for Dairy Development in the Tropics and Subtropics by J. C. T. van den Berg Pdf

Author : Philip Hynd
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781486309504

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Animal Nutrition by Philip Hynd Pdf

Nutrition is the key driver of animal health, welfare and production. In agriculture, nutrition is crucial to meet increasing global demands for animal protein and consumer demands for cheaper meat, milk and eggs and higher standards of animal welfare. For companion animals, good nutrition is essential for quality and length of life. Animal Nutrition examines the science behind the nutrition and feeding of the major domesticated animal species: sheep, beef cattle, dairy cattle, deer, goats, pigs, poultry, camelids, horses, dogs and cats. It includes introductory chapters on digestion and feeding standards, followed by chapters on each animal, containing information on digestive anatomy and physiology, evidence-based nutrition and feeding requirements, and common nutritional and metabolic diseases. Clear diagrams, tables and breakout boxes make this text readily understandable and it will be of value to tertiary students and to practising veterinarians, livestock consultants, producers and nutritionists.