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Managing Precision Dairy Farming Technologies, Barbara Alice Wadsworth, Amanda Stone, Lauren M. Mayo, Nicky Tsai, Jeffrey M. Bewley

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Precision dairy farming is the use of technologies to measure physiological, behavioral, and production indicators of individual animals to improve management strategies and farm performance. These systems have the potential to detect disease and estrus and to evaluate cow comfort by monitoring activity, feeding time, lying time, mounting activity, real-time location, reticulorumen pH, rumination time, and body temperature.

The data provided by a precision dairy farming device is only valuable if it records the data properly for the right cow and is used by the producer. This factsheet will describe problems that researchers at the University of Kentucky have experienced …

Nebline, September 2015

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: 4-H Youth “Let the Good Times Grow” at Super Fair

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Positioning Your Farm Business In Challenging Times: Strategies From Those In The Trenches With You, Joe Hibma, Don Oostenink, Lowell Wilson, Dick Joerger

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Florida's Downtowns Are Free To Grow Local Broccoli…And Chickens (Sometimes), Sidney F. Ansbacher, Michael T. Olexa, Kathleen Maurer

Florida A & M University Law Review

The United States Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (Sebelius), famously invoked broccoli to limit the scope of Commerce Clause. All of the Justices used broccoli as a plot device to further their respective arguments answering whether the individual mandate to buy health insurance was constitutional. This article discusses the other end of the economic spectrum – local. We explicate Florida’s local government regulations of urban planting, growing, and selling of broccoli, as well as other fruits, vegetables, and animals. This requires a history of urban agriculture and local zoning laws before we discuss current laws …

Livestock Grazing On The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument: Its Importance To The Local Economy, Gil Miller, Kevin Heaton

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Livestock grazing on the GSENM provides significant economic benefits to Garfield and Kane Counties. If all Active and Suspended AUMs were utilized, there would be increased economic benefit. If ranching on the GSENM were lost, the economic sustainability in the Garfield-Kane Economic Region would be greatly reduced.

Livestock Grazing On The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument: The Historical And Cultural Importance To The Region, Kevin Heaton, Gil Miller

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The results of a survey of GSENM permit holders document that livestock grazing has influenced the history and culture of Kane and Garfield Counties of Utah, and any reduction or elimination of grazing would directly affect the history and culture of the GSENM region.

The Feasibility Of Rapid Determination Of The Cadmium Content In Rice Based On Near Infrared Spectroscopy And Synergy Interval Partial Least Squares, Zhu Xiangrong, Li Gaoyang, Su Donglin, Liu Wei, Shan Yang

Food and Machinery

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with synergy interval partial least squares (siPLS) were used to establish the rapid method for the determination of cadmium content in rice. The NIR spectra of 72 rice samples were collected and analyzed. After optimization, an approach (SG smoothing combined with MSC and mean-centering) was adopted as a pre-treatment method for raw spectrum. SiPLS method was used as extraction methods of characteristic variables, and the NIRS quantitative model was built and predicted. The RMSECV and RMSEP of the siPLS model were 0.247 and 0.261, respectively. The Rc and Rp were 0.919 and 0.895, respectively. The …

Effect Of Processing Technology On Composition And Concentration Of Pahs In Camellia Seed Oil, Zhu Huaming, Dai Xianjun, Zheng Ruihang

Food and Machinery

The camellia seed oil is a kind of Chinese endemic woody oil, which had the higher nutrition value and better healthy function for the body. The Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs）could be produced with the oil processing progress and affected the safety of camellia seed oil. In the experiment, the 15 ingredients of PAHs were examined in camellia seed crude oil respectively produced through five processing technologies including the low temperature squeezing, high temperature squeezing, leaching, CO2 supercritical fluid extraction and aqueous enzymatic extraction methods. The oil samples including no PAHs (concentrations<0.1 μg/kg) were respectively treated under different higher temperatures for 50 min. The concentrations of 15 PAHs ingredients were little in camellia seed oil respectively produced through the low temperature squeezing, CO2 supercritical fluid extraction and aqueous enzymatic extraction methods, and partially exceeded Chinese or international oil safety standard for the oil from high temperature squeezing and leaching methods. With the increase in processing temperature, the partial PAHs ingredients would be detected and its concentrations showed an upward trend in the treated oil. The above results indicated there was a correlation between the partial PAHs ingredients, concentrations and processing technology, and high temperature could be the main reason leading to the production of PAHs in the camellia seed oil.

Design Of Automatic Spiral Corn Sheller By Extruding And Rubbing Method, Zeng Xiongmei, Zhang Yan, Ma Yan

Food and Machinery

Presently, the feeding of the corn thresher is controlled artificially . The uneven feeding speed directly affects the life of machine and the degree of corn threshing. Meanwhile, the traditional corn threshers were designed basing on hitting principle, which would damage the corn grain significantly. In view of these factors, a kind of automatic control system which is based on STM32, is used to control the extrusion and rubbing on corn thresher.The system, controlled by STM32, achieves the automatic feeding through the stepper motor, accomplishes the corn threshing as well as the separation of grain corn and corn cob by …

Effect Of Chitosan Compound Preservative Combined With Modified Atmosphere Packaging On Quality Of Fresh-Cut Eggplant During Storage, Xie Jing, Wang Tai, Yang Shengping

Food and Machinery

Fresh-cut eggplant is popular with consumers because of its instance and hygiene, however, its shelflife is limited. To prolong the shelflife of fresh-cut eggplant, the effects were studied for modified atmosphere packaging (MAP, 2% CO₂＋5% O₂＋93% N₂) and the combined treatment of preservative solution (1.5% chitosan+10% ascorbic acid+1% CaCl₂+2% citric acid) and MAP on the quality of fresh-cut eggplant. The quality indices including sensory quality, browning degree, firmness, polyphenoloxidase (PPO) activity and total bacterial counts were detected during 10 days of storage at (10±1) ℃. After 8 days of storage, the L …

Applied Research On Determination Of Mutton's Freshness By Temperature-Time Indicator System Based On Lipase Detection, Tian Pan, Lu Shiling, Guo Sujuan

Food and Machinery

Mutton's biochemical, physicochemical and microbial indexes were measured with a temperature-time indicator system based on lipase detection in the cold chain logistics of mutton. These indexes include TVBN, POV, shear force, the total number of microorganisms, pH, muscle color odor, flexibility, organization morphological etc. The results showed that the color of the indicator card was associated with the freshness of mutton directly. When the mutton was at first grade, the pH of the mixed indicator was greater than 7.5, the color was purple, blue, green, blue, turquoise. When at second grade, the pH of mixed indicator was 7.50～6.80, the color …

Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation On Quality Of Brown Rice Green Tea By Sensory Analysis And Is Processing, Li Jingfang, Li Xinxin, Liu Junqiao, Liu Shiyan, Liu Lu, Tian Nan, He Xinyi

Food and Machinery

Taken brown rice powder and green tea powder as raw materials, brown rice green tea was prepared with application of extrusion recombinant technology. The tea polyphenols, caffeine, amino acid, sugar content and the color value changes in the different ratio of materials and processing conditions were compared. The brown rice green tea formulation and processing conditions were optimized through fuzzy comprehensive evaluation. The results showed that brown rice green tea had a better sensory evaluation value with the ratio of 4∶6 of the green tea powder to rice powder under baking temperature 160 ℃ for 15 minutes. The polyphenols, caffeine, …

Construction Of Chinese Food Safety Education Mechanism, Li Na

Food and Machinery

With the frequent exposure to food safety incidents in recent years, people pay more attention to food safety, and a scientific and effective food safety education system should be established, to ensure that all related with food safety food safety knowledge and the main body has a corresponding identity, to minimize formation damage food safety incidents. Clearly, China's food safety education is not up to the requirements, not only the lack of overall organization and coordination of the administrative organ, and when it comes to food safety food enterprises, administrative organs, the media and consumers everywhere in education, there are …

Component Analysis Of Rhizomes Of Chinese Atractylodes Medicinal Plants, Han Bangxing, Peng Huasheng, Zhang Ling

Food and Machinery

To explore the relationship between the essential oils from the rhizomes of Chinese Atractylodes medicinal plants in Dabie Mountains and its eastern hilly regions and the medicinal products. The medicinal plants of Atractylodes regions were investigated successively, GC—MS analysis was performed for 14 samples of different areas, and cluster analysis and principal component analysis were carried out by SPSS. Result: The colour of the essential oils of A. macrocephala, its transition types and A. chinensis was lighter, while of A. lancea in low altitude areas it was deeper.Clustering results showed that three categorizations were clustered. A. macrocephala was in a …

Analysis Of Chemical And Volatile Components Of Cyclocarya Paliurus Tea, Li Tingting, Shi Yerong, Wu Caie, Fangshengzuo, Pan Haixia, Zhu Zhenji

Food and Machinery

To evaluate the quality of Cyclocarya paliurus (Batal) Ijinskaja tea, main chemical compounds, agricultural chemicals residues, and aroma compounds of Cyclocarya paliurus tea were analyzed. The aroma compounds of Cyclocarya paliurus tea were extracted by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS—SPME), and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC—MS). The results showed that the contents of total flavonoids, polysaccharide, triterpene saponinsin of Cyclocarya paliurus tea were 0.73%, 2.53% and 0.88%, respectively. As for pesticide residues in Cyclocarya paliurus tea, 23 kinds of pesticide residues are below the limit of detection. The content of lead, arsenic, and mercury in Cyclocarya paliurus tea were 2.27, …

Study On Moisture Adsorption Mechanism By Lf—Nmr And Esem, Han Dan, Tian Zhaofu, Wang Hongsheng, Zhang Xiaoming

Food and Machinery

Tobacco is hygroscopic products, and the moisture content has a significant impact on its quality. The relaxation time of different cigarette samples were measured by low-field NMR techniques to study the moisture adsorption mechanism and the microstructure difference between different tobacco samples which in different water content and were observed by ESEM. T21 values are the most sensitive indicators reflected the bonding strength of water. The dominated way of tobacco absorption is through the capillary sorption while after adding a polar group such as a hydroxyl the absorption mechanism steering chemisorptions. Spongy tissue and palisade tissue is an important organizational …

Performance Evaluation And Application Of Novel Two-Way Water-Blocking Additive In Tobacco, Zhang Xuqian, Tian Zhaofu, Wang Hongsheng, Zhang Xiaoming

Food and Machinery

The water content of mainstream smoke components is closely associated with the sensory comfort of smoking, and it was also susceptible to the environment. In order to improve the stability of the water content in cigarette tobacco, the effective two-way water-blocking additive was developed of aliphatic hydrocarbons and compound sugars, the synergy of both additives made the water content of tobacco under a good control. The function of the additive was proved by testing in the simulation environment (RH=32% and RH=84%) in 35 ℃. Finally, proved that when added 1.0% aliphatic hydrocarbon (GY) and 0.1% polysaccharose (B), a good two-way …

Purification And Identification Of Endogenous Allergy Protein Ara H 2 In Peanut, Zhu Qingqing, Zhang Wenju, Cai Qin, Chen Qin

Food and Machinery

Ara h 2 is one of the major allergen in peanut. Raw peanut was subjected to a series of sequential treatments, such as protein extraction, DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow anion-exchange chromatography and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS—PAGE) recovery. The purified protein was identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI—TOF/MS). The results showed that the highly purified protein could be obtained by this method and was identified as Ara h 2 by MALDI—TOF/MS. The molecular weights of two constituents were 18.5 kD (Ara h 2.01) and 20.1 kD (Ara h 2.02). Recovery rate of column chromatography …

Effect Of Stabilized Rice Bran Addition On Retrogradation Kinetics Of Restructured Rice, Wang Peng, Yang Liu, Xiao Zhigang, Xie Tiemin, Li Zhe, Xie Bing

Food and Machinery

The retrogradation and crystallization characteristics of restructured rice were studied by DSC and XRD, and the effect of stabilized rice bran on Avrami equation and retrogradation behavior of restructured rice were analyzed. The results indicated that stabilized rice bran has a significant inhibition on retrogradation of restructured rice. The rate constant k of restructured rice with stabilized rice bran was the lowest in the test samples, and the development of crystal showed instantaneous nucleation; the V-type diffraction pattern and less B-type diffraction pattern were found in the restructured rice with stabilized rice bran after 7 days storage, which indicated that …

Study On Enzymolysis Of Pleurotus Nebrodensis Cooking Juices Based On Principal Component Analysis, Wang Xiaoli, Xue Shujing, Zhou Ming, Li Lu, Cheng Wei, Guan Jian, Yang De

Food and Machinery

The effect of six enzymes was studied, as edible fungus hydrolase A01, Edible fungus hydrolase A02, cellulose, neutral protease, papain and flavourzyme on the content of free amino acid, resolvable sugar and L^*, a^*, b^* value in Pleurotus nebrodensis cooking juices. The results indicated that the influence on the content of free amino acid and resolvable sugar was the most significant. The amount of free amino acid was increased by 55.0% after the neutral protease treatment; and the amount of resolvable sugar increased by 41.28% after cellulase treatment. The L^* value both increased apparent …