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Effects of Wilting Days on the Quality of Round Baled Grass Silage (예건기간이 라운드베일 목초 사일리지의 품질에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim Jong-Geun;Chung Eui-Soo;Seo Sung;Ham Jun-Sang;Kim Maeong-Joong;Lee Jong-Kyeong
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.39-44
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    • 2006
  • This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of management practices on the qualify of round baled grass silage at experimental field of grassland and Forage Crops division, National Livestock Research Institute, RDA, Suwon from 1997 to 1998. The experiment was consisted of three different wilting days : 0 (unwitted), 0.5 and 1 day with three replications. Crude fiber content was increased with prolonged wilting period, but other components did not show any trends. There was no significant differences in acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) content between wilting periods, but there was significant difference in IVDMD (in vitro dry matter digestibility) between one-day wilted and unwitted silage. Dry matter (DM) content changed from 23.7% to 40.5% in relation to prolonged wilting period. Wilting treatment caused a decrease in each organic acid content of round baled grass silage and an increase in the silage quality. Wilting also could reduce the DM loss. This study demonstrated that one-day wilting would be a recommendable method for making high quality round baled grass silage.

Investigation on the Farm Management and Livestock House Design Standard Perception to Enhance Usage of Livestock House Design Standard (축사표준설계도의 활용도를 높이기 위한 농가 운영 현황 및 축사표준설계도 인식 조사)

  • Kang, Sol-moe;Lee, In-bok;Hwang, Chang-kyu;Hwang, Soo-jin;Jeong, Deuk-young;Lee, Sang-yeon;Park, Se-jun;Choi, Young-bae;Kim, Da-in
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.64 no.6
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    • pp.87-99
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    • 2022
  • The meat consumption per person has continuously increased in recent years. However, the labor force in the domestic livestock industry has decreased due to the declining and ageing population. In order to increase productivity, the government have developed and distributed design standard of livestock houses. Presently, report showed that the adaptation rate of the developed livestock house design standard on the real farm was still low. Thus, this paper aimed to find ways to improve the utilization of the design standard through surveys. The survey was conducted on 650 farms across the country. Analysis of the result showed that in the poultry house, the unawareness of farmers to the design standard was found to be the biggest reason for not using the design standards. On the other hand, in the swine house, the previously built swine houses do not fit with the design standard. From these result, the following recommendations were suggested: 1) promotion and education are needed to enhance usage of design standard; 2) since it is impossible to make a design standard considering all the farm sites, it is important to consider the conditions of various farm site prior to enhancement of the design standard; 3) improvement factors such as reinforcing the ventilation design, reflecting animal welfare, preventing livestock diseases, and enhancing ICT devices can also be promoted.

THE BENEFITS OF CATTLE IN MIXED FARM SYSTEMS IN PABNA, BANGLADESH

  • Udo, H.M.J.;Meijer, J.;Dawood, F.;Dijkhuizen, A.A.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.495-503
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    • 1992
  • The internal and external outputs of the agricultural sub-systems of mixed livestock-crop farms in Pabna Bangladesh were analysed, to clarify the multiple functions of cattle in farm systems. Production systems with grazing areas were relatively more productive than those with no grazing. There was a tremendous variation in farm income, largely because of land area. An increase of one ha in land area was estimated to boost farm income by about 50%. Number of cattle, cattle off-take percentage and milk off-take per average cow related positively to farm income. As land area decreased the relative importance of cattle production increased. Crops were dominant in producing food for home consumption. Cattle contributed only 5-6 per cent to home consumption. Cattle supplied a significant cash income: 45 per cent in the villages with grazing areas and 57 per cent in the other villages. In future, the cash output from cattle will decline and emphasis will shift to the role of cattle in supporting crop production. Any research or development strategy for livestock needs to focus first on the importance of the complex relation between livestock and crops.

Marketing Strategy to Improve on Branding Problems of Agricultural and Livestock Products (농축산물 브랜드화의 문제점 개선을 위한 마케팅전략)

  • 백기언
    • Proceedings of the Korean DIstribution Association Conference
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    • 2001.11b
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    • pp.211-233
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    • 2001
  • The aim of the present paper is to improve on branding problems of agricultural and livestock products in Korea by analyzing the statistical data which is present status of agricultural and livestock products published by ministry of agricultural and forest. To achieve the objective, raised 5 points at issue. Thus, the improvement schemes suggested from marketing point of view. And above issues are also discussed in the context of marketing mix. Then, the marketing strategy was developed which will apply branding management. The findings in this study is building a brand marketing system urgently fitted Korean style. For this project success, establishing event marketing and customer service department is necessary centering local National Agricultural Cooperative Federation(Nonghyup). Also needed education about brand knowledge to the people working for agricultural allied industries.

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Assessing Nonpoint Sources Pollution Affected by Regulating Gate and Liquid Manure Application in Small Agricultural Watershed (제수문 영향 및 액비시용 증가에 따른 농업소유역에서의 비점오염원 특성 평가)

  • Song, Jae-Do;Jang, Taeil;Son, Jae-Kwon
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.58 no.6
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to assess nonpoint sources (NPS) pollution affected by liquid manure and regulating gate in a small agricultural watershed. The study area, which is a wide plain farmland, was operating by the Buyong regulating gate in order to maintain irrigation water level during irrigation period. Consequentially, runoff only occurs through the gate at each event in rainy season for avoiding farmland inundation. In addition, the usage ratio of liquid manure in the study area has been increased greatly since 2014. Discharge loads at the Hwaingsan bridge subwatershed were 1.2 times for T-N, 4-10 times for T-P, and 3-8 times for TOC compared with the Soyang watershed (control) during study period. The reason was that NPS pollutants from upper Gpeun and Sangri bridge subwatersheds, which are widely spraying with livestock liquid manure, were stack at this subwaterehd because of regulating gate in non-rainy seasons. A number of agricultural watersheds in Saemangeum watershed are affected by regulating gate and vigorous livestock activities so that substantial management schemes under controling regulating gate are needed for minimizing livestock related NPS.

Analysis on the Structure of Farm Household Income & Expenditure by Farming Types -Using Housekeeping Books of Farm Household in 1988- (농가유형별로 본 농가소득 및 소비지출 구조분석 -'88 농가가계부를 중심으로-)

  • 김인숙
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.105-125
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    • 1990
  • The 78 housekeeping books were analyzed to find out the structure of income and expenditure of the farm household. The selected farm households were classified into 4 different farming types such as rice-cultivating, vinyl house, fruit-growing, and livestock farming. The results are summarized as follows : 1) The farm housekeeper ought to rationally manage farm household money income, because agricultural income was preponderated to several months regardless of farming types. 2) Farm household income was primarily dependent upon agricultural income and non-agricultural income in the livestock farming and rice-cultivating farm houshold respectively. 3) order of living expenses of the total farm households were recreation and entertainment expenses, food expenses, education expenses, and housing, fuel & light expenses in size. The major expenses were education expenses, food expenses and miscellaneous expenses in rice-cultivating, vinyl house and livestock farming, and fruit growing farm households respectively. 4) Balance of income and expenses of the farm household, s its time, size, and pattern of increase and decrease, was different by farming types. 5) Household expenses increased in February, May, August and December, though disposable income reversely decreased in February, April, August and December compared to each former month. So, special consideration should be taken into budget planning for household money management in February, August and December.

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A Research Review of Village Chicken Production Constraints and Opportunities in Zimbabwe

  • Mapiye, C.;Mwale, M.;Mupangwa, J.F.;Chimonyo, M.;Foti, R.;Mutenje, M.J.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.1680-1688
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    • 2008
  • Development of village chicken production can be a sustainable way of helping to meet the welfare needs of rural populations and raise their living standards. There is a dearth of information on research conducted to characterize, understand and develop the village chicken production systems in Zimbabwe. This review focuses on constraints, opportunities and research needs for the improvement of village chicken productivity in Zimbabwe. Village chicken production in Zimbabwe is extensive and dominated by indigenous chickens that exhibit remarkable adaptation to local environments. The multitude functions of village chickens, which include the provision of high quality protein meat and eggs, cash through sales and socio-cultural roles, are discussed in detail. Human gender aspects in village chicken production are highlighted. The factors that hamper village chicken productivity are reviewed together with opportunities and research needs. The major constraints include shortage of feed, poor health and housing management. Any improvements in these constraints may lead to sustainable increase in village chicken productivity.

The Influence of Weaning Time on Deer Performance

  • Bao, Y.M.;Ru, Y.J.;Glatz, P.C.;Miao, Z.H.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.569-582
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    • 2004
  • Current growth in the deer industry is 20% per annum as the demand increases for venison in Europe, including the increased use in Asia of antlers as a natural medicine by humans. The deer industry in Australia has developed rapidly, but farm profitability has fluctuated markedly. The knowledge on deer farming has largely been adopted from New Zealand (NZ) and the United Kingdom (UK) although the environmental conditions in these deer growing countries differ markedly from Australia. The practice used for weaning is one of the key factors influencing the profitability of the industry. However, a wide range in weaning dates are practised by farmers leading to the question of whether deer should be weaned after mating to reduce the stress during weaning or should they be weaned in the pre-rut period to allow does to recover their body condition for the next reproduction cycle. This review examines the effect of weaning time on the performance of does and hinds and the subsequent growth rate of the fawns and calves. Gaps in knowledge of weaning procedures and nutritional management for early weaned deer are identified.

Watershed Scale Management Techniques of the Pollutants from Small Scale Livestock Ranches - Buffer Zone Selection for Natural Purification - (농촌 소유역 축산폐수의 유역관리기법 개발 - 자연정화처리를 위한 완충대 적지분석 -)

  • Kim, Seong-Joon;Lee, Nam-Ho;Yoon, Kwang-Sik;Hong, Seong-Gu;Lee, Yun-Ah
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.6 no.2 s.12
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    • pp.43-49
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    • 2000
  • Buffer zone selection technique for natural purification of livestock wastewater within a small agricultural watershed was developed using Geographic Information Systems. The technique was applied to $4.12\;km^2$ watershed located in Gosan-myun, Ansung-gun which have 20 livestock farmhouses. As a necessary data for selecting process, feedlot site map, digital Elevation Model (DEM), stream network, soil and land use map were prepared. By using these data, wastewater moving-path tracing program from each feedlot to the stream was developed to get the basic topographic factors; average slope through the paths, distance to the nearest stream and watershed outlet. To identify the vulnerable feedlots for storm event, the grid-based storm runoff model (Kim, 1998; Kim et al., 1998) was adopted. The result helps to narrow down the suitable area of buffer zone, and finally by using subjective but persuasive conditions related to elevation, slope and land use, the suitable buffer zones were selected.

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Rearing managements of pig farms and survey on pneumonia of slaughtered pigs (양돈장 사양관리와 도축돈 폐 병변조사)

  • Chu Keum-Suk;Yuk Hyun-Su;Chon Hee-Woong;Song Hee-Jong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 2006
  • This studies were carried out to investigate the rearing managements of pig farms and survey on pneumonia of the slaughtered pigs from 5 selected herds located in Jangsu, Jeonbuk. Isolated aerobic microorganisms from pneumonic lung were examined antibiotic susceptibility and tested serological antibody titers of the herd base. Prevalence rate of pneumonia were examined according to rearing and health management conditions of pig farms. Prevalence rate of pneumonia were detected in 78.8% and enzotic pneumonia. In 47.7%, pleuropneurnonia in 31.1%. In serological antibody titers showed the positive reaction with 54.4% in Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia serotype 5, 44.8% in Pasteurella multocida, 36.8% in A pleuropneurnonia serotype 2, 13.6% in Mycoplasmal pneumonia. Isolated aerobic microorganisms were examined antibiotic susceptibility and showed the high activity in gentamicin (58.3%), enrofloxacin (53.3%), norfloxacin (51.6%), cephalothin (41.7%) and low activity in amoxycillin (98.3%), oxytetracycline (98.3%), penicillin G (90.0 %), tetracycline (88.4%), ampicillin (88.3%). Farm managements were deficient effect of humidity in swine house but ammonia gas all appeared the 10 ppm that were recommendation density, below.