Circular agriculture increases food production and can reduce N fertilizer use of commercial farms for tropical environments

SG Moreira, G Hoogenboom, MR Nunes… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
World food production must increase in the coming years with minimal environmental impact
for food and nutrition security. Circular Agriculture has emerged as an approach to minimize …

[HTML][HTML] Carcass and meat quality traits of Nellore young bulls and steers throughout fattening

LHP Silva, DEF Assis, MM Estrada, GJF Assis… - Livestock Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of castration on carcass and meat
quality traits of Nellore cattle harvested after 0, 100 or 200 days on feed. Thirty-six Nellore …

Predicting enteric methane production from cattle in the tropics

RS Ribeiro, JPP Rodrigues, RM Maurício, A Borges… - Animal, 2020 - cambridge.org
Accurate estimates of methane (CH4) production by cattle in different contexts are essential
to developing mitigation strategies in different regions. We aimed to:(i) compile a database …

Environmental and economic performance of paddy field-based crop-livestock systems in Southern Brazil

E Vogel, G Martinelli, FD Artuzo - Agricultural Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The adoption of improved crop-livestock (CL) systems is an important strategy to
enhance the sustainability of agricultural systems. However, before new CL systems …

Predicting methane emissions, animal-environmental metrics and carbon footprint from Brahman (Bos indicus) breeding herd systems based on long-term research …

CA Ramírez-Restrepo, RR Vera-Infanzón, IM Rao - Agricultural Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
Beef cattle production constitutes the main land use in the neotropical savannas of the
eastern Colombian Orinoquia. However, the effects of Brachiaria decumbens Stapf (Bd) …

Effects of including physically effective fiber from sugarcane in whole corn grain diets on the ingestive, digestive, and ruminal parameters of growing beef bulls

HM Alhadas, SC Valadares Filho, FF Silva, FAS Silva… - Livestock Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate the inclusion of physically effective fiber (peNDF)
from sugarcane in feedlot diets containing whole corn grain on ingestive, digestive, and …

Effect of pregnancy and feeding level on voluntary intake, digestion, and microbial nitrogen synthesis in Zebu beef cows

MP Gionbelli, M de Souza Duarte… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2024 - Springer
The objective of this research was to evaluate how pregnancy and feeding regimens affect
the feed intake, digestibility, and efficiency of microbial nitrogen (N) synthesis in beef cows …

Protein supplementation during mid-gestation alters the amino acid patterns, hepatic metabolism, and maternal skeletal muscle turnover of pregnant zebu beef cows

JAM Meneses, KB Nascimento, MC Galvão… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pregnant beef cows raised on extensive pasture systems in tropical
regions commonly experience nutrient restriction during gestation. Herein, it was postulated …

Effect of dietary protein content on performance, feed efficiency and carcass traits of feedlot Nellore and Angus× Nellore cross cattle at different growth stages

PM Amaral, LDS Mariz, D Zanetti, LF Prados… - The Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
An experiment was conducted to evaluate whether a reduction in dietary crude protein (CP)
and genotype affects animal performance, feed efficiency and carcass traits of beef cattle at …

Circular agriculture practices enhance phosphorus recovery for large-scale commercial farms under tropical conditions

SG Moreira, G Hoogenboom, MR Nunes… - The Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The objective of this research was to assess the adoption of circular agricultural practices as
a tool to improve the recovery use efficiency of phosphorus (P) applied to tropical soils. Two …