Simnitt, Skyler (author), Borisova, Tatiana (author), Chavez, Dario (author), Olmstead, Mercy (author), and University of Florida
University of Georgia
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2017-06
Published:
United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10443
11 pages., Via journal article., The study focuses on frost protection for early-season (early-ripening) peach (Prunus persica) varieties, which are an important crop for producers in the southeastern United States. Using in-depth interviews with four major Georgia peach producers, we explore their frost protection management strategies. This information is the first step in developing a comprehensive research agenda to advise cost-effective frost protection methods for peach cultivation. We found that peach producers are concerned about frost impacts on their crops. Although early-season peach varieties are particularly susceptible to frost impacts, producers still dedicate significant acreage to these varieties, aiming to extend the market window, satisfy sales contracts, and meet obligations for hired labor. However, early-season varieties do not result in high profits, so producers prefer to concentrate on frost protection for mid- and late-season varieties. Producers employ a variety of frost protection methods, including passive methods (such as planting sensitive varieties in areas less susceptible to frost and adjusting pruning/thinning schedules) and active methods (such as frost protection irrigation and wind machines). The choice among active frost protection methods is based on factors such as the planning horizon, initial investment needs, frequency of frost events, and the effectiveness of the frost protection method. Problem areas that producers identified included improving the effectiveness of frost protection methods; reducing initial investments required to install frost protection systems; and employing better spatial targeting and configuration of frost protection strategies (to reduce investment costs while maintaining or improving the effectiveness of frost protection). Although the initial investment costs of enhanced protection systems may limit producers from actually adopting such methods, the operating costs of such systems are relatively low and have a limited effect on the decision to employ frost protection during a particular frost event. However, producers use information about critical temperatures for different bud stages, and hence, improving the quality of information regarding frost susceptibility can help producers make better frost protection decisions (and potentially reduce electricity costs and water use for frost protection).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C20070
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9 pages; from "Extending Extension; beyond traditional boundaries, methods and ways of thinking", APEN 2003 Forum, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, November 26-28, 2003
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 50 Document Number: C00327
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AgComm Teaching, Edinburgh, Scotland: Economics and Management Department, The East of Scotland College of Agriculture. 114pp. (Economics and Management Series No. 15)
Cooney, Sean (author), Cunada, D.S. (author), Harris, S.C. (author), Kaiyare, D.N. (author), Lumande, E. (author), Mbwana, S.S. (author), Thompson, P. (author), and Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03067
James F. Evans Collection; Paper presented at the VII International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists World Congress; 1985 June; Ottawa, Canada
food irradiation, Evans, cited reference, A survey of home economists on their knowledge and attitudes toward the use of irradiation to preserve food is discussed. The researchers determined that education about the food irradiation process should be available to professionals who provide information to consumers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06821
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AGRICOLA IND 89053859; Paper presented at a Regional Workshop on "Water Quality : Agriculture and Community Concerns in the South," November 7-8, 1985, Atlanta, Georgia., In: Southern Rural Development Center Series (84). Mississippi State, MS : Southern Rural Development Center, 1986. p. 101-103.
