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    1. Even robots need a house: the robotic milking system facility investment decision case study

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fuez, Ryan (author) and Larsen, Ryan (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11324
    Journal Title:
    Applied Economics Teaching Resources
    Journal Title Details:
    2(1) : 32-40
    Notes:
    Online via AgEconSearch., In this teaching case study the authors analyze the economics of installing automatic milking systems under three investment scenarios. The study also "provides an opportunity to apply capital budgeting to a modern agriculture investment and addresses broader questions related to technology investment and adoption on farm."

    2. Exploring producer innovation adoption using an Extension-led trialing program

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Bowman, Brittany B. (author), Denny, Marina D. (author), Stone, Amanda E. (author), and Mississippi State University
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020-02
    Published:
    United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11359
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    58(1)
    Notes:
    7 pages., via online journal, There are approximately 65 dairy farms in Mississippi (Gregory, 2019) with an estimated annual milk value of $26 million (Mississippi Farm Bureau, n.d.). Mastitis is the most expensive disease in the dairy industry (Neeser, Hueston, Godden, &amp; Bey, 2006) and can decrease milk production by 1,181 kg per lactation in multiparous cows (Wilson et al., 2004). Clinical mastitis accounts for the largest use of antibiotics in livestock species (Thomson, Rantala, Hautala, Pyörälä, &amp; Kaartinen, 2008), a circumstance that raises concerns of antimicrobial resistance (Pol &amp; Ruegg, 2007; Wang et al., 2015) and increases producer expenses due to purchasing antibiotics and discarding milk during treatment (Rollin, Dhuyvetter, &amp; Overton, 2015). On-farm bacteriological culturing (OFBC) enables producers to distinguish among broad categories of microorganisms with great accuracy and provides results within 24 hr, versus approximately a week when cultures are sent to a laboratory (Down, Bradley, Breen, &amp; Green, 2017). Despite the availability of several viable OFBC systems, adoption of OFBC in Mississippi has been limited. The purpose of the study reported here was to implement and evaluate an OFBC pilot test with a small sample of Mississippi dairy producers. The objectives of the study were to identify reasons for producers' lack of OFBC adoption, to explore change in producers' knowledge and perceptions of OFBC before and after trial, and to assess the effectiveness of an Extension-led trialing program relative to OFBC adoption.