Implications of Bovine Somatotropin on Performance and Structure for Western Canadian Dairy Farms
Title | Implications of Bovine Somatotropin on Performance and Structure for Western Canadian Dairy Farms PDF eBook |
Author | Kenny K. H. Chow |
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Pages | 384 |
Release | 1992 |
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BST is experimentally found that it could increase milk production by 10 percent. This bio-technology may be attractive for dairy farmers to adopt. The objective of this study is to examine some of the potential effects of BST administration on western Canadian dairy farms. The effects include: BST profitability on gross margins of the farm operation; short-run adjustments on milk production levels, herd size, and input combinations for the dairy and cropping enterprises; milk quota values; milk prices; and likely long-term impacts in terms of structural changes in the dairy and related agricultural sectors. Some farms representative of dairy farms in prairie region are classified in the study. A linear programming model is developed to examine BST effects to the representative farms. Two scenarios are assumed regarding BST adoption: milk quota and no milk quota purchase scenarios. Modelling results show that BST is profitable to be adopted on western Canadian dairy farms under either assumed quota scenarios. Both quota scenarios have unique advantages, in terms of gross margins and assets investment of the farms, regarding BST adoption. Input combinations for the dairy and cropping enterprises do change. The respective share of each feed used for rations are changed, although the types of feed remain constant. Cash crops acreage and labour hours hired on the farm are also affected by BST adoption. The respective changes on cash crop acreage and hired labour hours depend on the type of quota scenario assumed. Results also show that milk quota values would increase after BST is introduced to the sector. Conversely, milk prices would be insignificantly affected in the intermediate-term. In the short-run, BST is likely to have some small effects on dairy farm and cow numbers. However, the long-term implications of BST adoption may be more significant. The bio-technology would reinforce the trend of fewer but larger dairy herds in the sector. Furthermore, the impacts of BST adoption on related sectors such as; beef, cropping, and farm inputs are likely to be minor.
Review of Status and Potential Impact of Bovine Growth Hormone
Title | Review of Status and Potential Impact of Bovine Growth Hormone PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Dairy cattle |
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Bovine Somatotropin And Emerging Issues
Title | Bovine Somatotropin And Emerging Issues PDF eBook |
Author | Milton C Hallberg |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2019-04-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0429709862 |
Bovine somatotropin, or bST, a growth hormone genetically engineered to increase milk production in dairy cows, highlights the controversial issues of biotechnology and its widespread use. Focusing on the problems inherent in new and radically different technologies, this book develops a methodology for examining bST and other biotechnological deve
Dairy Research and Bovine Somatotropin
Title | Dairy Research and Bovine Somatotropin PDF eBook |
Author | B.A. Crooker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 8 |
Release | 1994 |
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Use of Bovine Somatotropin (BST) in the United States: Its Potential Effects
Title | Use of Bovine Somatotropin (BST) in the United States: Its Potential Effects PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 94 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Bovine somatotropin |
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Bovine Somatotropin
Title | Bovine Somatotropin PDF eBook |
Author | Jork Sellschopp |
Publisher | |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Bovine somatotropin |
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Science and Social Context
Title | Science and Social Context PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Nicole Mills |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780773523753 |
A critical analysis of the intensely controversial recombinant bovine growth hormone.