ORGANIC LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION PRACTICES

ORGANIC LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION PRACTICES Organic production practices are just one of the many options available to livestock producers to grow and market quality livestock and wholesome end-products. Organic livestock management practices offer unique rewards and challenges to the livestock producer regardless of the animal species produced. Organic livestock production often necessitates the integration of animal-pasture-crop […]

PEST MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARM PRODUCTION

PEST MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARM PRODUCTION Organic farming relies on methods which combine scientific knowledge of ecology and modern technology with traditional farming practices based on naturally occurring biological processes. It is a farming system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people. The principal methods of organic farming include crop rotation, green manure […]

AGRICULTURE RISK MANAGEMENT

Managing risk is an important part of every business activity . Risk and uncertainty are unavoidable parts to agriculture . The most common risk elements are weather, climate, crop and animal diseases and natural disasters. Farmers are mostly vulnerable to risk given their near-direct and overly direct dependence on these factors. They may have difficulty […]