Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06741
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Online via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Master' thesis, Michigan State University. Publication No. AAT 1315988. Source: MAI 19/02, p. 197, Summer 1981. 1 page.
Investigated dairy farmers' uses of information sources in evaluating bovine growth hormone (BGH) , the credibility attached to various sources, and factors affecting that credibility. BGH, "the first biotechnology ready for adoption by commercial agriculture," is intended to give dairy cows greater potentials for increased milk production. Results include farmers' assessments of nearly 20 information sources, in terms of trustworthiness and expertise.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: B00547
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See also B00288, a report of the thesis. Eugene A. Kroupa Collection., Thesis, master of science in agricultural journalism, Agricultural Journalism Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 103 p., Analysis of an unsuccessful commodity promotion campaign.
Online via AgEconSearch., In this teaching case study the authors analyze the economics of installing automatic milking systems under three investment scenarios. The study also "provides an opportunity to apply capital budgeting to a modern agriculture investment and addresses broader questions related to technology investment and adoption on farm."
