One government program through the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia is insurance for cattle business as a manifestation of the government's partisanship in an effort to protect cattle farmers from the risk of death and loss of cattle.  To support the program, Gowa Regency has implemented a cattle business insurance program.  Farmers are a very influential factor in the adoption of cattle business insurance programs that have different characteristics to adopt so as to minimize the risk of their livestock business.This study aims to determine the differences in characteristics of farmers who adopt and who do not adopt a cattle business insurance program.  This research was conducted in Bungaya District, Gowa Regency from February to March 2019. The method used is descriptive research using 98 farmers as a sample consisting of 63 people who adopted and 35 people who did not adopt, data collected through interviews and analyzed descriptively statistically.  The results showed that differences in the characteristics of farmers who adopted and did not adopt a cattle business insurance program consisting of:(a) the age of farmers is mostly 38 to 54 years with those adopting 35 people and those who do not adopt 16 people; (b) most of them are male, where 51 farmers adopt and 28 farmers who do not adopt; (c) the last level of education of the farmer is mostly elementary school/equivalent who adopted as many as 25 people and those who did not adopt 14 people; (d) the total number of family members of farmers is 4 to 6 in which 29 people adopt and 22 people do not adopt; (e) the scale of the business of most 1 to 7 cattle owned by farmers as many as 54 people who adopted and 32 people who did not adopt; and (f) the experience of raising is mostly in the range of 10 to 23 years where those who adopt as many as 40 people and those who do not adopt 24 people.

Artificial Insemination was a program aimed at increasing the production of livestock as well as the income of farmers. The study was conducted from July to September 2017 in Balusu District, Barru District, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The population in this study was the whole Bali cattle breeders who adopt artificial insemination technology located in District Balusu, Barru regency was as much as 548 spread in six villages.With using Slovin formula obtained by the sample amounted to 85 respondents. Kinds of data used in research these were qualitative data and quantitative data. Sources of data used were primary data and secondary data. Methods of data collection were observation and interview. Analyzes used in this research was Rank Spearman. The results showed that closely related to the adoption of IB, namely formal education and temporary business scale associated with the weak of age, family dependents and income.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa pendapatan peternak yang bermitra dengan Universitas Hasanuddin di Kecamatan Tanete Riaja Kabupaten Barru dalam pengembangan sapi potong untuk meningkatkan pemanfaatan sumberdaya yang ada. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kecamatan Tanete Riaja Kabupaten Barru. Penetapan lokasi penelitian dilakukan secara sengaja (purposive) dengan pertimbangan bahwa di daerah tersebut merupakan lokasi sentra perbibitan sapi potong yang dikelola oleh Universitas Hasanuddin bersama dengan Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Barru. Penentuan peternak sebagai responden secara  purposive dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 33 orang peternak mitra. Jenis penelitian adalah penelitian kuantitatif deskriptif. Data penelitian dikumpulkan dengan melakukan survey dengan menggunakan teknik pengumpulan yaitu wawancara menggunakan kuesioner. Analisis data yaitu statistik deskriptif dengan menggunakan tabel distribusi frekuensi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bahwa pendapatan peternak yang bermitra dengan perguruan tinggi yaitu Rp 1.151.085,-/ekor/periode.

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The objective of this study was to examine the causes of low pregnancy rate in beef cattle through artificial insemination in the 2018 UPSUS SIWAB program in Soppeng Regency. This type of study was exploratory by involving three informants who were considered to know clearly the causes of low pregnancy rate in beef cattle through artificial insemination in the 2018 UPSUS SIWAB program in Soppeng Regency. The informants were beef cattlle farmers, inseminator, and the staff of the animal livestock services of Soppeng Regency. The data obtained were analyzed qualitatively using the Delphi method. The results of this study showed that four main factors were obtained, i.e. the motivation of beef cattlle farmers for pregnancy diagnosis to their cows by inseminator was still low, the semi-intensive beef cattle maintenance system was not carried out well even some farmers were still maintaining an extensive maintenance system, the location of the beef cattlle farmers house was difficult to reach by inseminator, and farmers knowledge about the detection of estrous was still low and subsequently resulted low pregnancy rate through artificial insemination in the 2018 UPSUS SIWAB program in Soppeng Regency.

This study aimed to analyze the risk preference of onion farmers in District Enrekang. A random sample of 75 onion farmers is selected for interviews. The risk preference is analyzed using a model developed by Kumbhakar (2002). The analysis showed that most farmers are not willing to take a risk in the use of various inputs. To increase farmer's willingness, take risks and enhance productivity, strengthening institutions such as farmers' groups or unions as well as enhancing the role of the agricultural extension will be required.

The main objective of this research is to find the level of biosecurity adoption by beef cattle farmers. This research is conducted in Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The data are collected from observation and interview using questionnaire. The sample is 31 beef cattle farmers who are selected using random sampling. There are 35 questions in the questionnaire that consist of management practice, sanitation, equipment, disease and disease prevention, and calf management. The data are analyzed descriptively using frequency distribution. The results revealed that the level of biosecurity adoption is 69.3%, and it is categorized as "high adopters".

This activity is aimed to determine the process of making organic fertilizer from agricultural and cattle waste in Seppee Village, Barru District, Barru Regency, South Sulawesi Province. This activity was carried out in July with a demonstration method for the Sipakainge group totaling 25 people. The results showed that the members of the Sipakainge group were very active in making organic fertilizers by utilizing agricultural and cattle waste, therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the activities’ process.  Keywords: Manufacturing process; agricultural waste; cow waste; organic fertilizer   ABSTRAK  Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk membuat proses pembuatan pupuk organik dari limbah pertanian dan limbah sapi di Desa Seppee, Kecamatan Barru, Kabupaten Barru, Propinsi Sulawesi Selatan. Kegiatan ini dilakukan pada bulan Juli dengan metode demonstrasi pada anggota kelompok Sipakainge berjumlah 25 orang. Bagian metode perlu ditambahkan penjelasan singkat pembuatan pupuk organic. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan anggota kelompok Sipakainge sangat aktif mengikuti  pembuatan pupuk organik dengan memanfaatkan limbah pertanian dan limbah sapi sehingga perlu dilakukan evaluasi kegiatan pembuatan pupuk organik.  Kata kunci: Proses pembuatan; Limbah pertanian; Limbah sapi; Pupuk organik