Smart Strawberry Farming Using Edge Computing and IoT by Mateus Cruz, Samuel Mafra, Eduardo Teixeira, Felipe Figueiredo

“…To mitigate the problem, this study developed an edge technology capable of handling the collection, analysis, prediction, and detection of heterogeneous data in strawberry farming. The proposed IoT platform integrates various monitoring services into one common platform for digital farming. …”
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What You May Not Realize about Vertical Farming by Farzana A. Lubna, David C. Lewus, Timothy J. Shelford, Arend-Jan Both

“…Vertical farming (VF) is a newer crop production practice that is attracting attention from all around the world. …”
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Smallholder milk-quality awareness in Indonesian dairy farms by Achmad Fadillah, Bart H.P. van den Borne, Okti Nadia Poetri, Henk Hogeveen, Wendy Umberger, Jack Hetherington, Ynte H. Schukken

“…A stratified sampling method was used to select smallholder farms in 4 districts in West Java, Indonesia, that were interviewed between August and September 2017. …”
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Managing Nitrogen Inputs and Outputs on a Dairy Farm by Rebecca Hellmuth, George Hochmuth

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Current antimicrobial use in farm animals in the Republic of Ireland by Hannah Martin, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Simon J. More, Lorcan O’Neill, Lisa Bradford, Catherine I. Carty, Áine B. Collins, Conor G. McAloon

“…Further studies will allow us to fill current knowledge gaps and build a more comprehensive overview of antimicrobial use in farm animals in Ireland.…”
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Bird diversity in the forests and coconut farms of Sulawesi, Indonesia by Nurul L. Winarni, Simon L. Mitchell, Bhisma G. Anugra, Nicolas J. Deere, Khaleb Yordan, Boas Immanuel, Zuliyanto Zakaria, Muhajir A.W. Gaib, Jatna Supriatna, Matthew J. Struebig

“…Coconut farming contributes to the livelihoods of millions of people in tropical countries but is less frequently considered as a threat to biodiversity compared to other palm commodities such as oil palm. …”
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Productive and Economic Efficiency of Some Layer Farms in Egypt by Manal H.M. Abd El-Aziz, Sanad T. Atallah, Adel A.S. Elnabtiti, Mostafa A. Mandour

“…Therefore, layer farms are considered a good investment for both private and government sectors. …”
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The market in Ancient Rome and farming economy in times of crisis by Juan José Ferrer Maestro

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Sustainable Livestock Farming for Improving Socio-Economic Condition by Mohammad Shamsuddoha, Mohammed Quaddus, Desmond Klass

“…In this paper, a case poultry farm was taken to examine a production process that links with socio-economic benefits. …”
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Maya Children. Helpers at the Farm (Karen L. Kramer) by Gema Campos Hernando

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Patterns of Reproductive Management in Sheep and Goat Farms in Greece by Daphne T. Lianou, Natalia G. C. Vasileiou, Charalambia K. Michael, Irene Valasi, Vasia S. Mavrogianni, Mariangela Caroprese, George C. Fthenakis

“…Pregnancy diagnosis ultrasonographically was performed in 36.6% and 16.8% of sheep and goat farms, respectively; multivariable analysis indicated as significant three (management system applied in farms, age of farmer, farming tradition in the family) and two (management system applied in farms, availability of milking parlour) predictors in sheep and goat farms, respectively. …”
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Global trends in antimicrobial resistance on organic and conventional farms by Eldon O. Ager, Tamilie Carvalho, Erin M. Silva, Steven C. Ricke, Jessica L. Hite

“…Notably, environmental samples from organic and conventional farms often exhibited high levels of resistance to medically important drugs, underscoring the need for more stringent and consistent policies to control antimicrobial contaminants in the soil (particularly on organic farms, where the application of conventional manure could faciliate the spread antimicrobial resistance). …”
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Archaeobotanical evidence for the emergence of pastoralism and farming in southern Africa by Jerry Oluwatobi Olatoyan, Frank Harald Neumann, Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie, Christine Sievers, Mary Evans, Sinethemba Mvelase, Tanya Hattingh, Maria H. Schoeman

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The Role of Women on Dairy Goat Farms in Southern Spain by Cristina Arce, Cipriano Díaz-Gaona, Manuel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Santos Sanz-Fernández, Mª. Dolores López-Fariña, Vicente Rodríguez-Estévez

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Suppressing common ragweed biomass with integrated farming methods by Sölter, Ulrike, Verschwele, Arnd

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Enhancement of SVC performance in flicker mitigation of wind farms by Haidar Samet, Ali Asghar Bagheri

“…The output active and reactive powers of wind farms are highly time‐varying even in extremely short time periods which cause flicker. …”
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A Platform Approach to Smart Farm Information Processing by Mohammad Amiri-Zarandi, Mehdi Hazrati Fard, Samira Yousefinaghani, Mitra Kaviani, Rozita Dara

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Automatic Individual Pig Detection and Tracking in Pig Farms by Lei Zhang, Helen Gray, Xujiong Ye, Lisa Collins, Nigel Allinson

“…Experiments with a dataset captured from a commercial farm show that our method can robustly detect and track multiple pigs under challenging conditions. …”
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Preliminary Exploration of Swine Veterinarian Perspectives of On-Farm Euthanasia by Lily N. Edwards-Callaway, Mary Caitlin Cramer, I. Noa Roman-Muniz, Lorann Stallones, Sofia Thompson, Sari Ennis, Jordan Marsh, Hailey Simpson, Elizabeth Kim, Elaine Calaba, Monique Pairis-Garcia

“…Although preliminary, this study supports the need for further euthanasia training on-farm, involving veterinarians in the process.…”
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Antibiotic susceptibility of opportunistic pathogens in poultry egg farms by Krivonogova A.S., Isaeva A.G., Loginov E.A., Moiseeva K.V., Donnik I.M.

“…For this purpose, we obtained biomaterial at different technological areas of two poultry farms in the period of three months. The relative constancy of genus-species spectrum of microorganisms with differences in frequency of occurrence at poultry farms was established. …”
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