Simple Summary In the current socioeconomic situation, consumers' concerns about farm
animal welfare can prevent them from buying some products, and this influences the …

The dairy industry in the developed world has undergone profound changes over recent
decades. In this paper, we present an overview of some of the most important recent …

Smart farming (also referred to as digital farming, digital agriculture and precision
agriculture) has largely been driven by productivity and efficiency aims, but there is an …

Increased productivity may have negative impacts on farm animal welfare (FAW) in modern
animal production systems. Efficiency gains in production are primarily thought to be due to …

The magnitude of public concerns about agricultural innovations has often been
underestimated, as past examples, such as pesticides, nanotechnology, and cloning …

The US dairy industry has realized tremendous improvements in efficiencies and milk
production since the 1940s. During this time, farm and total cow numbers have decreased …

Social innovation is often appointed as an essential part of agricultural and rural innovation.
Everybody seems to agree that social innovation is important but what exactly is meant by …

Grazing is inherently close to the nature of herbivores, but no longer applied everywhere in
Europe. Therefore, the perception of grassland experts on the occurrence, importance …

The primary aim of this study was to assess the influence of provision of information on lay
citizens' opinions regarding 2 common management practices, zero-grazing and cow-calf …

Citizens' concerns about farm animal welfare are often dismissed on the assumption that
they are not well informed about farming practices. We conducted exploratory surveys of …