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1. Farmer knowledge as formal knowledge: a case study of farmer-led research in Ontario, Canada

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nelson, Erin (author), Hargreaves, Sarah (author), and Muldoon, Dillon (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2023-08-22
Published:: USA: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12954
Journal Title:: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Journal Title Details:: V.12, N.4
Notes:: 24 pages, Farmer-led research (FLR) is a process of inquiry wherein farmers use scientific methods to address their own on-farm curiosities and challenges in ways that are compatible with the scale and management style of their operations. With its flexible, adaptable, participatory, grassroots-oriented nature, FLR has typically been employed by farmers interested in ecological farming techniques and technologies, and evidence shows that it contributes to the adoption and improvement of ecological management practices across a range of contexts. Engagement in FLR initiatives has also been linked to positive social outcomes, including community-building, farmer empowerment, and enhanced capacity for leadership and collective action. In this paper, we present a case study of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario’s (EFAO) Farmer-Led Research Program (FLRP), which is currently one of relatively few FLR initiatives in North America. We draw on data from a participatory, mixed-methods research project. Our results highlight how the FLRP is enabling farmers to feel more knowledgeable, confident, motivated, and inspired to adopt and/or improve ecological practices on their farms, in part by supporting them in building robust social networks that align with their farming values and priorities.

2. USDA unveils cutting-edge map that shows planted U.S. commodities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kim, Nancy (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2023-08-03
Published:: USA: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12926
Notes:: 3 pages

3. Comparison of the welfare of beef cattle in housed and grazing systems: hormones, health and behaviour

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Cooke, Andrew (author), Mullan, Siobhan (author), Morten, Charlie (author), Hockenhull, Joanna (author), Le-Grice, Phil (author), Le Cocq, Kate (author), Lee, Michael R. F. (author), Cardenas, Laura M. (author), and Rivero, M. Jordana (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2023-06-29
Published:: United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12951
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Science
Journal Title Details:: V.161, Iss.3
Notes:: 14 pages, Animal welfare encompasses all aspects of an animal’s life and the interactions between animals. Consequently, welfare must be measured across a variety of factors that consider aspects such as health, behaviour and mental state. Decisions regarding housing and grazing are central to farm management. In this study, two beef cattle systems and their herds were compared from weaning to slaughter across numerous indicators. One herd (‘HH’) were continuously housed, the other (‘HG’) were housed only during winter. Inspections of animals were conducted to assess body condition, cleanliness, diarrhoea, hairlessness, nasal discharge and ocular discharge. Hair and nasal mucus samples were taken for quantification of cortisol and serotonin. Qualitative behaviour assessments (QBA) were also conducted and performance monitored. Physical health indicators were similar between herds with the exception of nasal discharge which was more prevalent in HH (P < 0.001). During winter, QBA yielded differences between herds over PC1 (arousal) (P = 0.032), but not PC2 (mood) (P = 0.139). Through summer, there was a strong difference across both PC1 (P < 0.001) and PC2 (P = 0.002), with HG exhibiting more positive behaviour. A difference was found in hair cortisol levels, with the greatest concentrations observed in HG (P = 0.011), however such a pattern was not seen for nasal mucus cortisol or for serotonin. Overall, providing summer grazing (HG) appeared to afford welfare benefits to the cattle as shown with more positive QBA assessments, but also slightly better health indicators, notwithstanding the higher levels of cortisol in that group.

4. Holistic nutritional management as a tool to mitigate nitrogen pollution from dairy cattle farming

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Foskolos, Andreas (author) and Plomaritou, Antigoni (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2023-04-24
Published:: England: Cambridge University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206; Folder: 206 Document Number: D12970
Journal Title:: Journal of Agricultural Science
Journal Title Details:: V.161, Iss.3
Notes:: 5 pages

5. Improved management of grassland to promote sustainable use based on farm size

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: He, Xin (author), Wei, Jingru (author), Gu, Suhua (author), Wang, Luping (author), Tian, Zechen (author), Chen, Danqiong (author), and Yuan, Jiazhi (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2023-01-31
Published:: Switzerland: MDPI
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12797
Journal Title:: Journal of Agriculture
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 13, Iss.2
Notes:: 13 pages, Grassland farms form the basis of grassland resource management in China. Farm sizes in China are generally small, which obviously increases the risk of grassland ecosystems. It is necessary to analyze the impact of farm size on grasslands from the perspective of livestock production in order to improve grassland management. This study combines field investigations and statistical analysis from 2004 to 2020, using a total of 126 farms from the Xilinguole League of Inner Mongolia in China as samples. These sample farms are divided into large farms and small farms. Different production scale and management behaviors are explored, along with their different impacts on grassland resources use. The results show that the expansion of farm size is constrained by the government management policies. Different behaviors are adopted by large and small farms in terms of finance, grassland circulation, and overgrazing management. The differentiation mechanisms of different farm size and the utilization of grassland resources are clarified in this study. This work suggests that managers promote sustainable use based on farm size and build appropriate policies to avoid future risks. The results of this study can provide a framework for solving similar problems.

6. Push for electric ag equipment in oregon Is led by independent groups

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Carlson, Claire (author)
Format:: online article
Publication Date:: 2022-10-27
Published:: United States: The Daily Yonder
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12786
Journal Title:: The Daily Yonder
Journal Title Details:: Online
Notes:: 3pgs, With volatility being an integral part of farming, electric ag equipment could bring some predictability to farmers’ energy use and consumption, say experts. Efforts to electrify transportation in urban areas have been underway for years now, but rural advocates say electric vehicle needs in rural areas have long been misunderstood and ignored.

7. Multi-functional farming as successful pathway for the next generation of Thai farmers

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Jansuwan, Para (author) and Zander, Kerstin K. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-04-25
Published:: USA: PLOS ONE
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13444
Journal Title:: PLOS ONE
Journal Title Details:: 17(4) : 1-22
Notes:: 23 pages, Young farmers play a significant role in sustaining food security and the communities’ and rural areas’ viability. However, as with many countries, Thailand is facing a decline in the number of young farmers who, if not productive and satisfied with their farm business, are likely to exit farming to take advantage of their increased educational level and off-farm job opportunities. Data were collected by interviewing young farmers in the Prachin Buri province, Thailand, with the aim of assessing their reason for farming in the long-term and the type of farming. Farming decisions can be categorised into three types: full-time profit-oriented farming with a focus on rice production (~53%), full-time multifunctional farming in innovative mixed or organic production systems (~23%), and part-time farming where young farmers work off-farm and farm outside regular working hours (~24%). Using path analysis, we investigated which physical and psychological factors affect young farmers’ decisions to pursue these three farming types. The results show that non-monetary farming’s benefits are as important as monetary benefits. Education, farming and regular off-farm work experience, farm production, market and pest problems, and government support directly affect the farming types. These effects were also mediated by attitudes towards farming and net farming income. Young farmers choosing to pursue multifunctional farming have higher incomes, more often apply sophisticated technologies, and farm more sustainably than those choosing the other types of farming. This indicates that a shift from conventional rice production to more diversified production systems using innovative technologies is needed to sustain farming success and retain young people in the farming sector.

8. Farming at your fingertips: how technology is changing agriculture work

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Cadloff, Emily Baron (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2022-04-18
Published:: Modern Farmer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 209 Document Number: D13430
Notes:: 4 pages

9. “How can you put a price on the environment?” Farmer perspectives on stewardship and payment for ecosystem services

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: White, A.C. (author), Faulkner, D.S. (author), Mendex, V.E. (author), and Niles, M.T. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-04-01
Published:: United States: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12529
Journal Title:: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Journal Title Details:: 41
Notes:: 14 pages, As agricultural conservation priorities evolve to address new complex social-ecological problems and emerging social priorities, new conservation incentive program participation and success can be enhanced by incorporating local stakeholder preferences into program design. Our research explores how farmers incorporate ecosystem services into management decisions, their willingness to participate in payment for ecosystem services programs, and factors beyond compensation level that would influence participation. We conducted three focus groups with 24 participants between January of 2019 and May of 2019 in Vermont. Our study revealed that a strong, intrinsic stewardship ethic motivates farmers to enhance ecosystem service provisioning from their farms, though financial pressures often limit decision-making. These results suggest that programs with sufficient levels of payment may attract participation, at least among some types of farmers, to enhance ecosystem services from farms in Vermont. However, farmers may be deterred from participating by perceived unfairness and distrust of the government based on previous experiences with regulations and conservation incentive structures. Farmers also expressed distrust of information about ecosystem services supply that conflicts with their perceptions of agroecosystem functioning, unless delivered by trusted individuals from the extension system. The delivery of context-specific information on how management changes impact ecosystem service performance from trusted sources could enhance farmers’ decisions, and would aptly complement payments. Additionally, farmers expressed a desire to see a program that both achieves additionality and rewards farms who have been stewards, goals that are potentially at odds. Our findings offer important insights for policy makers and program administrators who need to understand factors that will influence farmers’ willingness to participate in payment for ecosystem service programs and other conservation practice adoption initiatives, in Vermont and elsewhere.

10. Adoption and perception of farm management information systems by future Swiss farm managers – An online study

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Ammamm, Jeanine (author), Walter, Achim (author), and Benni, Nadja (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-01-10
Published:: United States: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12567
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 70
Notes:: 8 pages, The use of digital technologies in agriculture offers various benefits, such as site-specific application, better monitoring, and physical relief. The handling of these technologies requires a specific skill set. Therefore, the question arises of when and how farm managers learn about digital technologies. Aiming to analyse the current situation, the present research investigated the role that digital technologies play in vocational training for future farm managers. Taking the example of farm management information systems (FMIS), the present study also analysed various predictors of adoption, including the effect of training. To investigate these research questions, an online survey among teachers and students of the farm management vocational programme across Switzerland was conducted in the spring of 2021. In total, 150 individuals participated, 41 of whom were teachers. Participants answered questions about the learning content in the farm management programme and their perception of digital technologies in general. Students further reported whether they already had a farm they would be managing in the future and how they perceived FMIS. The results indicate that both teachers and students are convinced that digital technologies play an important role in agriculture and will gain more importance in the future. A substantial part of 43% of the students who participated indicated that they had learned neither about digital technologies during their basic agricultural training nor the subsequent farm management programme. In terms of FMIS, 51% of the student sample indicated that they had never heard about FMIS during their agricultural training. While having learned about FMIS was not a significant predictor for adoption, gender, perceived ease of use, and intention to use more digital technologies in the future significantly predicted the adoption of FMIS. The paper concludes that, to support the adoption of digital technologies and FMIS specifically, training for future farm managers should focus on how to operate an FMIS to increase the perceived ease of use of this technology.

11. Adoption as adaptation: Household decision making and changing rural livelihoods in Lombok, Indonesia

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Williams, Liana J. (author), van Wensveen, Monica (author), Grunbuhel, Clemens (author), and Pupsadi, Ketut (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2022-01
Published:: United States: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12575
Journal Title:: Journal of Rural Studies
Journal Title Details:: 89
Notes:: 9 pages, In agricultural research for development adoption of new technology tends to be cast in categories: adoption, partial adoption, dis-adoption or non-adoption. While these may serve for pragmatic classification and measures for project success or impact they fail to properly acknowledge the ongoing and independent efforts of farmers (and others) in experimentation and integration of knowledge across a range of sources. This paper explores responses to practices for cattle management introduced during a research project, at project close, and five years after the project has finished. We consider the perceptions and application of new knowledge by farmers, extension staff, and policy makers. By taking a longer-term view, we demonstrate how farming households adapt and integrate knowledge from different sources into their daily practice, influenced by local institutions and changing cultural expectations, as well as external researchers. We also consider the influence of changing government priorities and incentives in steering farm-management decisions. Results suggest that a focus on measures to build capacity and empower farmers with information to adapt and respond to change, regardless of project activities, is a much more important goal and indicator of impact than measuring adoption.

12. Successful Farming

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Magazine
Publication Date:: 2021-12
Published:: USA: Dotdash Meredith
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13018
Journal Title:: Successful Farming
Journal Title Details:: V.119, N.13
Notes:: 76 pages, Agriculture.com

13. Insights into barriers and educational needs for farm succession programming

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Schlesser, Heather (author), Stuttgen, Sandra (author), Binversie, Liz (author), and Kirkpatrick, Joy (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-10-28
Published:: United States: Clemson University Press
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12406
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 59, Iss. 4
Notes:: 11 pages, Planning for farm succession is vital to the longevity of the farm business. To understand the challenges with succession planning, the University of Wisconsin - Division of Extension facilitated focus group meetings across the state. These authors classified the information from the focus groups into eight codes, and each code was further subdivided into themes. The codes included Financial, Communication, Control, Change, Fair vs. Equal, Delivery, and Support, Strategies, and Educational Needs. University of Wisconsin Division of Extension Agriculture Educators utilized the information obtained from the focus groups to create a workbook that provides practical assistance when working with families planning a farm succession.

14. Cultivate California educates residents about farms' need for water

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Karst, Tom (author)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2021-10-11
Published:: USA: The Packer
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13111
Notes:: 3 pages

15. Why do agricultural co-operatives fail to attract youth and create rural employment? Evidence from a case study of Zanokhanyo in Butterworth, Eastern Cape

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Zantsi, S. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-05-25
Published:: South Africa: Academy of Science of South Africa
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12308
Journal Title:: South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 49 No. 1 (2021)
Notes:: 15 pages., In the National Development Plan, cooperatives and agriculture development are identified as possible solutions for addressing rural poverty and unemployment, especially among the youth. However, according to most research/literature, agricultural cooperatives fail for many reasons, including but not limited to lack of capital, incompetent management and organizational deficiencies. This study applied a qualitative analysis to the qualitative data using a case study of Zanokhanyo Food Security Cooperative (ZFSC) in Ndabakazi, Butterworth. Interviews with the project members, ex-members, extension officers and youth were conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire administered in IsiXhosa. According to the results, lack of intensive production resulting in very low incomes is one of the reasons why projects such as ZFSC fail to attract young people and provide employment for rural people. Agricultural extension advisory services play a very limited role because of their generalist approach; they lack depth of knowledge about diverse agricultural subject areas. This study recommends that agricultural extension and the farmers’ support system be improved by employing or outsourcing specialists to cater to the needs of agricultural cooperatives in order to improve the productivity and income of agricultural cooperatives.

16. IOT Solutions for Farmers on Livestock Management in Smart City: A Bibliometric Survey

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gaikwad, Mohini M (author) and Harikrishnan, R (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2021-05-01
Published:: United States: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12357
Journal Title:: Library Philosophy and Practice
Journal Title Details:: Summer 2021
Notes:: 29 pages., With modernize city approach, concept of IOT – Internet of things achieving popularity and becoming major source for smart innovations. Added advantage of internet application the technology enables sensing, processing and execution automatically and remotely on finger tip. IOT makes sure an easy availability and access to the information available at any corner of the world. In growing countries like INDIA, increase in urbanization led infrastructure expansion; most of the urban cities are now expanding in nearby towns and villages. So towns and villages are merging and becoming part of nearby cities. So the farms, farmer community and their domestic animals (livestock) are surrounded by concrete and eastern life style. Purpose behind this survey is to provide a bibliographic survey on IOT managed smart solutions to the farmers on their day-to-day work, loose housing, dairy farm and managing livestock to balance quality of life style in urban society towards achieving smart city target

17. Engaging farmers and the agriculture industry through the testing agricultural performance solutions program

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Burr, Charles A. (author), Rudnick, Daran R. (author), Stockton, Matt C. (author), Tigner, Robert (author), and Rhoades, Krystle (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-10
Published:: United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12289
Journal Title:: Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 58, Num. 5
Notes:: 9 pages, The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Testing Agricultural Performance Solutions (TAPS) program involves use of farm management competitions to increase engagement across producers, industry, and universities. Participants make several management decisions throughout the growing season in a controlled field trial held at the university research station. Results are analyzed, and awards are presented for most profitable farm, most efficient farm, and farm with the greatest grain yield. The TAPS program involves several techniques for facilitating participatory assistance, including two-way communication and transformational learning. It has resulted in participants' questioning their past management decisions and realizing that they need to improve their marketing skills to improve profitability.

18. Farmers finding benefits to cover crop adoption: soil health partnership

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Spiegel, Bill (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-10
Published:: USA: Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11763
Journal Title:: Successful Farming
Notes:: Online from publisher. 3 pages., In 2019 cover crop report, SHP dives into cover crop adoption practices. Summary of findings from a survey among 80 farmers in 11 states in the Soil Health Partnership network.

19. Soil science beyond COVID-19

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Lal, Rattan (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2020-07-06
Published:: USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11865
Journal Title:: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Journal Title Details:: Vol. 75
Notes:: 3 pages, via online journal, The fast-moving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic engulfed the world within four months from December to March of 2020, with long-lasting impacts on social, economic, political, educational, and scientific programs. It exacerbated risks of food and nutritional insecurity for a large segment of society, and threats of disruption in the food supply chain may be aggravated by climate change, soil degradation, and the flood/drought syndrome. Ensuring adequate access to nutritious food is a daunting challenge even in developed/scientifically advanced countries, and is a sheer tragedy in poor nations.

20. Ready, willing, and able? USDA field staff as climate advisors

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wiener, S. (author), Roesch-McNally, G.E. (author), Schattman, R.E. (author), and Niles, M.T. (author)
Format:: Research
Publication Date:: 2020-01-01
Published:: USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12061
Journal Title:: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Journal Title Details:: Vol 75, Issue 1
Notes:: 13 pages, via Online journal, Natural resource advisors operate at a natural resource-climate nexus that presents opportunity for utilization of regionally relevant climate science and tools to support climate smart decision making among land managers. This opportunity, however, may be underutilized. In thousands of county offices across the country, USDA field staff with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) interface with farmers on a daily basis to provide conservation technical assistance, farm loans, and disaster recovery assistance. In this study, we conducted a survey of NRCS field staff (n = 1,893) and a similar survey of FSA field staff (n = 4,621) to determine the following: (1) how concerned USDA field staff are with both general and specific climate and weather threats and their effect on agriculture and forestry, (2) what available climate and weather resources staff are currently using, (3) how these factors relate to USDA field staff's confidence and interest in playing the role of climate advisor, and (4) the differences that exist between NRCS and FSA field staff related to these research questions. We found that many USDA field staff are concerned about climate change in general and about several specific impacts, but fewer are confident in their ability to support land managers in addressing these impacts. Additionally, increased concern about climate threats was related to higher levels of climate and weather resource use and an increased desire to play the role of climate advisor, but was also related to lower levels of self-reported ability to play that role. These findings can be used to inform appropriate application of professional development opportunities and creation of tools and resources to improve professional uses of weather and climate information.

21. What farmer types are most likely to adopt joint venture farm business structures?

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kragt, Marit E. (author), Lynch, Brendan (author), Llewellyn, Rick S. (author), and Umberger, Wendy J. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019-08-14
Published:: Australia: Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12522
Journal Title:: The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Journal Title Details:: V. 63, Iss. 4
Notes:: 16pgs, Joint venture (JV) farm structures have the potential to increase the productivity and profitability of traditional family farms. However, such structures are not widely adopted within the farm business community. Furthermore, knowledge on the relative attractiveness of different JV models to farmers is limited. We use a choice experiment to explore what JV structures are preferred by Australian farmers, and how farmers’ socio-demographic and attitudinal characteristics influence the type of JV structure preferred. A latent class analysis revealed significant unobserved preference heterogeneity amongst the population. We identify four latent classes that differ in their preferences regarding the number of JV partners, access to new machinery, and/or the opportunity for additional annual leave. All classes of farmers displayed positive preferences for operational decision-making with other JV partners, although they varied in their preferences towards final operational responsibility. The diversity in preferences shows that there is no ‘one size fits all’ JV design, leaving opportunities for a range of JV decision models. Such flexibility in JV design is likely to have advantages when seeking JV partners, with a significant proportion of the sampled population open to collaborative decision-making models.

22. 7 biggest ethical issues facing the agricultural industry

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Online article
Publication Date:: 2019-07-10
Published:: USA: Ethical Advocate
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D12985
Notes:: 2 pages

23. Farmers' eyes in the sky in Cote d'Ivoire

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Maduka, Emmanuel (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Ivory Coast: Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation (CTA), Wageningen, Netherlands.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11608
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 9
Notes:: 1 page., September-November issue via online., Report on a drone service, WeFly Agri, "to help farm and plantation owners regain control of their land."

24. Information and communication infrastructures and new business models in rural areas: the case of Molise Region in Italy

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Levoli, Corrado (author), Belliggiano, Angelo (author), Marandola, Danilo (author), Milone, Pierluigi (author), and Ventura, Flaminia (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Italy
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11336
Journal Title:: European Countryside
Journal Title Details:: 11(4) : 475-496
Notes:: Online via https://doaj.org, Article deals with the role of information and communication technologies and the related infrastructure to induce innovations for sustainable rural development." Authors examined the role of social innovation to create a new demand for products, services, and organizational models for farm and rural enterprises.

25. Nasir Yammama: A technological approach to enhancing the impact of agricultural extension

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Oluwagbemi, Inioluwa (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Nigeria: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11610
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 23
Notes:: 1 page., September-November issue via online., Digitalisation is improving the agricultural extension system by providing services at the right time, and facilitating adoption of new agronomic practices, resulting in yield improvements and higher incomes for farming households.

26. Supporting advisory services for smart farming: digitalising extension

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Cline, Tiane (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2019
Published:: Ethiopia: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU Wageningen, The Netherlands
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11609
Journal Title:: Spore
Journal Title Details:: 194 : 18-22
Notes:: 5 pages., September-November issue via online., Digitalisation is improving the agricultural extension system by providing services at the right time, and facilitating adoption of new agronomic practices, resulting in yield improvements and higher incomes for farming households.

27. The extent that certain dairy farmer attitudes and behaviors are associated with farm business profitability

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: O'Leary, N.W. (author), Bennett, R.M. (author), Tranter, R.B. (author), and Jones, P.J. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018-12
Published:: Great Britain: Science Direct
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10187
Journal Title:: Journal of Dairy Science
Journal Title Details:: 101(12): 1-18
Notes:: pgs. 11275-11284, Via online journal, The way in which farm managers' attitudes, personality, behavior, values, and sociodemographic characteristics influence farm business performance is, at best, only partially understood. The study reported here expands on this understanding by analyzing the attitudes and personal attributes of 80 dairy farmers in Great Britain in relation to the profitability over 3 yr of their farm businesses. Business goals, temperament, purchasing behavior, and having a growth mindset toward the business were found to be associated with profitability. A linear regression model consisting of 5 variables related to the above was presented that predicts 34% of the observed variation in profitability. Each of these variables were questions related to the participants' personal attitudes or beliefs. Other assessed variables, such as specific husbandry behaviors or practices, or management practices and sociodemographic characteristics, did not warrant inclusion in the final model. These results uniquely contribute to understanding how the attitudes, personality, behaviors, and attributes of dairy farmers are associated with, and thus likely to influence, the profitability of their farm businesses.

28. Understanding precision agriculture adoption through two decades of the Croplife Purdue Survey

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Erickson, Bruce (author) and Lowenberg-DeBoer, James (author)
Format:: Survey report
Publication Date:: 2018-07-19
Published:: USA: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10589
Notes:: 20 pages., Via online - Power Point presentation. Summarizes retail dealers' adoption of precision technologies in agriculture, 1997-2017., The CropLife/Purdue University precision dealer survey is the longest-running continuous survey of precision farming adoption. The 2017 survey is the 18th, conducted every year from 1997 to 2009, and then every other year following. Major sections of the survey include precision technologies used by the retailers within their business/on their equipment, the adoption rates of precision products and services offered by retailers to customers, the dealer’s estimation of the acres in their area where farmers are using precision practices, and questions about profitability, technology investment, and constraints to adoption. The 2017 survey shows substantial increases in the adoption of practices that provide data for understanding and managing inter- and intra-field variability. Grid/zone soil sampling, which was being offered by 35 to 57% of dealers in a period stretching from 1999 to 2013, increased to 67% in 2015 and to 78% offering in 2017. Soil EC mapping increased from 19% in 2015 to 31% in 2017, and dealers offering UAV services from 19% to 30%. At the same time variable rate technology (VRT) seeding prescriptions, VRT lime application, and VRT fertilizer application services are up, yet VRT pesticide offerings are down. Seventy eight percent of dealers are using autoguidance for their custom application and 73% are using sprayer section controllers.

29. Agricultural research using social media data

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Zipper, Samuel C. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09678
Journal Title:: Agronomy Journal
Journal Title Details:: 110 : 349-358

30. Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers' biosecurity attitudes and behaviours

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Richens, I.F. (author), Houdmont, J. (author), Wapenaar, W. (author), Shortall, O. (author), Kaler, J. (author), and O'Connor, H. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: United Kingdom
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: D10193
Journal Title:: Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Journal Title Details:: 155 : 61-74
Notes:: 13 pages., Via UI online subscription.

31. Extension and training practices: challenges for smallholder cattle farmers' community in Thailand

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Jiumpanyarach, W. (author)
Format:: Online journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Pakistan: eSci Journals Publishing
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11225
Journal Title:: International Journal of Agricultural Extension
Journal Title Details:: 6(2): 117-127
Notes:: 11 pages., ISSN : 2311-8547, via online journal., The objective of this study was to analyze the impacts of an extension program (education and training practice) as perceived by smallholder cattle farmers to develop their smallholder farm practices and reduce the costs of production. The study used data from 22 participant smallholder farmers with backgrounding cattle systems. In-depth interview questionnaires were used and collected before and after providing the extension program in Saraburi province, Thailand. Two leaders of this group were selected for observation and as farm models. Environmental differences were investigated during the rainy, winter and summer seasons. This study detailed the socioeconomics of the smallholders, the characteristics and management of livestock farms. The satisfaction levels of the extension programs were also analyzed. The benefits and costs of this program were examined and developed after the program finished. The study found backgrounding cattle farms was a major livelihood within the community. The community was of low income and living in poverty. The farmers were at high levels of risk in terms of feeding costs and cattle market. The program provided knowledge to be enable the farmers to understand and develop the farm systems. Most of the smallholders agreed on the good-practice farming and group activities. The farm leaders influenced their perceptions. The farmers were encouraged to do activities together: learning cattle market information, good-practice cattle farms, and cattle rations management. The success of the extension program improved the economic community, community relationships, and community attitudes. The extension program applied to a pro-active policy. Collaboration learning activities for smallholders benefit the farmers' community. This program improves economic relationships, attitudes, and builds a sustainable agricultural community.

32. Factors influencing farmers' adoption of best management practices: a review and synthesis

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Liu, Tingting (author), Bruins, Randall J.F. (author), and Heberling, Matthew T. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09653
Journal Title:: Sustainability
Journal Title Details:: 10, 432

33. Herd dynamics reflect constraint for pig production and farmer attitudes in smallholder systems in Lao PDR

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Tiemann, Tassilo T. (author), Phengvilaysouk, Ammaly (author), and Keonouchanh, Soukanh (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Laos
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: D10191
Journal Title:: Animal Production Science
Journal Title Details:: 58 : 2158-2166
Notes:: Via UI online subscription.

34. Using a participatory approach to refining and prioritising recommendations for future extension delivery in the Tasmanian dairy industry

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Hall, Alison (author), Turner, Lydia (author), and Kilpatrick, Sue (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2018
Published:: Australia: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN)
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11210
Journal Title:: Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:: 14(2) : 43-52
Notes:: Research effort to refine and prioritize recommendations for future extension and pasture management activities, based on a survey among Tasmanian dairy farmers. Findings led to recommendations involving pasture management training, identifying motivating values of farmers, and requirements for ongoing on-farm support.

35. Purdue study reports what farmers believe are keys to their success

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Gray, Allan (author)
Format:: News release
Publication Date:: 2017-08-25
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08998
Notes:: Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 2 pages.

36. Covering local community banks: trends and stats

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Zhang, Yu (author)
Format:: Article
Publication Date:: 2017-04-25
Published:: USA: Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10569
Notes:: 3 pages., via website, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Community banks are essential to the local economy and play a vital role in the nation’s financial health. They provide business journalists a plethora of stories. To jump-start your reporting, here are national and regional trends regarding local banks.

37. A hierarchy of needs for achieving impact in international research for development

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Butler, James R.A. (author), Darbas, Toni (author), Addison, Jane (author), Bohensky, Erin L. (author), Carter, Lucy (author), Cosijn, Michaela (author), Maru, Yiheyis T. (author), Stone-Jovicich, Samantha (author), Williams, Liana J. (author), and Rodriguez, Luis C. (author)
Format:: Book chapter
Publication Date:: 2017
Published:: International: CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10513
Notes:: 217 pages., Pages 109-129 in Heinz Schandl and Lain Walker (eds.), Social science and sustainability. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria,Australia. 2017. 217 pages.

38. The economics of cover crops and no-till

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:: Research summary
Publication Date:: 2017
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08994
Notes:: Datu Case Studies, Datu Research, Durham, North Carolina. Summary of a case study posted on the website of the National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington, D.C. 2 pages., Study shows adoption of conservation practices boosted net income $83-110 per acre.

39. Identifying barriers and motivators for adoption of multifunctional perennial cropping systems by landowners in the Upper Sangamon River Watershed, Illinois

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Mattia, Chloe M. (author), Lovell, SarahTaylor (author), and Davis, Adam (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2016-12
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08277
Journal Title:: Agroforestry Systems
Notes:: 16 pages.

40. Engaging farmers on climate risk through targeted integration of bio-economic modelling and seasonal climate forecasts

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nidumolu, U.B. (author), Lubbers, M. (author), Kanellopoulos, A. (author), van Ittersum, M.K. (author), Kadiyala, D.M. (author), and Sreenivas, G. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2016-11
Published:: India
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: D07676
Journal Title:: Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:: 149 : 175-184

41. Assessing the capacity of Australian broadacre mixed farmers to adapt to climate change: Identifying constraints and opportunities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Brown, Peter R. (author), Bridle, Kerry L. (author), and Crimp, Steven J. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2016-07
Published:: Australia: Elsevier B.V.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08212
Journal Title:: Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:: 146: 129-141

42. Technology trends in ICT - towards data-driven, farmer-centered and knowledge-based hybrid cloud architectures for smart farming

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Xin, Jiannong (author), Zazueta, Fedro (author), and Office of Information Technology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA Office of the CIO, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2016
Published:: USA: International Commission of Agricultural Engineering
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08241
Journal Title:: Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal
Journal Title Details:: 18 (4): 275-279

43. Managing weather and climate risks to agriculture in North America, Central America and the Caribbean

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Shannon, Harlan D. (author) and Motha, Raymond P. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2015-12
Published:: International: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D07947
Journal Title:: Weather and Climate Extremes
Journal Title Details:: 10: 50-56
Notes:: full text

44. Potential of life cycle assessment to support environmental decision making at commercial dairy farms

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Meul, Marijke (author), Van Middelaar, Corina E. (author), de Boer, Imke J.M. (author), Van Passel, Steven (author), Fremaut, Dirk (author), and Haesaert, Geert (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2014-11
Published:: Belgium: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07816
Journal Title:: Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:: 131: 105-115

45. Let's talk about the money: spousal communication, expenditures, and farm production

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: CHEN, JOYCE J. (author) and COLLINS, LAP ORCHIA A. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2014-10
Published:: Ghana
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D07518
Journal Title:: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:: 96 (5): 1272-1290

46. Drivers of practice change in land management in Australian agriculture: Synthesis report - Stages I, II and III

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kancans, Robert (author), Ecker, Saan (author), Duncan, Alixaandrea (author), Stenekes, Nyree (author), and Zobel-Zubrzycka, Halina (author)
Format:: Report
Publication Date:: 2014-06
Published:: Australia: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Government of Australia, Canberra.
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02884
Notes:: Contents pages, introduction and summary are printed. Full document available online., Research Report 14.5 132 pages.

47. Assessing learning regimes leading to sustainable intensification at the farm level: a new perspective for management assistance for family farms

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Aurelie, Toillier (author), Baudoin, Alice (author), and Chia, Eduardo (author)
Format:: Paper
Publication Date:: 2014
Published:: Burkina Faso
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11346
Notes:: Paper presented during the 11th European International Farming System Association (IFSA) Symposium, "Farming systems facing global challenges: capacities and strategies," April 1-4, 2014, in Berlin, Germany. 11 pages in proceedings, The study involved "learning regime" as the set of mechanisms that are triggers for and lead to the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, allowing the head of the farm to improve production and management methods. Authors identified four types of regimes, calling into question the assumption of homogeneity of farmers' capabilities to change their routines to acquire new skills. Findings prompted suggestion that creating spaces for exchanges between producers who are at common stages of development or have similar problems, leveraging specific know-how of different ethnic groups and inter-cultural exchanges, and facilitating access to existing information in a given territory seem to be some of the many possible ways of strengthening existing dynamics of learning.

48. ICTs adoption for accessing agricultural information: evidence from Indian agriculture

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Das, Bibhunandini (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2014
Published:: India
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: D07529
Journal Title:: Agricultural Economics Research Review
Journal Title Details:: 27 (2): 199-208

49. Cognitive mapping: a method to elucidate and present farmers' risk perception

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Van Winsen, Frankwin (author), de May, Yann (author), Lauwers, Ludwig (author), Van Passel, Steven (author), Vancauteren, Mark (author), and Wauters, Erwin (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2013-11
Published:: Belgium: Elsevier
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07802
Journal Title:: Agricultural Systems
Journal Title Details:: 122: 42-52

50. Environmental services coupled to food products and brands: food companies interests and on-farm accounting

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Kempa, Daniela (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2013-09
Published:: Germany
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D02736
Journal Title:: Journal of Environmental Management
Journal Title Details:: 127 : S184-S190

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