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Fearing Fear : Communication about Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 1998)
This article, based on a presentation at the National Agricultural Council's meeting (Chess, 1998), nudges the agbiotech field to look at its communication practices by examining (1) the assumption that education will increase acceptance...
Pelvic measurements and calving difficulty (1997)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1997)
Although researchers agree that birth weight is the most important measurable trait affecting calving difficulty, there is evidence that the size and shape of the pelvis also affect a heifer's ability to calve....
Missouri GAP Analysis
(Missouri Spatial Data Information Service, 1999)
Presentation focusing on integrating GIS & related technologies into natural resource planning & management. It touches on angles such as sensitivity analysis, cartographic considerations, biodiversity assessment, and ...
Biotechnology and Agriculture : A Skeptical Perspective
(AgBioForum, 1999)
A combination of population and income growth will more than double the demand for food and other agricultural commodities over the next half century. Advances in crop productivity during the twentieth century have largely been based...
Biotechnology in the global economy : beyond technical advances and risks
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Agricultural biotechnology is the subject of extensive public debates in many countries.
This article presents a summary of the results of the International Conference onBiotechnology in the Global Economy held in September ...
Feeding a world of six billion
(AgBioForum, 1999)
There has been a massive increase in food production in the past few decades - not only in the world's granaries like the United States (U.S.), Canada or Australia, but also in China and India. This increase has been spurred by science-based crop...
Issues of Scale and Accuracy
(Missouri Spatial Data Information Service, 1999)
The world is infinitely complex. The contents of a spatial database represent a particular view of the world. The user sees the real world through the medium of the database. The measurements & samples contained in the ...
Management considerations in beef heifer development (1997)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1997)
Because decisions about selecting and managing replacement beef heifers can affect the future productivity of an entire cowherd, programs to develop breeding heifers have focused on the physiological processes that influence ...
Farm-level production effects related to the adoption of genetically modified cotton for pest management
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Herbicide-tolerant and Bt cotton varieties may offer farmers many benefits, including decreased pesticide use, increased yields, and greater planting flexibility. Farmer benefits appear to outweigh costs, translating into ...
Spectrum, volume 22, number 06
(University of Missouri, Office of Strategic Communications, 1995)
Can agricultural biotechnology make a difference in Africa?
(AgBioForum, 1999)
There has been much recent discussion on the potential impact of biotechnology on
development in Africa. Can agricultural biotechnology make a significant difference, or would a strategy combining conventional breeding ...
Forages for cattle : new methods of determining energy content and evaluating heat damage (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
The crude fiber method of feed analysis has been used for more than 100 years. Although this method was an important first attempt at determining the energy content of feeds, it has a number of shortcomings. A new analytical ...
Strengthening the case for why biotechnology will not help the developing world : a response to McGloughlin
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Upon reflecting on McGloughlin's response to our original essay it becomes quite clear that we and she speak from different world views. Where she sees simple problems that can be solved with quick technological fixes ...
Ten reasons why biotechnology will be important to the developing world
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The objective in this article is to challenge misconceptions often put forward about the technologies of biotechnology. In particular, I challenge many of the arguments put forward by Altieri and Rosset in their paper ...
Public/private alliances
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The traditional research paradigm represents discoveries flowing linearly from basic science conducted in public institutions to applied research and commercialization undertaken largely by private industry. This ...
Testing fertilizers for Missouri farmers, 1922
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1923)
A New Tool for Discourse Analysis: The Vocabulary-Management Profile
(1991)
A Turbo Pascal program is used to generate vocabulary management profiles (VMPs). The program counts the new vocabulary words introduced into a text over successive thirty-five-word intervals, and these numbers are then ...
Ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment and reduce poverty in the developing world
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Advocates of biotechnology affirm that the application of genetic engineering to develop transgenic crops will increase world agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and move agriculture away from a dependence ...
Testing fertilizers for Missouri farmers, 1928
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1929)
Registration, labeling, inspection, and sale of commercial fertilizers, 1930
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931)