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The Technology Optimization Of The Freezing Microwave Treatment Assisted Extraction Of Phenols From Red Grape Juice, Hong Meiling, Feng Zuoshan, Bai Yujia, Zheng Wancai, Ma Dexiu

Food and Machinery

In order to promote the rapid dissolution of anthocyanins and other polyphenols in colored grapes into grape juice, taking cabernet sauvignon grape as raw materia, using non thermal processing technology combined with freezing microwave treatment. Based on the single factor experiment, choosing the anthocyanin and polyphenol content of dual response value. Factors such as sample quality, freezing time, freezing temperature, microwave time and microwave power were selected as optimization factors, designed optimization of response surface methodology based on Box-Behnken experimental design principle. The optimum conditions for the simultaneous optimization of the two indicators were as follows: The sample quality was …

Application Of Radio Frequency Heating In Food Industry, Li Yulin, Jiao Yang, Wang Yifen

Food and Machinery

The radio frequency (RF) heating is a novel technology in food industry which has the advantages of fast and volumetric heating. The potential application of the radio frequency technology has been gradually developed in many fields including food drying, sterilization/pasteurization, dis-infestation, thawing and etc. However, there are still problems like non-uniform heating problem needs further research. It was reviewed the fundamentals, applications, and mathematical modeling techniques of radio frequency heating processes in this study, and the future research needs of it were also prospected.

Structure And Properties Of Acetylated Corn Starch Prepared Under Ultra High Pressure (Uhp), Pu Huayin, Ma Yun, Huang Meng, Xu Yao, Fan Fan, Liu Shuhan, Huang Junrong

Food and Machinery

The acetylated starches from corn were prepared under ultra high pressure (UHP) by acetic anhydride as reaction reagent, and NaCl as the reaction medium. The structure and properties of acetylated starches were analyzed by using light microscope, X-ray diffractometer and rapid viscosity analyzer. The results indicated that the granular acetylated starch showed a similar crystallite structure as that of native starch. In addition, the acetylated starches were gelatinized when treated at 600 MPa and the structure of starch granules was gradually destroyed, whereas the crystal structure was transformed from the A-type crystallite to the V-type crystallite. However the gelatinization negatively …

The Analysis And Evaluation Of Nutrients Of Sansui’S Characteristic Sheldrake Duck Eggs, Shen Changxuan, Wang Xiujun, Huang Shan

Food and Machinery

The eggs of Sansui’s characteristic sheldrake duck were researched to enrich its foundation and deepen the objective evaluation. Moisture content, crude protein content, amino acid composition and its content, crude fat content, composition and content of fatty acids, cholesterol content and the content of calcium, zinc, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, lead and selenium of 3 kinds of egg samples in Guizhou were determined by the methods of China national standard, chromatography of gases, Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and spectrofluorimetry. Amino acid and fatty acids were scientifically evaluated by the method WHO/FAO Amino Acid Scoring Model, the chemical score …

Optimization On Mixed Fermentation Process With Brown Rice Ferment, Zhang Xupu, Bai Junyan, Liu Tengyun, Wu Rongrong, Cheng Shumei

Food and Machinery

The mixed fermentation process of enzymatic brown rice was optimized by the response surface method. In order to optimize the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum in short-term mixed fermented brown rice, the fermentation medium components of the traditional brown rice enzyme were optimized and the interaction between the constituent components was analyzed. Firstly, the main factors were analyzed by pre-experiemntal. The vital influencing factors of biomass, such as honey, brown rice and NaCl, were determined by Plackett-Burman test. The direction and step size of the steepest climbing test are set according to the three important factors effect intensity. …

In The Field The Women Saved The Crop: The Women’S Land Army Of World War Ii, Denna M. Clymer

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Women’s Land Army brought together rural and urban sectors of the United States in a climate of national and regional crisis. By the time the country was cast into war, the agricultural sector was already caught in a downward economic spiral that drove away laborers. With demand falling, and farms propped up only by experiments in subsidy and parity, when military and industrial jobs emerged in urban areas, farm laborers became scarce. At the same time the war created jobs for men outside of the agricultural sector, farm prices recovered and demand soared, forcing farmers to look to women …

Time Series Forecast Analysis In Wholesale Broiler Markets, Christopher R. Sims

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In 2016 the chicken industry provided nearly 1.2 million jobs, 68 billion dollars in wages, 313 billion dollars in economic activity and 24 billion dollars in government revenue (John Dunham & Associates, Inc., 2016). Broiler production has changed dramatically from the early 90’s to the turn of the 21st century. Technological advancements, continuous improvements, production efficiencies and industry changes have made the industry the global market it is today. The poultry industry is an extremely volatile market with prices constantly fluctuating in response to input price volatility and demand and supply changes. These changes are often driven by world economic …

Animal Welfare Frames: How Social Media Messages Bridge The Gap Between The Protein Industry And Consumers, Olivia Norton

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The two articles in this thesis used content analysis to analyze and compare animal welfare related website and Twitter content of the top five animal protein producing companies in the United States. In the first article, the animal welfare website content of Cargill, Tyson Foods Inc., Smithfield, JBS® and Sysco were analyzed for persuasive frames, common topics, and key terminology to describe their corporate positions on animal welfare. Sysco’s main page devoted to animal welfare dominated the word count with 1,045 words, while JBS®’s main animal welfare page used only 265 words to communicate the company’s views. The most commonly …

Management Strategies For Beef Heifer Development, Shelby Ann Springman

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Four experiments were conducted to determine the impact of development systems, trace mineral source, and trace mineral supplementation on beef heifers. Experiment 1 utilized 300 Angus-based, spring-born heifers to evaluate postweaning heifer development systems on gain, reproductive performance, and feed efficiency as a pregnant heifer. Heifers were blocked by BW and randomly assigned to graze corn residue, upland range, or were fed 1 of 2 diets in a drylot differing in energy levels: high or low. Heifer development system did not impact AI or final pregnancy rates. Development cost per pregnant heifer was not different among treatments. Furthermore, pregnant heifer …

Economic And Policy Evaluations And Impacts Of The National Rice Development Policy Strategies In Malaysia: Self-Sufficiency, International Trade, And Food Security, Roslina Binti Ali

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Despite the fact that the recent rice policy has been moving to a strategy of self-sufficiency while the status quo of the national rice economy remains ambiguous, Malaysia has made an extreme policy decision to pursue an autarky economy in its rice sector, thus closing borders from the international markets in the future. The goal of this dissertation research is to comprehensively evaluate a deep-rooted rice policy in Malaysia and analyze the holistic impacts of the self-sufficiency and international trade policies at the national and farm-household levels, utilizing economic frameworks. The protectionist policy measures using a Policy Analysis Matrix reveals …

Quinoa For Utah, Kristine Bunkland, Earl Creech, Jennifer R. Reeve, Grant Cardon, Michael Pace

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides insight into some of the opportunities and limitations to quinoa production in Utah.

Preparing Soil For Turfgrass Establishment - Southern Utah, Michael Caron, Candace Schaible, Rick Heflebower, Grant Cardon, Taun Beddes, Kelly Kopp

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides information for successfully establishing a lawn including planning, soil preparation, appropriate seed or sod choice, and an understanding of turfgrass requirements in southern Utah.

Curriculum: Careers In Urban Agriculture (Grades 7-12), Tyson Sorensen, Kelsey Hall, David Francis, Joshua Dallin

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Materials were created for school-based agricultural educators (7th-12 grade) to use for students in Utah. This curriculum covers multiple days of instruction but 3-5 (50-minute sessions) days is what it is intended for. Includes a unit plan for the instructor, presentation slides (PPT and PFD), worksheets, and other materials. This curriculum focuses on careers in urban agriculture.

Curriculum: Alternative Animals In Agriculture (Grades 7-12), Tyson Sorensen, Kelsey Hall, David Francis, Joshua Dallin

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Materials were created for school-based agricultural educators (7th-12 grade) to use for students in Utah. This curriculum covers multiple days of instruction but 3-5 (50-minute sessions) days is what it is intended for. Includes a unit plan for an instructor, presentation slides (PPT and PFD), worksheets, and other materials.

Effects Of Different Drying Methods On The Quality And Antioxidant Activity Of Seedless Purple Grape, Li Xiaoli, Wang Cheng, Tao Yongxia, Chen Jiluan, Quan Longfeng, Qiao Kunyun, Yan Shuyun, Liu Fengjuan

Food and Machinery

The effects of different drying methods on the quality and antioxidant properties of seedless purple grapes were investigated in this study. Four different drying techniques including natural drying, hot-air drying, drying in the shade and vacuum freeze drying was used to dry fresh seedless purple grapes. Moreover, the total sugar, reducing sugar, fructose glucose, total acid, vitamin C, total phenol, total phenolics, total flavonoid, total flavanols, anthocyanins and sensory indicators, antioxidant capacity were detected, in order to compare the effects of different drying methods. The results showed that different drying methods obviously influenced the quality and antioxidant properties of the …

The Extraction Of Finger Millet Polyphenols By Using Ultrasound-Assisted Aqueous Two-Phase And Its Antioxidant Activity, Wang Shuanghui, Zhang Li, Zhong Yuanyuan, Jin Chenzhong

Food and Machinery

The ultrasonic-assisted ethanol-ammonium sulfate aqueous two-phase system was adopted to extract polyphenols from finger millet. The extraction process was optimized by single factor test and response surface analysis, polyphenols yield as the index. The results showed that the optimum extraction process was determined as follows: ethanol volume fraction of 41%, ammonium sulfate concentration of 0.3 g/mL, ultrasonic temperature of 42 ℃, liquid-solid ratio of 60 mL/g, and treated for 29 min. By adopting the process, the extraction yield of polyphenols was 319.15 mg/100 g. Finger millet polyphenols had strong antioxidant activity in vitro, the total reducing capacity, DPPH radical scavenging …

Preparation Of Low Phenylalanine Peptides Mixture From Peanut Protein, Li Zhigang, Guang Cuie, Gan Jianping

Food and Machinery

In order to prepare original material for developing low phenylalanine special food, the peanut protein was degraded by Alcalase2.4L and papain, the hydrolysis by Flavourzyme and the removal of phenylalanine by activated carbon were determined by signal and orthogonal tests separately. The optimal parameters were found to be hydrolysis temperature 50 ℃, pH 6.5, enzyme/substrate 3 500 U/g and time 5 h, which resulted in a content of free phenylalanine of 28.65 mg/100 mL in hydrolysates. The removal of phenylalanine with 7 g/100 g activated carbon powder was conducted at 35 ℃, pH 3.0 for 2.5 h and the removal …

Research Progress For The Contamination Of Ultra Violet Stabilizers And Absorbers And Their Determination Methods, Huang Cuili, Zhou Quan, Tang Suiping, Li Jinqing, Wu Weiliang, Qi Yan

Food and Machinery

The wide applications of ultra violet stabilizers and absorbers in industry caused the elevation of the contaminated levels in environmental media and livings. Because of many violet stabilizers and absorbers have estrogenic effects on livings, and more concerns are attracted on them. In order to prevent the aging process of plastic food contact materials, violet stabilizers and absorbers are employed in the process of manufacture. Therefore, these chemicals could migrate into food when the plastic food contact materials were used for food package. The migration quantity needed to be determined to prevent proceeding the limits. In this paper, the research …

Effects Of High Temperature Treatment On Quality Of Meat, Zhong Huazhen, Liu Yongfeng, Gan Fei, Hu Yuhua

Food and Machinery

In order to study the effects of common high temperature treatment methods such as pan-frying, frying and broiling on eating quality of meat. pork, chicken and duck were used as research object. The meat color, texture profile analysis and shear force were determined to evaluate the eating quality. Results indicated that pan-frying, frying and broiling had a significant influence on the eating quality of all the samples (P＜0.05). After treatments, the L^*and b^* value of the three kinds of meat increased (P＜0.05), the a^* value of pork decreased (P＜0.05), conversely, the a^* value of chicken …

Characteristics Of Streptococcus Salivarius Bd3900 As An Oral Probiotics, Yu Yanan, Wu Zhengjun, Han Jin

Food and Machinery

Interactions between Streptococcus salivarius and Streptococcus mutans play important roles in the development of dental biolms in oral cavity. S. salivarius BD3900, isolated from the oral cavity of a healthy voluteer, displayed the potential to be an oral probiotics in vitro. Strong hydrophobicity (95.8%) and high surface charges(≥88.6%) endure the strain to be easily adhered in oral cavity. The strain BD3900 was tolerant to 100 μg/mL lysozyme(2.0×104 U/mg), indicating the high ability for the strain to survive in oral cavity. Besides, the strain was determined to be with high auto-aggregating ability(15%～20%) as well as co-aggregating abiltity with Streptococcus mutans.in the …

Study On Physicochemical Properties And Digestibility Of The Resistant Starch From Dioscorea Opposite Thunb. Cv. Huaiqing, Ma Liping, Jiao Kunpeng, Luo Lei, Xiang Jinle, Zhang Xiaoyu, Fan Jinling, Zhu Wenxue

Food and Machinery

The physicochemical characteristics and digestibility of native starch from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing and its resistant starch produced by autoclave process preparation method have been analyzed and compared in the paper. Results showed that the shape of native starch granules from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing was irregular ellipsoid and triangle with a smooth surface. The crystal form of naitive starch was type C. Resistant starch losing particle characteristic exhibited a lamellar structure with loose surface. Both of them were similar in chemical structure without new functional group in resistant starch granules. Compared with the native starch, the molecular …

Design And Application Of An Ice-Temperature Vacuum Drying System, Li Jianguo, Wan Jinqing, Zhao Yanfeng

Food and Machinery

The ice-temperature vacuum drying processing dose little damage to the nutrition of food products, and helps to preserve their high quality. However, the precise control of ice-temperature is difficult in this field. On the basis of analyzing the principles of ice-temperature vacuum drying process and the features of drying equipment, the ice-temperature vacuum drying system with improved control flow was set up and the experiments with the sample of white radish wear were carried out. The results showed that this system could operate steadily at the set sample temperature value ±0.5 ℃, and provided a platform for the follow-up study …

Economic Impact Of The Sugarcane Aphid Outbreak In South Texas, Samuel D. Zapata, Rebekka Dudensing, Danielle Sekula, Gabriela Esparza-Díaz, Raul Villanueva

Entomology Faculty Publications

The objective of this study was to estimate the economic impact of the sugarcane aphid (SCA) outbreak in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV), Texas. Local producers were surveyed to gather detailed information about crop production and pest control practices. Collected data were used to estimate the reduction in profit associated with the SCA infestation, as well as the monetary value of the prevented loss attributed to control efforts. Sorghum industry losses were then used to assess the overall economic impact of the SCA outbreak in the RGV economy.

Inside Research: Q&A With Katalin Tari, Rachel L. Wood

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

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Atay V. County Of Maui, Stephanie A. George

Public Land & Resources Law Review

As genetically engineered plants become more common, questions frequently arise regarding how the plants are regulated and who can regulate them. The Ninth Circuit attempted to answer these questions through preemption doctrine. The court left the door open for states and localities to regulate genetically engineered crops that have been deregulated by the federal government. This decision will implicate the future cultivation of genetically engineered crops, and the food industry as a whole.

Nebline, November/December 2017

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: 4-H’ers Grow Into True Leaders through Service

Food & Health

Farm & Acreage

Pests & Wildlife

Horticulture

Early Childhood

4-H & Youth

and other extension news and events

Organic Solvent Exposure And Depressive Symptoms Among Licensed Pesticide Applicators In The Agricultural Health Study, Miriam Siegel, Sarah E. Starks, Wayne T. Sanderson, Freya Kamel, Jane A. Hoppin, Fred Gerr

Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

Purpose

Although organic solvents are often used in agricultural operations, neurotoxic effects of solvent exposure have not been extensively studied among farmers. The current analysis examined associations between questionnaire-based metrics of organic solvent exposure and depressive symptoms among farmers.

Methods

Results from 692 male Agricultural Health Study participants were analyzed. Solvent type and exposure duration were assessed by questionnaire. An “ever-use” variable and years of use categories were constructed for exposure to gasoline, paint/lacquer thinner, petroleum distillates, and any solvent. Depressive symptoms were ascertained with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D); scores were analyzed separately as continuous (0–60) …

Influence Of An Internal Parasite Control On Cattle Grazing Behavior And Production, Jace Stott

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Six herds of 45 to 90 cow/calf pairs grazing on upland range were used to examine the efficacy of an injectable extended release eprinomectin parasite control on production traits, activity behavior, and efficacy against internal parasitism. In 2016, treatment cows were given a subcutaneous injection of LongRange^tm. In 2017, all cows in the study were treated with a short acting Synanthic^tm treatment and only treatment cows were given an additional LongRange^tm treatment. In both 2016 and 2017, fecal egg counts were significantly lower (P < 0.05) in eprinomectin treated cows compared to control cows. Calf gains were 4.8 kg and 8.7 kg greater (P < 0.1) for the calves of dams treated with eprinomectin compared to calves of control cows in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Activity characteristics of cattle were inconclusive, with treated cows having lower (P < 0.01) grazing and traveling times compared to control cows in 2016, and more (P < 0.01) grazing and traveling in 2017.

Differences in grazing behaviors based on time within pasture at different times …

Study On The Quality Change Of Soybean Oil In The Frying Process Of Chicken Rice, Zhang Gensheng, Wang Rui, Yue Xiaoxia, Zhang Honglei, Chi Tianqi

Food and Machinery

To soybean oil as the main raw material, chicken for the fried food. The effects of different frying time, frying temperature and the quality of each batch of fried chicken on the quality of soybean oil were studied by measuring the physical and chemical indexes, including color, acid value, peroxide value, carbonyl valence price and polar component of soybean oil. Moreover, the low-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology was used to verify the physical and chemical indicators. The results showed that the color, acid and carbonyl value of the frying oil increased with the frying time, temperature and the …

Key Technology On The Preparation Of Full Bean Milk By Minuteness Wet Pulverization Method, Yang Xinjun, Cui Zhengwei, Zhang Yuzhong, Dai Ning

Food and Machinery

To investigate the application of minuteness wet pulverization method on the preparation of full bean milk, experimental and numerical analysis were applied in this paper. The influences of different technological parameters on the fiber grain size after the pulverization were also studied, and the empirical formula was obtained by dimensional analysis. The results showed that the average volume size of fiber grain decreased with the increase of cycle number, static blade number and rotating speed. However, the cut depth determined the limitation size of fiber grain. The increase of cycle number would not affect the grain size after the pulverization …