• Data to estimate costs of producing grass-clover silages 

      Flaten, Ola; Atsbeha, Daniel Muluwork; Lunnan, Tor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-07)
      This article presents input data and procedures used to estimate costs of producing grass-clover silages under Norwegian farming conditions. Data of yield, botanical composition and forage quality of the grass crop were ...
    • Technical and Economic Performance of Alternative Feeds in Dairy and Pig Production 

      Atsbeha, Daniel Muluwork; Flaten, Ola; Olsen, Hanne Fjerdingby; Kjos, Nils Petter; Kidane, Alemayehu; Skugor, Adrijana; Prestløkken, Egil; Øverland, Margaret (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-15)
      A major cost component in livestock production is feed, which suggests improved feed efficiency as a promising strategy to improve both competitiveness and environmental sustainability. This study has investigated the ...
    • Yield uncertainty and milk supply response in two-tier price systems 

      Atsbeha, Daniel Muluwork (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-30)
      In two-tier price systems, yield uncertainty creates incentives to overproduce quantity-restricted outputs even when prices for surplus output are very low. These incentives arise from precautionary motives against expected ...