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BEYOND ORGANIC: DEFINING ALTERNATIVES TO USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC
… the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the substantial growth of the organic food market has garnered both enthusiasm and criticism. While large farm operations and food companies boast a significant reduction in the use of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers as a result of more …
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BEYOND ORGANIC: DEFINING ALTERNATIVES TO USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC
… the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the substantial growth of the organic food market has garnered both enthusiasm and criticism. While large farm operations and food companies boast a significant reduction in the use of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers as a result of more …
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USDA announcements and changes in the release policy
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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Sensory Evaluations of USDA Select Strip Loin Steaks Enhanced with Sodium and Potassium Phosphates and USDA Choice Strip Loin Steaks for Comparable Palatability Factors
… at the grocery store, consumers are dependent on USDA grades and visual appraisal; consumers expect consistency in products. Upon this appraisal, quality is determined by the color, marbling content, and texture of a particular retail cut, as well as cooked characteristics of tenderness, flavor, …
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Ecosystem Management in the USDA Forest Service: A Discourse Analysis
… examines the environmental discourse of the USDA Forest Service, focusing on the language of ecosystem management (EM). A two pronged approach was employed: eleven interviews were conducted with agency executives (chapter two); thirty-three interviews were conducted with agency staff …
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The Impact of USDA Reports on U.S. Dairy Market Volatility
… of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports on dairy futures price volatility over January 2011 to December 2023. Dairy futures are a relatively understudied commodity market with a unique pricing structure and settlement procedure. An E-GARCH model is used to estimate price …
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An evaluation of the USDA program, Make Your Food Dollars Count
… the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published to help low-income people improve their nutritional status and maximize the use of their food dollars. This program was implemented in Roanoke City at Mountain House, a special rehabilitation program sponsored by Mental Health …
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Planting the seeds of biotechnology : interest group influence on USDA agricultural research
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Virginia feeder cattle basis by season, location, sex, breed, weight and USDA grade differentials
… contract month, weight, lot size, sex, breed and USDA grade differentials. The models are more disaggregated and explain up to 80 percent more of feeder cattle basis variation than any previous research. Since the variables in these explanatory models are all known in advance, these basis models …
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Application of multi-state financial data for use with the USDA Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework
The degradation of water quality has been an increasing concern across much of the US Corn Belt region, specifically with regards to excess nutrient pollution. Agriculturally dominated landscapes are one of the major contributors to impairments in waterways at both local and regional scales. As …
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Iconic Images, Visual Appropriations, and Public Culture: Negotiating the Rhetorical Challenges of the USDA Food Pyramids
… by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the 1992 Food Guide Pyramid and the 2005 MyPyramid, to explore how these iconic images negotiate the competing interests of the food industry, nutritionists, and the general public. As icons circulate, they become subjected to various forms …
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Testing USDA Certified Organic and Non-GMO Verified Project Labeled Foods for the Presence of Genetic Modifications
… the presence or absence of GMO markers in USDA Organic Certified and in Non-GMO Project food products. We investigated only corn or soy-based products that were purchased from many types of retailers. Our study was limited to products that contained a label for USDA organic certification …
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Comparison of cost of current school lunch menus with school lunch menus revised to meet USDA nutrient guidelines
… Standard Planning Guidelines proposed by the USDA for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Menus were obtained from a selected elementary school for September, 1994. School lunches selected by the students exceeded 1/3 of RDAs for all nutrients. Sodium and saturated fat for nonrevised …
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Use of nitrous oxide as the terminal electron acceptor during growth and respiration of Bradyrhizobium Japonicum USDA 143
Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 143 grew chemoorganotrophically when supplied with exogenous nitrous oxide as the terminal electron acceptor, or as the alternate terminal electron acceptor to nitrate under anoxic conditions. Cell growth and dissimilatory N₂O reduction were significantly inhibited by …
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The Effects of USDA Farm-Bill Restoration Programs on Prairie Voles (microtus ochrogaster) in the Barrens Region of Kentucky
… many of North America's lost grasslands. The USDA in conjunction with local landowners has initiated the CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) and the CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program); two popular farm bill-based conservation programs. Among the many conservation practices that …
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Assessment of Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Genetic Diversity in the USDA and CIP-FAO Collections Using SSR?S and SNP?S
… to survey the 152 accessions of quinoa from the USDA and CIP-FAO collections. Heterozygosity was detected in 14.25% of the accessions for SNP loci and in at least one locus for 51% of the accessions. Both UPGMA and PCA analyses partitioned the quinoa accessions into two main clusters. The first …
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Commodity futures market reaction to anticipated public reports: Frozen pork bellies
… releases their analysts' forecasts of the USDA estimate two days prior to the estimate provided by the USDA. A rational expectations model is developed to study how futures markets react to the information release. The model provides a direct link between analysts' forecasts. the USDA …
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Accuracy of volumetric vs. weight measurement in nutrient analysis for research
… Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Objective The USDA standard release databases use food weight to determine nutrient content; many dietary self-assessment methods and emerging image-assisted technologies utilize estimated food volumes to assess dietary intake. Data are needed to understand the …
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Simulation of Chinese Sorghum Imports from a New Perspective: U.S. and Global Impacts
… reserve program nationwide. This study uses the USDA-ERS China Model and the Country-Commodity Linked System (CCLS) to simulate the impacts on U.S. sorghum exports and the reduction of sorghum's global price, global production, and global trade volumes. The simulations are based on three …
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