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Development Status And Trend Of Subcritical Fluid Extraction Equipment For Agricultural Products, Shi Jiachen, Wu Qifei, Sun Jun, Chen Zhongwei, Xu Bin

Food and Machinery

As a kind of high-efficiency quality-preserving extraction technology, the subcritical fluid extraction equipment is getting more and more attention in its industrial application. The review summarized the basic concepts, types and development of subcritical fluid extraction technology and equipment. Moreover, the development of subcritical fluid extraction equipment was reviewed from the aspects of laboratorial equipment and industrial equipment. The unique advantages and problems of subcritical fluid extraction technology in the processing of agricultural products were briefly described, and the development trend of subcritical fluid extraction equipment was also forecasted.

Research And Suggestions On Quality And Safety Management Of Large-Scale Edibleagricultural Product In Wholesale Market, Li Fangyuan, Mao Ting

Food and Machinery

The development status, quality and safety management status of large-scale edible agricultural product wholesale markets at home and abroad were analyzed and discussed. Focusing on the weak areas, puts forward targeted improvement suggestions and provides references for strengthening the quality and safety management of large-scale edible agricultural product wholesale markets in China.

Application Of Air Classification Technology In Food Processing, Xu Xiaoqing, Guo Zhenxiang, Guo Jia

Food and Machinery

On the basis of reviewing domestic and foreign literatures, this paper focuses on the latest progress and existing problems of air classification technology in food processing, and prospects for the application of future air classification technology in food, which provides research basis for better application of air classification technology to food processing (especially grain processing).

Do We Need More Futures Contracts In Commodity Markets?, Fabio Mattos

Cornhusker Economics

In the last couple of months, there has been news about a new futures contract for soybeans. The Financial Times and Reuters, among others, reported that the CME Group, the world’s largest futures exchange, is considering launching a futures contract based on Brazilian soybeans. The discussion seems to have started after trade issues between the United States and China resulted in a 25 percentage-point tariff on U.S. soybeans exported to China. As Chinese buyers try to avoid the tariff by purchasing grain from other suppliers, notably Brazil, a new price dynamics between U.S. and Brazilian soybeans could be emerging. This …

Study On The Binding Behaviors Of Cadmium To Different Fractions Of Rice Proteins, Feng Wei, Wang Tao, Dong Tiantian, Xu Pengcheng, Li Keqiang, Zhang Tianqi, Wang Ren, Chen Zhengxing

Food and Machinery

Rice pollution by cadmium in China is becoming a crucial problem in food safety. It is of great importance for the future design of cadmium-removal strategy by studying the binding behaviors of cadmium to different fractions of rice proteins (RPs). In this study, the thermodynamics and kinetics involved in the bindings of cadmium to four different RP fractions, i.e., glutelin, prolamin, globulin and enzyme-extracted proteins, were investigated. The results showed that cadmium was readily bound to each fraction of RPs, and the equilibrium was attained within 30 min. Of all the protein fractions, prolamin obtained the highest binding capacity with …

Effects Of Cutting Angle And Processing Methods On Quality Factorsand Volatile Flavor Compounds Of Steak, Meng Xiangren, Wu Peng, Wang Hengpeng, Chen Wenyu, Tu Mingliang

Food and Machinery

The chilled beef of Horqin West was used to cut in three angles of parallel, vertical and 45 degrees, with the muscle fibers, and cooked by the ways of roasting, decocting and microwave heating. The quality factors (color, texture, cooking loss), and the etermination and analysis of volatile flavor substances in different cutting angles and ripening methods were carried out. The results showed that the ripening method had a significant influence on the color difference of the steak, and the steak with the mature and vertical muscle fiber cutting showed the lowest in the cooking water loss rate. In physical …

The Quality Variation Characteristics Among Different Strip Sizes Of Robust Flavor Style Flue-Cured Tobacco Leaf In Henan, Liu Chao, Zhao Kuo, Yang Yongfeng, Chu Wenjuan, Wen Qiucheng, Liu Maolin, Wang Baolin, Yang Zongcan, Liu Xiangzhen

Food and Machinery

In order to classify the use direction of different strip sizes of tobacco in cigarette products and improve the value of tobacco leaves, the middle and upper matching module of robust flavor style flue-cured tobacco leaves were used to analyze the quality variation characteristics among different strip sizes of from aspects of chemical component, neutral aroma substances and sensory evaluation. The results indicated that: ① The contents of total sugar, reducing sugar, potassium, nicotine, the ratio of sugar and nicotine, nitrogen and nicotine, the total sensory evaluation score and the scores of sensory indexes except irritant among different strip sizes …

Establishment And Application Of Macadamia Protein Sandwich Elisa Method, Jia Zengyan, Wang Xiaomin, Sha Zhicong, Zhou Rourou, Sheng Wei, Zhang Yan

Food and Machinery

The unprocessed macadamia protein was extracted by alkali-soluble acid precipitation method, and the rat and rabbit polyclonal antibodies were prepared respectively. The rabbit and the murine polyclonal antibodies were used as the capture and detection antibodies respectively to establish a double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The detection limit of this method was (0.95±0.17) ng/mL. The method had no obvious cross-reaction with soybean, walnut, hazelnut, almond, peanut, pistachio, cashew and wheat protein, which proved that the method was specific. The recovery rate of macadamia protein in baked macadamia nuts and baked biscuits is in the range of 73.67%～77.03%. This method was …

Research On The Detection Mechanism Of Dairy Products Basedon The Magnetoelastic Wireless Sensor, Wang Hua, Chen Dewen, Zhou Deqiang, Cao Piyu

Food and Machinery

In view of the possible inclusion of Staphylococcus aureus in dairy products, a magnetoelastic S. aureus wireless sensor was developed to study the detection the mechanism of its magnetoelastic sensor in dairy products. By comparing the magnetic resonance wireless sensor's resonance frequency shift and fluorescent experiment in bacteria and aseptic dairy liquids, the analysis results showed that the resonant frequency of the magnetoelastic sensor could better reflect the weight of the sensor. When the mass of the sensor decreases or the liquid increased, the resonance frequency of the sensor decreased. It was also confirmed that the viscosity of the liquid …

Separation And Purification Of Fucoidan From Sargassum Andits Effect On Cholesterol In Hepg2 Cells, Liu Haiyun, Chen Suhua, Wang Weimin, Huang Juanjuan, Liao Sentai

Food and Machinery

DEAE C-52 cellulose anion exchange chromatography was used to fractionate and purify the fucoidan from Sargassum henslowianum. The highest yielding fraction was named HF1. And free radical oxidative degradation was used to obtain HDF1 and HDF2. The higher HDF2 was separated and purified using Superdex 75 gel column chromatography to obtain HDF21 and HDF22 components. HepG2 cells were cultivated in vitro and it were affected with different concentrations of each component to determine the intracellular cholesterol content. The results showed that after degradation, the polysaccharide content, sulfate content and fucose content of HDF1 were higher than HF1, but the uronic …

Isolation, Purification And Characterization Of Selenium-Proteinfrom Selenium-Enriched Tea Residue, Yang Xu, Xie Ying

Food and Machinery

The preliminary separation and purification of selenium-protein extracts from selenium-enriched tea residue were carried out by decolorization and precipitation, and the ratio of organic selenium, amino acid composition, functional properties and antioxidant activities were determined. The results indicated that the decolorization rate was (93.78±0.84)% when the optimum decolorizer was hydrogen peroxide. The selenium-protein sample was prepared at pH 3.5, which was the optimal precipitation point. The ratio of organic selenium in sample was 79.37%. Six of the contained seven essential amino acids were higher than the WHO/FAO recommendations. The maximum solubility of selenium-protein sample was only (52.99±159)%, and its emulsibility, …

Research On Extraction Of Idesia Polycarpa Oil By Aqueousenzymatic Method And Its Nutritional Analysis, Wang Yuqin, Shuang Quan

Food and Machinery

In this study, the aqueous enzymatic extraction of idesia polycarpa oil was investigated, and the optimum technological conditions were optimized to provide a feasible basis for industrial production of idesia polycarpa oil. Idesia polycarpa was crushed into 40 mesh sieve and then extracted by centrifugation to obtain idesia polycarpa oil. Taking oil extraction efficiency as an index, the optimum technological conditions for idesia polycarpa oil by aqueous enzymatic method were determined: roast temperature was 150 ℃, roast time was 15 min, pH was 6.0, solid-liquid ratio was 1∶5 (g/mL), amount of compound enzyme was 2.0%, enzymatic hydrolysis time was 5 …

Progresses On The Detaction Of The Food Colours, Qi Ping, Liu Jia, Mao Xinwu, Zhao Jinli, Huang Song

Food and Machinery

Food colours are added to different types of commodities to increase their visual attractiveness or to compensate for the natural colour variations. There is a growing concern about the safety of some commonly used legal food colourants with the widely used of synthetic colours. Additionally, a number of dyes with known or suspected genotoxic or carcinogenic properties have been shown to be added illegally to foods. The aim of this review was to summarize the difinitions, classifications, properties, together with the detaction technologies of the food colours and illegal dyes in both domestics and abroad. Moreover, the key points, difficulties …

Low Temperature Drying On Eating And Flavor Quality Of Infant Formula Noodle, Liu Ting, Gao Wenming, Xie Lan, Zhu Hong, Luo Chen, Yi Cuiping

Food and Machinery

Changes of water content, whiteness value, texture characteristics, cooking loss and flavor of the infant noodles dried at 25～40 ℃ for 4～7 h were studied. The results showed that with the time and drying temperature increasing, the moisture content decreased. The change of drying conditions had no significant effect on the cooking loss rate and flavor of noodles (P＞0.05), while the whiteness value of noodles was affected more obvious (P＜0.05). However the whiteness value was not affected under the drying condition of 25～30 ℃ for 5 h. The texture quality of noodles was affected by drying, and the elasticity decreases, …

Profitability Of Developing Beef Heifers On Stockpiled Winter Forages, Zachary David Mcfarlane, Chris Boyer, J. Travis Mulliniks

Journal of Applied Farm Economics

We estimate the profitability of developing heifers on one stockpiled cool-season grass and two stockpiled warm-season grasses during the winter months by comparing distributions of net present value (NPV) over an 11-year useful life. Furthermore, distributions of payback period and the break-even price for each calf over the heifer’s production life were generated for each forage species. These results are compared across forages as well as to a simulated drylot system for heifer development. Data comes from a grazing experiment in Tennessee, where heifers grazed big bluestem and Indian grass combination (BBIG), switchgrass (SW), or endophyte-infected tall fescue (TF) pastures. …

Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association Scrapbook: Officers And Annual Meeting Programs 1967-1999

Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association Materials

THIS IS HOW IT BEGAN .... 1967: Extension Groups Merge

Charter Year Directors L-R Don Kubik John Burbank Genevieve Lawrence Roland Cooksley Roberta Sward, Treasurer Vick McClure, Pr'esident I ' Deloris Clouse, Secretary Jack Timmons, Vice President Bill Pederson JoAnn Luzio Madeline Pedersen Margaret Staley

1971 L-R Robert Klein, President Jane Munson, Secretary Helen Solt, Vice President Duane Kantor, Treasurer

1974 L-R Carol Van Nordheim, Secretary Ralph Anderson, Treasurer Phil Cole, Vice-President Twyla Lidoloh, President

1975 L- R Al Wellman , Treasurer Marlyn Low, Vice- President Phil Cole, President Carol Van Nordheim. Secretary

1978 L-R Jayne Bierman, Decker President Don …

Usu Careers In Agriculture, Forestry, Natural Resources, Grades 9-12, Tyson Sorensen, Olivia Horning, Joshua Dallin

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These are brochures (three currently have been completed) that were developed as part of this grant to promote AFNR careers among high school-aged students. These brochures were developed with a focus on careers related to Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. The brochures were distributed to participants of the workshop and with invitations for them to also distribute the brochures to their school's career/guidance counselors. The goal of the brochures is to help students learn about and see the pathway to get to their agriculture, forestry, or natural resources career of interest.

Brochure titles:

Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences (BS): Biotechnology Emphasis …

Comparison Of Space-Plant Versus Sward Plot Selection In Thickspike Wheatgrass (Elymus Lanceolatus), Joseph G. Robins, Kevin B. Jensen

Forage and Range Research Laboratory Publications

Thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus [Scribn. & J.G. Sm.] Gould) is an important native perennial grass species used for rangeland revegetation in North America. Plant breeding efforts relying on space‐plant evaluations have resulted in limited improvement in this species. The purpose of this study was to characterize the performance of thickspike wheatgrass half‐sib families under space‐plant and sward plot evaluations, estimate the correlation between measured traits in both evaluation settings, and determine the validity of selecting thickspike wheatgrass for rangeland revegetation in the nontarget environment space‐plant plots. The study included 50 thickspike wheatgrass half‐sib families and five commercial cultivars and experimental …

Phylogeny And Population Genetic Analyses Reveals Cryptic Speciation In The Bombus Fervidus Species Complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Jonathan B. Koch, Juanita Rodriguez, James P. Pitts, James P. Strange

Ecology Center Publications

Bumble bees (Bombus Latrielle) are significant pollinators of flowering plants due to their large body size, abundant setae, and generalist foraging strategies. However, shared setal coloration patterns among closely and distantly related bumble bee species makes identification notoriously difficult. The advent of molecular genetic techniques has increased our understanding of bumble bee evolution and taxonomy, and enables effective conservation policy and management. Individuals belonging to the North American Bombus fervidus species-complex (SC) are homogenous in body structure but exhibit significant body color phenotype variation across their geographic distribution. Given the uncertainty of the genealogical boundaries within the SC, some …

Brooks, Larry (Fa 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1228. Student paper titled “Blacksmithing” in which Larry Brooks explores the history of blacksmithing, the proper way to shoe a horse, appropriate tools and supplies, and how craftsmen use various smithing methods to repair items such as shovels, plows, and wagon wheels. Brooks collected information from Earl Austin, a longtime farmer and blacksmith from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. The paper also contains black and white photographs of blacksmithing implements, the shoeing process, and Austin’s workspace.

Mississippi River Basin Initiative At Bayou Meto And Bayou Bartholomew Watersheds, Tomekia White

Theses and Dissertations

The quality and quantity of water in the Mississippi River Basin is of great national importance. As the production of agricultural crops increases in this area, it is very important that monitoring and data analysis plans be implemented aggressively. The National Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) has developed the Mississippi River Basin Initiative which includes Arkansas as one of 13 states that is participating in this initiative. To date, Arkansas is known as the number one producer of the nation’s rice, bait fish, sport fish, and feeder fish, number two in broiler production, number three in catfish and number six …

The Local Food System Vitality Index: A Pilot Analysis To Demonstrate A Process For Measuring System Performance And Development, Jairus J. Rossi, Timothy A. Woods, Alison F. Davis

Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Identifying successful development priorities for local food systems (LFSs) is a challenge for pro­ducers, LFS advocates, Extension agents, and policymakers. Consumer perceptions and prefer­ences regarding what constitutes an active, healthy, and vibrant LFS often differ within and between diverse communities. Producers, development entities, and others would benefit from rapid assessment processes that provide detailed information on consumer preferences and potential market opportunities within their LFS.

In this paper, we introduce the analytic possi­bilities of our Local Food System Vitality Index (LFSVI). Using data collected from a pilot survey in Lexington, Kentucky, we rapidly assess the per­formance of 20 different components …

Utilizing Municipal Compost And Equine Stall Waste As Potential Economic Alternatives In An In-Ground Pot-In-Pot Production System, Ashley Robert, Alyx Shultz

Posters-at-the-Capitol

For Western Kentucky farmers, one viable income source could be a pot-in-pot nursery production. One of the highest costs of production in this system was the planting media that the plants were grown in. Economical alternatives to high-priced, non-renewable peat-based mixes were important to consider. Unique to this region, were two renewable soil amendments that may help farmers to widen their profit margin in a pot-in-pot system. This research looked at the economic viability of locally sourced horse stall waste and municipal compost as soil amendments to a traditional bark and peat based mix. Initial cost projections were favorable for …

Agricultural Production From The High Plains Aquifer Is Worth Over $3 Billion Per Year, Richard K. Perrin, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Federico Garcia

Cornhusker Economics

Recent research (Garcia, Fulginiti and Perrin, 2018) has shown the that the extra agricultural production from irrigation across the High Plains Aquifer (HPA) was worth about $3.5 billion in 2007, $2 billion of which was produced in Nebraska. The aquifer water is valuable!

Assessing Water Policy Implications Of The Changing Agriculture In New Mexico, Trevor A. Birt

Shared Knowledge Conference

Agriculture is the dominant water sector in New Mexico, responsible for more than 80% of water withdrawals in 2015 (USGS 2018). Water policy needs to be extremely adaptive and informed to meet the needs of not only farmers, but cities, industry and riparian uses. Since 1840, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has conducted census surveys assessing all levels of agriculture. These data are physically published at the county, state, and national level on a 5-year cycle, detailing various material counts such as acreage, yields, and water usage, as well as socioeconomic estimates of farm costs, revenues, and hired workers. …

Wild Bees Of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: Richness, Abundance, And Spatio-Temporal Beta-Diversity, Olivia Messinger Carril, Terry Griswold, James Haefner, Joseph S. Wilson

All PIRU Publications

Interest in bees has grown dramatically in recent years in light of several studies that have reported widespread declines in bees and other pollinators. Investigating declines in wild bees can be difficult, however, due to the lack of faunal surveys that provide baseline data of bee richness and diversity. Protected lands such as national monuments and national parks can provide unique opportunities to learn about and monitor bee populations dynamics in a natural setting because the opportunity for large-scale changes to the landscape are reduced compared to unprotected lands. Here we report on a 4-year study of bees in Grand …

The Economics Of The Capitalization Rate For Farmland, Jeff Stokes, Jim Jansen

Cornhusker Economics

There are three approaches that real estate appraisers use to value real property, namely, the market or sales comparison approach, the income approach, and the cost approach. The sales comparison approach is the primary way that residential real estate is appraised with the cost approach thrown in for good measure. For income producing properties, which includes commercial real estate as well as farm real estate, all three approaches are frequently used. When there are minimal improvements on farmland, the sales comparison and income approaches often provide competing estimates of value that must be reconciled so that an appraiser can render …

Weather And Climate Summary And Forecast: November 2018 Report, Gregory V. Jones

Linfield University Wine Studies Reports

This report provides a summary of the weather and climate forecast for November 2018. It includes forecast information specific to the Pacific Northwest and the western United States, as well as forecast information for other portions of the United States and abroad.

South American Leaf-Cutter Bees (Genus Megachile) Of The Subgenera Rhyssomegachile And Zonomegachile, With Two New Subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Víctor H. González, Terry Griswold, Michael S. Engel

All PIRU Publications

Leaf-cutter bees (genus Megachile Latreille) are among the most common and diverse group of bees. However, the identity and taxonomic placement of many species are problematic and species identification is often difficult. Some species are known only from a single specimen or from one of the sexes, and identification keys are not available for many groups. We address these taxonomic issues for the subgenera Rhyssomegachile Mitchell and Zonomegachile Mitchell, two poorly known South American lineages of leaf-cutter bees. We provide comparative diagnoses, redescriptions, illustrated identification keys, new geographical records, and designate needed neotypes for Megachile cara Mitchell, M. gigas Schrottky, …

Hydrological Hazard Assessment For Irrigated Agriculture In The Irwin Focus Area, Russell J. Speed, Adele L. Killen

Resource management technical reports

The Midlands groundwater and land assessment project aimed to identify 2000–3000 hectare precincts suitable to develop intensive irrigated horticulture. The primary focus area was at Irwin, where the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation investigated groundwater resources and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development undertook a multi-faceted site assessment. This report describes the hydrological hazards assessment for the Irwin focus area.

The Irwin focus area is located on fertile loam and clay flats associated with the Irwin River. In the east, it encompasses the Irwin River valley floor and the western boundary loops to the south of the …