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Trust, Bias, and Fairness of Information Sources for Biotechnology Issues
(AgBioForum, 2005)
What do journalists think about information source trustworthiness, bias, and fairness in communicating agricultural biotechnology issues? Fifty Texas journalists and 40 national agriculture journalists representing ...
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....
Global Journalist: Potter Phenomenon
(2005)
In this July 21, 2005 program, host Stuart Loory talks to three Harry Potter fans, Lizzie Atkinson in Hall, England, Trisha Mittal in New Delhi and Tara Weinberg in Cape Town, as well as four journalists, Lisa Stieger in Moscow, Indrajit Hazra...
Bt Corn Farmer Compliance with Insect Resistance Management Requirements in Minnesota and Wisconsin
(AgBioForum, 2005)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-registered Bt corn in 2001 with mandatory insect resistance management (IRM) requirements in order to promote sustainable use by farmers. Since then studies have reported IRM compliance...
Fertilizer and Fuel Outlook for Spring 2006
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-04)
This report compares fertilizer and fuel prices for this spring to comparative prices for the past four years for major field crops. In addition, it provides insight into the outlook for this summer and into the prices paid index from FAPRI's 2006...
The effect of environment on seed composition of tofu and natto soybean cultivars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Composition of soybean seeds is important to manufacturers of tofu and natto food products. The effect of environment on seed composition of tofu and natto soybean cultivars was measured in Missouri in 2004 and 2005. The environment was altered...
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....
A Meta-analysis of Missouri Drug Court Performance Measures
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
to assess how Missouri's success compares to the experiences of other states. This report is based upon a larger assessment of Missouri drug courts conducted in 2005 for the Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator
(Richardson et al., 2005). The data...
Trust in Scientists and Food Manufacturers, with Implications for the Public Support of Biotechnology
(2005-07)
The purpose of this paper is to determine what factor affect trust in scientists and food manufacturers, and to examine how trust in these institutions affects public support for biotechnology. Data from the U.S. Biotechnology ...
Missouri Representative Farms - Mid-Year Baseline Outlook
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-09)
This is an abbreviated, mid-year report containing updated financial tables and risk graphs for Missouri Representative Farms....
On the Distinctiveness of Farmers of the Middle: A Preliminary Report on the Missouri Farm Poll, 2006
(University of Missouri Extension, 2007)
Most U.S. farms are family farms, which the USDA defines as "proprietorships, partnerships, or family corporations that do not have hired managers." There is a perception and even expectation that "farmers of the middle" ...
The rise and fall of fad diets: how the news media frame and represent the Atkins diet, 1972-2005
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
it was framed from 1975 (when it was first introduced) to 2005. This research also uses the public health model to look at the presentation of public health facts in Atkins diet stories.This study included a content analysis of 92 news stories, results of a...
Ethnicity, Place, and Policy: The Relationship to Childhood Obesity
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Poster presentation of issues surrounding childhood obesity related to race, ethnicity, and public policy.
GM Crops : The Global Economic and Environmental Impact -- The First Nine Years 1996-2004
(AgBioForum, 2005)
2005 represents the tenth planting season since genetically modified (GM) crops were first grown in 1996. This milestone provides the opportunity to critically assess the impact this technology is having on global agriculture. This study examines...
When Point Estimates Miss the Point: Stochastic Modeling of WTO Restrictions
(2005-11)
Point estimates of agricultural and trade policy impacts often paint an incomplete or even misleading picture. For many purposes it is important to estimate a distribution of
outcomes. Stochastic modeling can be especially ...
For a Sustainable Agriculture, We Need More Adam Smith, Not Less
(2005-06)
There are two competing approaches to sustainability in agriculture. One stresses a strict economic approach in which market forces should be allowed to guide the activities of agricultural producers. The other advocates ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 26, number 24 (March 31, 2005)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2005)
An organizational analysis of internally marketed branding strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study explores whether organizations with renowned external brands market the brand internally in order to reinforce corporate mission, values and ...
The State of Children and Families: 2009
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2009-01)
This report contains information on current trends in the United States in areas including poverty, violence and crimes, unwed and teen pregnancy, education, nutrition, child health, child welfare, and housing....
Press coverage of lynchings in Missouri : an analysis of the newspaper coverage of black and white lynchings between 1882 and 1942
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
within predominately rural areas, and incorporated into the rural community was the rural newspaper. This study focuses on the coverage of the lynchings that took place between 1882 and 1942, and discusses the differences between the reporting...