Integrated Farm Management

Key words integrated farm management, crop rotations, soil management, wildlife and conservation, environmental stewardship. 

The development of Integrated Crop Management (ICM), Integrated Farm Management (IFM) and sustainable crop production... 

Sustainable crop production is delivered by adopting systems based on Integrated Farm Management and Organic Farming. 

Rotz, C. A., Corson, M. S., Chianese, D. S., and Coiner, C. U. (2009). Integrated Farm System Model Reference Manual. Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, University Park, PA http //ars.usda.gov/SP U-serFiles/Place/19020000/ifsmreference.pdf. (accessed). 

Rotz CA, Corson MS, Chianese DS, Coiner CU. The integrated farm system model reference manual. University Park, PA USDAARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management research unit www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/19020000/ifsmre-ference.2009. 

Integration of management and treatment approaches farm specific mastitis management plans... 

Fig. 16.3 Replicated field trial in Wadenswil, Switzerland where higher bacteria biomass (expressed as microbial bound carbon (Cmic) was found in the organically managed orchard soils (crosses = organic squares = conventional, integrated) than in orchards managed according to integrated farming practice. Higher bacterial biomass was correlated with increased content of water-extractable calcium in soil samples...

Keywords Cultivation Fertilization Indicators Integrated pest management Irrigation Land conservation Organic farming Pest control Sustainable agriculture... 

Pesticides are considered a necessary evil however, it has been estimated that without their use food expenditure for western families would more than double (Zilberman et al. 1991) and, much worse, food shortage would be more acute in many third world countries about 40% crop production would be lost, according to FAO. Pest and pesticide control is probably the sector where a really integrated view of farm management is most required certainly, pest treatments by calendar as largely in use till a few years ago and still in use today here and there are unsustainable. The principles of targeting interventions according to real need as advocated... 

Alvarez, T., Frampton, G.K., Goulson, D. 2001. Epigeic collembola in winter wheat under organic, integrated and conventional farm management regimes. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 83 95-110. 

Integrated crop management A whole-farm strategy that involves managing crops in ways that suit local soil, climatic, and economic conditions. 

Distinguish between organic farming and integrated crop management. 

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