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Study On Process Conditions Of Superfine Grinding Modifying Insoluble Dietary Fiber From Potato Pulp, Zhang Gensheng, Ge Yingliang, Nie Zhiqiang, Yue Xiaoxia, Han Bing, Cheng Jianbo

Food and Machinery

Insoluble dietary fiber of potato slag was chosen to modify with superfine grinding using colloid mill. Inter-tooth space,of colloid mill, material-to-liquid ratio, treatment time are optimized by single-factor and orthogonal designed experiment and are defined with solubility process. Results shown optimum modified conditions of colloid mill: inter-tooth space 8.00 μm, 3 000 r/min for 5 min, material-to-liquid ratio 1∶60. Under these conditions, the solubility is 18.33%.

Advances On Managemeng And Key Technology Of Fresh Agricultural Products Cold Chain, Li Kang, Zheng Jianguo, Wu Daqing

Food and Machinery

Cold chain has become an important guarantee for world's countries to improve the quality of fresh agricultural products circulation condition, ensure food safety, increase agricultural product added value and promote agricultural products to the international market. But there is a certain gap between our country’s cold chain and developed countries’ in technology, equipment ownership and overall system management level. On the basis of analyzing the research on cold chain management at home and abroad, this paper compares and analyses some of the major issues in cold chain: inventory, logistics system planning, safety and quality, coordination mechanism and the key technical …

Research Advance On Preparation Of Peony Seed Oil By Aqueous Enzymatic Extraction, Chen Xuan, Zhou Bo, Wang Zhoujun, Zhong Haiyan

Food and Machinery

The peony seed oil is identified as new resources food in the laws, which can be applied to functional food, cosmetics, health care and other industries. The enzyme-assisted aqueous is a safe, efficient, and green method. Mainly discusses the basic composition of peony seed and its oil features, and analyzes the key factors of enzyme-assisted aqueous method for extraction of peony seed oil, which offers development direction in the crude enzyme extraction, enzymatic demulsification, immobilized enzyme technology.

Progress On Functionality Of Blueberry And Extracting Technology For Its Active Ingredient, Li Bin, Lei Yue, Meng Xianjun, Jiao Xinyao, Zhang Jiacheng, Wang Weisheng, Xu Qiang, Gao Ningxuan

Food and Machinery

For the its unique flavor, rich nutrients and multifunctionality, blueberry is highly popular. The nutritional value of blueberry is summarized, especially its healthy function in protecting eyesight, antioxidation and enhancing memory ability. Also, the current development situation of extractive technique of active ingredient in blueberry is reviewed and the prospect of blueberry is presented, aiming to provide a reference for further development of blueberry.

Review And Perfection Of Criminal Law System In Food Safety Crime, Tan Yaying

Food and Machinery

Food safety crime has caused a serious threat to people's life and health, so it must be in the criminal law. However, through the criminal law regulation of food safety crime, some important links of food safety, the crime of holding type were found, which was not included in the criminal law, some key concepts lack of clear definition, and the fine penalty lack of clear sentencing standards. It is necessary to take food logistics and agricultural products into the criminal legislation, to clear the sentencing standards of the fine penalty, to bring the crime of possession into the relevant …

U.S. Drought Monitor, December 22, 2015, Richard R. Heim Jr.

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of the United States for December 22, 2015 (12/22/15) plus: United States crop areas experiencing drought (map), an approximate percentage of crop located in drought by state (bar graph), and the percentage of crop area located in drought during the past 52 weeks (line graph) for corn, soybeans, hay, cattle, and winter wheat.

Rnai-Mediated Control Of Aflatoxins In Peanut: Method To Analyze Mycotoxin Production And Transgene Expression In The Peanut/Aspergillus Pathosystem, Renee S. Arias, Phat M. Dang, Victor S. Sobolev

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that 25% of the food crops in the world are contaminated with aflatoxins. That represents 100 million tons of food being destroyed or diverted to non-human consumption each year. Aflatoxins are powerful carcinogens normally accumulated by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus in cereals, nuts, root crops and other agricultural products. Silencing of five aflatoxin-synthesis genes by RNA interference (RNAi) in peanut plants was used to control aflatoxin accumulation following inoculation with A. flavus. Previously, no method existed to analyze the effectiveness of RNAi in individual peanut transgenic events, …

J.K. Southerland: From Check-R-Mix To Fancy Pack, Pioneering The Poultry Industry In North Central Arkansas, Nancy Patrice Dowdy

Student Theses and Dissertations

Batesville, Arkansas is home to several local and cross-country trucking firms, many of which transport commodities directly related to the poultry industry that developed in the region. The growth of the trucking businesses, as well as numerous other companies and retail stores, is a direct result of the poultry industry that began there in the mid-1930s and for decades has supplied locally grown product to all parts of the United States. The man primarily responsible for the launch of the trucking firms and the expansion of the poultry trade as a major economic force in North Central Arkansas was Jerome …

Extension Agriculture And Natural Resources In The U.S. Midwest: A Review And Analysis Of Challenges And Future Opportunities, Mahdi M. Al-Kaisi, Roger Wesley Elmore, Gerald A. Miller, David Kwaw-Mensah

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

This review addresses key changes in U.S. agricultural extension and future opportunities. Agricultural extension has been a part of the land-grant university (LGU) system for more than 100 years. The Morrill Act of 1862 established the LGU system by authorizing states access to federally controlled land and funding for public institutions offering educational opportunities focusing on agriculture and mechanical arts for farmers and the working class. Current surveys in Iowa reveal changing trends in extension: more than 90% of farmers identified private-sector crop advisers as their primary source for recommendations, whereas more than 80% of those advisors identified Iowa State …

Rna-Sequencing Reveals Global Transcriptomic Changes In Nicotiana Tabacum Responding To Topping And Treatment Of Axillary-Shoot Control Chemicals, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Yongmei Wu, Jayadri S. Ghosh, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Colin Fisher, Ying Wang, Darlene Lawson, Ling Yuan

Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center Faculty Publications

Removal of terminal buds (topping) and control of the formation of axillary shoots (suckers) are common agronomic practices that significantly impact the yield and quality of various crop plants. Application of chemicals (suckercides) to plants following topping is an effective method for sucker control. However, our current knowledge of the influence of topping, and subsequent suckercide applications, to gene expression is limited. We analyzed the differential gene expression using RNA-sequencing in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) that are topped, or treated after topping by two different suckercides, the contact-localized-systemic, Flupro^® (FP), and contact, Off-Shoot-T^®. Among the differentially …

Affordable Care Act 2016 Changes, Marilyn R. Schlake

Cornhusker Economics

Since enacted in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has in some capacity affected nearly all individuals and businesses throughout the United States. With its sweeping legislation, insurance companies, health providers, employers and individuals alike have changed how they operate within the health industry. These changes will continue as more ACA regulations go into effect in 2016 and 2017. Understanding how these changes affect you and your family and business is important to successfully navigate through the evolving ACA regulations.

U.S. Drought Monitor, December 15, 2015, Richard Tinker

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of U.S. for December 15, 2015 (12/15/15) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.

Soil Moisture Affects Growing-Season Wildfire Size In The Southern Great Plains, Erik S. Krueger, Tyson E. Ochsner, David M. Engle, J. D. Carlson, Dirac L. Twidwell, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The increasing availability of soil moisture data presents an opportunity for its use in wildfire danger assessments, but research regarding the influence of soil moisture on wildfires is scarce. Our objective was to identify relationships between soil moisture and wildfire size for Oklahoma wildfires during the growing (May-October) and dormant seasons (November-April). We hypothesized that soil moisture influences wildfire size when vegetation is growing but is less important when most vegetation is dead or dormant. Soil moisture, as fraction of available water capacity (FAW), and commonly measured weather variables were determined for 38,419 wildfires from 2000–2012. Wildfires were grouped by …

Soybean Yield And Nodulation Response To Crop History And Inoculation, Stephen Mason, Tomie Galusha, Zaher Kmail

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] inoculation was imposed on a long-term continuous grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and soybean cropping systems study with and without manure application at Mead, NE. The objective was to determine the influence of 28-yr history of continuous grain sorghum and soybean production, inoculation, and manure on soybean yield and nodulation. Average 2-yr soybean grain yield was 0.5 Mg ha^–1 greater on plots with continuous grain sorghum crop history rather than soybean history, even after this history was broken by 2-yr crop rotation with grain sorghum in the 2 yr previous to …

Mobile Broadband In Nebraska, Charlotte Narjes, Rebecca J. Vogt, Cullen Robbins

Cornhusker Economics

Mobile Broadband Coverage in Nebraska

• Is mobile broadband coverage available throughout Nebraska?
• Is there a difference between rural and urban areas with respect to mobile wireless speed?
• Should mobile wireless coverage be classified as broadband?

These are some of the questions that were answered by an August 2015 Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) report. The study, which began in October 2013, was part of the Nebraska Broadband Initiative efforts to facilitate the integration of broadband and information technology into state and local economics.

Oregon Wine Board Meeting Minutes December 8, 2015, Oregon Wine Board

Oregon Wine Board Documents

These meeting minutes list individuals in attendance at the December 8, 2015 Oregon Wine Board (OWB) meeting, held at the Hotel Vintage in Portland, Oregon. The Board went into Executive Session prior to calling the meeting to order. The finance, education, and marketing committees provided reports. The Board discussed funding grant proposals from the 11^th International Terroir Congress and the Oregon Wine History Archive. The Board also discussed nominations for industry awards and elected a new slate of Directors to chair OWB's Executive Committee in 2016. The meeting lasted 4 hours 13 minutes (including the time spent in Executive …

Design And Testing Of Novel Anthrax Vaccines Utilizing A Tobacco Mosaic Virus Expression System, Ryan C. Mccomb

KGI Theses and Dissertations

Anthrax is a potentially fatal disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Infection and disease occur after spores gain entry into the body, germinate into vegetative bacteria, and produce toxin. Bacillus anthracis spores have been engineered as bioweapons and have been used repeatedly in warfare and terrorism to inflict casualties in military and civilian populations. Currently, only one vaccine has been approved for prevention of anthrax in the United States. This vaccine is an undefined product that is difficult to produce, requires a long vaccination schedule, and is reactogenic. Efforts to make an improved anthrax vaccine are being pursued. …

Guide To The Mark Kronquist Collection, Linfield College Archives

Linfield Archives Finding Aids

This collection includes wine bottles, wine glasses, wine corks, and other memorabilia from the 1980s, as well as numerous books pertaining to the wine industry.

Community Scholars Program - Hopkins County, Kentucky (Fa 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 736. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Hopkins County, Kentucky during the summer of 2008. The collection chiefly consists of projects completed by program participants.

Managing Net Income Risk With Crop Insurance, Farm Bill, And Hedging, Cory Walters

Cornhusker Economics

Managing uncertain yields and prices before planting is a primary concern to producers, especially when financial ruin is at stake. To manage uncertainty, producers are presented with a complex set of financial tools from both public sources (crop insurance and Farm Bill) and private sources (commodity futures markets). Over time these tools and their relation have evolved. Prior to the mid-1990s, before crop insurance expanded, producers relied primarily on privately operated commodity futures markets and publicly funded government programs, such as the disaster assistance program and the loan deficiency program, to reduce income uncertainty. Since this time the U.S. government …