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Bulletin No 4158 - Western Australian Beef Industry - Economic Constraints And Future Market Outlook, Alan Peggs Jul 1989

Bulletin No 4158 - Western Australian Beef Industry - Economic Constraints And Future Market Outlook, Alan Peggs

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Since the mid 1970s there has been a substantial decline in cattle numbers in Western Australia. Most of this decline has occurred in the agricultural areas.

Much of the decline in cattle numbers can be attributed to low real cattle prices.

As a result of the fall in cattle numbers beef production has also fallen. However, the percentage fall in production has been somewhat less than the percentage decline in numbers due to a rise in the average carcass weight of animals slaughtered.

With declining beef production the amount of beef available for export has also declined. Similarly domestic consumption …


A Dss For Animal Nutrition Planning, Krishna Prasad, M R Gopalan, S Sridhar Jun 1989

A Dss For Animal Nutrition Planning, Krishna Prasad, M R Gopalan, S Sridhar

IIMB Management Review

In recent years, after the much acclaimed success of the Green
Revolution, the nation’s planners are coming to realize that it is not adequate for
the nation to have enough to eat, it is also important to have quality food. There
has, therefore, recently been a new emphasis on industries such as dairy and
poultry. It has been realized that there is a need to harness India’s enormous
animal resources. (There are, by one estimate, some 480 million livestock in the
country, including about 230 million cattle and 136 million poultry). Significant
improvements in the productivity of livestock can be …


A Dss For Farm Management, Y Kashi Vishwanadhan Jun 1989

A Dss For Farm Management, Y Kashi Vishwanadhan

IIMB Management Review

Farm management is a decision process. The tarmer and the state as
decision makers at different operational levels have some what conflicting
objectives to achieve-the farmer has to choose between alternative use of
scarce resources - land, labour and capital and operate his farm to maximize
the net returns; whereas the state has to increase the agriculture production to
meet the demand of the population even at higher levels of input costs. It has to
take decisions relating to Support Prices for various crop products, credit and
input supply in such a manner as to ensure healthy progress in the …


The Benefits Of Weaning Cattle In The Kimberley, David Pratchett, Stuart Young May 1989

The Benefits Of Weaning Cattle In The Kimberley, David Pratchett, Stuart Young

Animal production and livestock research reports

The Kimberley region was populated with Shorthorn cattle from Queensland and New Sonth Wales in the 1880's. The descendants of these cattle known as Kimberley Shorthorn are still the predominant breed in the region. The relatively poor performance of these cattle under the harsh Kimberley conditions and the fact that changing the genotype can improve productivity was recently published (Pratchett D. WADA Journal No. 4 1988)

While the adoption of Bos indicus breeds is the correct move, improved husbandry can also increase the productivity of the Kimberley Shorthorn cow. The majority of cattle in the Kimberley are not weaned. Sometimes …


Bulletin No 4146 - Commercial Production Of Pawpaws In Western Australia, J. R. Burt, B. L. Toohill May 1989

Bulletin No 4146 - Commercial Production Of Pawpaws In Western Australia, J. R. Burt, B. L. Toohill

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The papaw (Carica papaya L.) is a native plant of Central America. It produces its highest yields of good quality fruit in tropical regions.

The tree is short-lived and rarely produces crops for more than two or three years. It is quick growing and soon reaches a maximum height of 5 to 7 m. It is usually unbranched, but may branch after either injury to the top or cutting back.


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 3, Spring 1989, Santa Clara University Apr 1989

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 3, Spring 1989, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - VISION Santa Clara's new president talks about his priorities for the University in the decade ahead.

15 - FAMILY IN CRISIS Is the Silicon Valley family an endangered species?

18 - DUBLIN: CITY OF 1,000 YEARS Today it is a bustling European capital. But progress has come at a price.

22 - GEORGE AND THE SILVER FOX A behind-the-scenes look at President and Mrs. Bush.

27 - WHO SHALL CARE .. . AND HOW? By 2020 every fourth American may be 65 or over.


Increasing Profit On Dairy Farms, G R. Olney, Warren Standing Jan 1989

Increasing Profit On Dairy Farms, G R. Olney, Warren Standing

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Farmers continually make decisions on all aspects of their farms that influence profit. For dairy farmers these include the number of cows, calving pattern, level and type of supplementary feeding, area of each pasture type and fodder crop, and the areas for hay or silage, or both. The extent and type of the beef sideline operations also influence the overall profitability of the farm.

The WesternAustralian Dairy Farm Model (WADFM) is a whole farm model developed by the Western Australian Department of Agriculture to help farmers maximise profits by considering all effects of such decisions on the farm.


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1989

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Coates, Alan. Management's Attitude Toward Collective Bargaining
  • Frew, Becky. The Effects of Personality Type and Social Support on Instances of Job Stress
  • Green, Laura. Earth Sheltered Housing
  • Gregory, Vicky. Fraud and Abuse by Medical Providers in Medicare and Medicaid
  • Hignite, Susan. Japanese Students in Kentucky Classrooms
  • Hodum, Martha. The Mathematically Gifted Child
  • Jones, Rodney. Superman to Censorship: America's Romance with the Comic Book
  • Marrs, Shawn. Romanticism and Unromanticism in Sir Gawain and the …


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 2, Winter 1989, Santa Clara University Jan 1989

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 2, Winter 1989, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - MANUFACTURED MOTHERHOOD A Catholic theologian looks at reproductive technology.

16 - ELECTION '88 Will Bush put a new face on Uncle Sam?

20 - IN THE FACE OF AIDS What alumna Sharon Kugler '81 learned hel ping AIDS sufferers.

23 - ON A ROLL New York's hottest director is SCU's Ron Lagomarsino '73.

25 - DO JOBS AND COLLEGE MIX? Alumni and students tell how they fit part-time jobs into their schedules/


The Hidden Costs Of Beef, Michael W. Fox, Nancy E. Wiswall Jan 1989

The Hidden Costs Of Beef, Michael W. Fox, Nancy E. Wiswall

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Furniture Manufacturing And Marketing In The ‘American Economic Transition, Steven H. Bullard Jan 1989

Furniture Manufacturing And Marketing In The ‘American Economic Transition, Steven H. Bullard

Faculty Publications

The Office of Technology Assessment recently prepared a 500 page report titled Technology and the American Economic Transition, Choices for the Future. OTA sees four major factors that are resulting in "economic transition" factors that will continue to transform the U.S. economy during the next 20 years: new technologies, new challenges from abroad, new resource constraints, and new values and tastes in U.S. consumer and labor markets.

New technologies, particularly in collecting and handling information, are expected to have long-term, pervasive economic and social impacts comparable to past U.S. economic transformations from major technologies such as automobiles and railroads. New …


Beefin : Maximizing Profits From Feeding Beef Cattle Out Of Season, R G. Grieve, David Barker, Jim May Jan 1989

Beefin : Maximizing Profits From Feeding Beef Cattle Out Of Season, R G. Grieve, David Barker, Jim May

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

BEEFIN is a computer model that formulates profit maximising diets for finishing beef cattle to a specified carcass weight and fat thickness. It predicts cattle growth rate, feed conversion ratio, final liveweight, number of days on feed and the amount of available feedstuffs required to finish cattle to specification, The diets fulfil the animal's energy, protien, mineral and roughage requirements.

BEEFIN also calculates a profit and loss budget for the enterprise, performs a sensitivity analysis on changes in the price for both cattle and feed and determines the changes in feed prices needed before the composition of the diet is …


Menu, 1989, Gallagher's Boxty House Jan 1989

Menu, 1989, Gallagher's Boxty House

Gallagher's Boxty House

No abstract provided.


Capretto : A New Meat Industry, R J. Suiter Jan 1989

Capretto : A New Meat Industry, R J. Suiter

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Capretto is the term the Italians use for the meat from a goat upto 20 weeks old. For centuries goat meat has featured on tables from the Mediterranean to asia and the Pacific Islands.

Western Australian premium quality capretto has a dressed weight of between 6 and 1kg. Its pinkish flesh is tender and leaner than sheep meat, so it's ideal for the health conscious.

This article describes a market development programme undertaken by the Department of Agriculture's Goat Industry Development Unit (GIDU) and the Australian Cashmere Growers Association's (ACGA) Meat Marketing Committee to establish a premium market for capretto …


Direct Selling Is A Plus For Cattle Producers, P G. Frapple Jan 1989

Direct Selling Is A Plus For Cattle Producers, P G. Frapple

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The aim when marketing cattle is to maximise the net return with the minimum level of risk. To do this a producer needs an accurate description of the stock for sale and information on the likely gross returns and costs of selling through the different marketing systems.

Since producers' selling costs and processors' buying costs are lower in direct sales, it is more likely that net returns from direct delivery will be higher.


Bulletin No 4151 - Pigs In Western Australia, N W. Godfrey, B M. Goss, H. G. Payne Jan 1989

Bulletin No 4151 - Pigs In Western Australia, N W. Godfrey, B M. Goss, H. G. Payne

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Pig raising was originally a sideline on many Western Australian farms, being a convenient and profitable way to dispose of 'skim' milk on butterfat dairy farms and 'seconds' quality grain on wheat farms.

Most farmers ran pigs in large sties or small paddocks. With little capital tied up in buildings, it was easy to 'get out of pigs' when prices dropped, and get in again when prices improved. This led to a cyclic pattern, with pig numbers rising to a peak every three to four years then falling when low prices caused oversupply.

Dairy farmers in the south-west usually kept …


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 1, Fall 1988, Santa Clara University Oct 1988

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 1, Fall 1988, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

12 - MY CHINA YEAR Cathy Morrissey '85 guides us through her year in China, teaching English as a second language in Handan.

19 - IT PAYS TO LET YOUR KID RUN WILD The story of a remarkable relationship between a Japanese firm and Michael Franz '75.

21 - THE REWAK YEARS Alumna-journalist Jeanne Huber describes the way Santa Clara grew during the Rewak administration.

26 - THE DEGNAN WAY How a respected English professor turns undergraduates into professional writers.


Department Of Fisheries Annual Report 1987 - 1988, Department Of Fisheries, Western Australia Aug 1988

Department Of Fisheries Annual Report 1987 - 1988, Department Of Fisheries, Western Australia

Department of Fisheries Annual Reports

In accordance with Section 62 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, I submit for your information and presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of the Fisheries Department for the financial year ending 30 June 1988.

The Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.

Section 57 of the Fisheries Act 1905 requires me to report to you as to the state of the fisheries of the State and for such report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 30 Number 4, Summer 1988, Santa Clara University Jul 1988

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 30 Number 4, Summer 1988, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

12 - CARING FOR AGING PARENTS As Americans live longer, children find themselves making decisions for their parents.

16 - KIDNAPPED IN BEIRUT Charles Glass '72 writes about his 62 days of captivity and his escape to freedom.

20 - A MARK OF SUCCESS Mark Alsterlind '76, living in Van Gogh's hometown, pursues his dream to be a painter.

24 - GIFT OF THE MAGUS A wise man from England brought gifts still warmly treasured by Santa Clara.

26 - IS BRAINWASHING POSSIBLE? An absorbing interview on mind control with law professor Alan Scheflin.


Miscellaneous Production 23/87 - Animal Production In The Spinifex And Shrubland Regions Of Western Australia, D. Burnside Jul 1988

Miscellaneous Production 23/87 - Animal Production In The Spinifex And Shrubland Regions Of Western Australia, D. Burnside

Animal production and livestock published reports

The role of the Rangeland Management Branch is to promote the sustained economic use of the rangeland resource. It provides research and extension services to the pastoral industry, provides advice on the condition of the range resource to Government and provides technical information on rangelands to other rangeland managers. A principal objective to be met in fulfilling that role is the development and promotion of economically efficient place systems that conserve the rangeland resource. At the inaugural Pastoral Soil Conservation Districts Conference in Meekatharra in May 1987, pastoralist delegates emphasized the importance of achieving that objective within the various soil …


Cooperative Agreements Between Tribes And The States, Bernard P. Becker Jun 1988

Cooperative Agreements Between Tribes And The States, Bernard P. Becker

Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

36 pages.


Federal Taxation Of Resort Development, Commercial Fishing, And Reindeer, Steven C. Moore Jun 1988

Federal Taxation Of Resort Development, Commercial Fishing, And Reindeer, Steven C. Moore

Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

5 pages.

Contains references.


Environmental Regulation On Indian Reservations, B. Kevin Gover Jun 1988

Environmental Regulation On Indian Reservations, B. Kevin Gover

Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

45 pages.


Agenda: Natural Resource Development In Indian Country, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jun 1988

Agenda: Natural Resource Development In Indian Country, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors David H. Getches, Charles F. Wilkinson, Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Richard B. Collins.

Indian reservations constitute about 2.5% of all land in the country and 5% of all land in the American West. During the last two decades, Indian natural resources issues have moved to the forefront as tribal governments have dramatically expanded their regulatory programs, judicial systems. and resource development activities. This major symposium will address current developments and assess likely future directions in the areas of tribal, federal, and state regulation; tribal-state intergovernmental agreements; financing; mineral …


Ua12/2/1 Faces Of Bowling Green, Wku Student Affairs Apr 1988

Ua12/2/1 Faces Of Bowling Green, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald.

  • Voninski, Tamara. Traveling Vet – John O’Brien
  • Adams, Jeanie. The Teaching Mayor – Patsy Sloan
  • Deputy, Amy & Todd Turner. Picking Up the Pieces - Ronny Skirven


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 30 Number 3, Spring 1988, Santa Clara University Apr 1988

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 30 Number 3, Spring 1988, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - IS MARRIAGE REALLY INDISSOLUBLE? Santa Clara's noted marriage scholar examines the sacrament of marriage from an historical perspective. By Theodore J. Mackin, S.J.

14 - MENTOR AND GADFLY In a companion piece, marriage scholar Ted Mackin, S.J., is the subject of a profile. By Katherine Ann Tanelian and Paul Hennessy

17 - ON THE ROAD WITH JESSE JACKSON An AP reporter and alumna takes us behind the scenes to learn what it's like covering , a candidate.

21 - FEATS OF CLAY Clay Barbeau '59 is one of the hottest personalities on the counseling psychology circuit today. By …


Present Net Worth And Internal Rate Of Return: A Note On Equivalence In Use, K. A. Blatner, Steven H. Bullard Jan 1988

Present Net Worth And Internal Rate Of Return: A Note On Equivalence In Use, K. A. Blatner, Steven H. Bullard

Faculty Publications

Present net worth and internal rate of return are frequently used for ranking investment alternatives. The relative merits and limitations of the two criteria are discussed at length in numerous journal articles and texts. For analysts wishing to present consistent project comparisons, the issue is not which criterion is superior, but when are they equivalent. In this article, conditions for equivalence in use are outlined under alternative assumptions. Although the conditions appear complex, they are not unduly restrictive.


Fisheries Report No 80 - Potential For The Development Of A Tuna Industry In North West Australian Waters, J. P. Robins Jan 1988

Fisheries Report No 80 - Potential For The Development Of A Tuna Industry In North West Australian Waters, J. P. Robins

Fisheries Research Reports

Information available on the abundance of tuna off north west Australia, gathered on surveys by both ship and aircraft, the presented in order to identify opportunities for the sourcing of raw material for the Western Australian tuna canning industry. Identification of the constraints and potential for industry development of these resources is made focusing on the area considered most favourable, types of vessels used, fishing methods and strategies required for the development of such resources in the event that there is some identified prospect of viable commercial development.


Fisheries Management Paper No. 22 - Economics And Marketing Of Western Australian Pilchards., Scp Fisheries Consultants Pty Ltd Jan 1988

Fisheries Management Paper No. 22 - Economics And Marketing Of Western Australian Pilchards., Scp Fisheries Consultants Pty Ltd

Fisheries Management Papers

Most of the Western Australian pilchard catch comes from King George Sound and from the southern coast off Albany where the number of vessels allowed to catch has been controlled. Prospects for increasing production in this area are limited. However, there are indications that considerable quantities of pilchards could be caught in waters to the east and west of Albany, in the inshore declared purse seine development zone.

Before allowing fisherman to catch more pilchards in these waters, the Western Australian Government decided that an investigation should be undertaken of the Australian pilchard resources, the domestic and export market situation …


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 30 Number 2, Winter 1988, Santa Clara University Jan 1988

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 30 Number 2, Winter 1988, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - UNDERSTANDING THE NEW SOVIETS A first-person account of the Soviet Union today by the author of two books on Russia. By Jim Garrison

16 - HOW TO GET INTO ADVERTISING An English graduate goes from waiting tables to a senior vice presidency on Madison Avenue. By Barbara Boyle

20 - 1988 ECONOMIC FORECAST For 15 years, Mario Belotti's been making forecasts that are amazingly accurate. By Mario Belotti

22 - SANTA CLARA AND THE POPES Reviewing historic links with Rome shows how it affected SCU. By Gerald McKevitt, S.J.

26 - SCU'S ETERNAL FLAIM Biology professor Frank Flaim …