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How land retirement programs affect crop production: Evidence from China's Grain for Green Program
- AbstractThis paper evaluates the impact of one of the world's largest land conservation programs—China's Grain for Green Program—on crop production, and examines whether land retirement...
Global Inequality and Potential Trade?Offs in Community Resilience to Compound Climate Extremes
29/09/2026 - AbstractThe resilience of human society to multiple climate disasters is crucial for supporting sustainable development progress and promoting human well?being in an era of climate change. Yet little...
Safety of frozen paste from blanched, whole migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
- AbstractFollowing a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on frozen paste from blanched, whole...
Early Detection of Drought and Overwatering Stress in Apple Seedlings Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Deep Learning
- This study presents a robust framework for early water stress diagnosis in apple seedlings using hyperspectral imaging and a dual?attention SimAM?ECA?MobileNet model. By integrating endmember...
Can rural collective economic development mitigate farmland abandonment in China? The roles of endogenous scale economies and exogenous financial incentives
- Reducing farmland abandonment is of critical importance for the scientific management of land resources, safeguarding food security, and promoting sustainable agricultural development. Existing...
Agricultural blockchain readiness environment and carbon emission intensity in maize production: evidence from provincial panel data in major maize-producing areas of China
- China’s major maize-producing regions face the joint challenge of sustaining food production and reducing agricultural emissions. Existing research on digital agriculture often uses broad...
Joint determination of factors influencing adoption of climate smart agricultural practices in modern rice production in Southwest Bangladesh: a multivariate probit approach
- Climate change and environmental degradation are increasingly threatening rice production in the coastal regions of the developing world, where the goals of raising productivity and building...
Optimizing Straw Return Practices to Improve Soil Properties and Crop Yield in Saline?Alkali Soils: A Global Meta?Analysis Coupled With Machine Learning
- A global meta?analysis of 153 studies, 1092 paired observations, combined with machine learning methods, was conducted to quantify the effect of straw return on crop yield and major soil salinity...
66. Innovation in the U.S. Beef Value Chain: A Sustainable Beef Research Roadmap.
29/09/2026 - The U.S. beef industry has a long history of improving productivity and environmental performance; however, persistent scientific gaps and increasing demands for credible, scalable sustainability...
PS13-5. Effect of Dose Level of DL-Malate on Chemical and Nutrient Profiles of Newly Developed Blend Pellet Products.
29/09/2026 - The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of adding DL-malate on chemical and nutrient profiles of newly developed pellet products. The DL-malate were added with four different...
267. UAV-based Multispectral Monitoring to Predict Pasture Nutritional Value, Grazing Behavior, and Methane Production in Grazing Heifers.
29/09/2026 - Pasture nutritive value is an important indicator of production efficiency in grazing systems. Remote sensing using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with multispectral sensors could be an...
34. Dose-response Relationship of a Blended Tannin Extract on Ruminal Fermentation Dynamics, Methane Production, and Diet Digestibility Using the In Vitro Gas Production Technique.
29/09/2026 - Dietary tannins can modulate rumen fermentation and reduce methane (CH4) production, yet dose-response data for blends containing both condensed tannins (CT) and hydrolyzable tannins (HT) remain...
368. Accuracy, Reliability, and Value of New Digital Technologies in Swine Production Systems.
29/09/2026 - Over the last 20 years, technological innovations have dramatically improved efficiency and accuracy of highly controlled, precision farming in US crop production systems. Inventions such as spot...
PS4-18. Proof-of-concept Evaluation of Multi-frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for Non-invasive Detection of Caseous Lymphadenitis in Meat Goats.
29/09/2026 - Caseous lymphadenitis (CL) is a chronic bacterial disease that negatively impacts meat goat productivity, carcass value, and herd biosecurity. Existing detection methods depend on visual inspection...
77. Automated Behavior Classification for Modeling Dry Matter Intake in Cattle.
29/09/2026 - Enteric methane contributes substantially to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cattle, and Dry Matter Intake (DMI) is often used as a proxy for estimating methane production. However, current...
PS2-24. Grazing Performance Testing of Beef Heifers and Bulls.
29/09/2026 - Accurate measurement of individual dry matter intake (DMI) in grazing cattle remains a major challenge for evaluating feed efficiency traits in beef production systems. This study evaluated...
PS2-22. Evaluation of the Adaptive Humoral Response in Cattle Treated with the Natural Additive Fator P Against Specific Salivary Antigens Isolated from the Tick Rhipicephalus Microplus.
29/09/2026 - The cattle tick R. microplus causes several negative impacts on the performance of livestock. The control of infestation causes economic losses for producers, contaminate food products, the...
PS12-6. Hematological and Rheological Determinants of Species-specific Blood Dispersion Patterns for Automated Anemia Detection in Livestock.
29/09/2026 - Anemia alters hemoglobin concentration, erythrocyte distribution, and blood rheology, leading to measurable changes in fluid dispersion behavior. This study investigated the influence of...
PS1-28. Validation of an Method to Determine Individual Grazing Dry Matter Intake at Scale in Beef Cattle.
29/09/2026 - Knowing the accurate dry matter intake (DMI) is vital in order for cattle farmers to optimize farm management. DMI is affected by various factors including forage quality, environmental conditions,...
PS10-27. Integrating Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance and Machine Learning for Pregnancy Detection in Sheep.
29/09/2026 - Early pregnancy detection is critical for improving reproductive management and production efficiency in sheep. While conventional diagnostic methods such as ultrasonography and blood-based assays...
203. Automated Detection and Scoring of Feces in Beef Cattle Feedlots Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
29/09/2026 - Manure scoring is a widely used tool for evaluating cattle health and nutrition in beef cattle feedlots. However, manual scoring is time-consuming, subjective, and limited by restricted ground-level...