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Missouri crop performance, 2004 : Winter wheat
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Agricultural Experiment Station, 2004)
should help Missouri wheat growers select varieties best suited to their particular area and growing conditions. This report summarizes soft red winter wheat variety trials conducted throughout Missouri during the 2003-04 cropping season. No hard red...
Trust and Distrust in Biotechnology Risk Managers : Insights from the United Kingdom, 1996-2002
(AgBioForum, 2008)
During the late 1990s, negative events related to biotechnology were reported in the UK media. According to the trust asymmetry hypothesis, such events should cause public trust in biotechnology risk managers to decline rapidly and rebound slowly...
Adoption of Best Management Practices to Control Weed Resistance by Corn, Cotton, and Soybean Growers
(AgBioForum, 2009)
number of BMPs frequently practiced. Ordered-probit regressions were used to explain the frequency of individual BMP adoption. Growers practicing a greater number of BMPs frequently had more education, but less farming experience; grew cotton; expected...
Mechanized agriculture : machine adoption, farm size, and labor displacement
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Mechanization in such countries as the United States and Canada has dramatically reshaped the agricultural landscape since the time of early settlement. The introduction of new technologies -- such as the mechanical tomato harvester, grain combines...
Missouri state and local spending : a 50-state comparison for 2012 (2015)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2015)
Economics of pasture-based dairies (2012)
(University of Missouri. Extension Division, 2012)
Missouri state and local taxes and revenues : a fifty-state comparison for 2002 (2005)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2005)
Multiscale Study of the Interactions between Climate, Land Use, and Agricultural Productivity in Western Sahel: A Case Study of Chad
(2014-09-30)
coordinates of that area are: North 14.403, West 10.815, East 24.219, and South 7.328. Agricultural productivity country summary data for Chad was obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Other data sets, including...
Missouri state and local taxes and revenues : a 50-state comparison for 2012 (2015)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2015)
Baseline Outlook Missouri Representative Farms
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 38 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2007 U.S. Baseline....
Growing and Marketing Elderberries in Missouri (2012)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2012)
is commonly found growing in a range of habitats throughout Missouri, but it prefers moist, well-drained, sunny sites and is often found along roadside ditches and streams....
Effect of irrigation on fertilizer nitrogen requirement, economic returns, and water availability in a corn-soybean rotation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
application. Two irrigation experiments were conducted at University of Missouri Greenley Research Center near Novelty, MO from 2015 to 2018. In each experiment, three irrigation treatments: sprinkler irrigation, subsurface drip irrigation, and no...
Elephant in the room : a study of the impact of emotional experiences on burnout among Chinese reporters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
and reporters' experience of engaging in surface acting magnify their levels of job burnout. Meanwhile, the use of problem-focused coping strategies can reduce reporters' job burnout caused by emotional labor engagement. Findings in this study fill the gap...
Evaluating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Soil and Water Conservation Measures Applied in Missouri
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008-08)
This study used a combination of methods to evaluate the value of Missouri's Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) conservation programs for the affected regional economies....
Perceptions and influences on adolescents' attitudes toward modern conventional and organic foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Adolescents are the future of the food market. Their purchasing power and influence will only increase as time goes forward. This consumer power must be described so...
Flood potential of Poyang Lake, China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Poyang Lake, located in Jiangxi Province, China, is a large freshwater lake ([about]4000 km[superscript 2]) connected to the Yangtze River. Flooding hazards in Poyang Lake...
The family farm in the post-World War II era : industrialization, the cold war and political symbol
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation examines the particular path of technological change after World War II, how farm people adjusted to that change in their work and identity, as well as the policy implications of the numerous ramifications ...
Comparison of rainfall energy and soil erosion parameters from a rainfall simulator and natural rain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. In this study, an optical rainfall imaging system was used to determine the drop-size distributions (DSDs) of natural rain in Missouri. These observations have been compared to those from an indoor gravity rainfall simulator. This thesis reports the results...
Quantifying suspended sediment loading in a mid-Missouri urban watershed using laser particle diffraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
/water-quality stations were installed in a nested-scale watershed study design to capture differing land-use type influences on SSC. Mean SSCs were estimated to be 66.0, 70.0, and 86.0 [mu]l/l for the headwater (agricultural), suburban (mixed land-use), and urban sub...
Baseline Outlook for Missouri Representative Farms 2006-2010
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 36 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2006 U.S. Baseline....