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    22. Survey reflects national agribusiness trends

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Nickas, Katie (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-10-24
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28384
    Journal Title:
    Illinois AgriNews
    Journal Title Details:
    31(33) : D9
    Notes:
    Summarizes findings of the 2008 Large Commercial Producer survey by the Center for Food and Agricultural Business, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

    23. Sustainable agriculture in the news: international study stresses role of farmers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jiggins, Janice (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-06
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27797
    Journal Title:
    LEISA Magazine
    Journal Title Details:
    24(2) : 36
    Notes:
    "The recent global food crisis shows that agro-technology and markets alone cannot reduce hunger. A ground-breaking three-year study recently concluded that the agriculture sector should use the know-how of smallholder farmers better." For details about the study, see www.agassessment.org.

    25. The attitudes and views of farmers on the new common agricultural policy and the restructuring of crops: the case of Greece

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Aggelopoulos, S. (author), Pavloudi, A. (author), Manolopoulos, I. (author), and Kamenidou, I. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    Greece
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37016
    Journal Title:
    American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
    Journal Title Details:
    4(4) : 397-404

    26. Time 2 wtr ur cottn

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-05-09
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28338
    Journal Title:
    Science
    Journal Title Details:
    320(5877) : 725
    Notes:
    New wireless monitoring system for use by farmers in watering crops.

    29. What farmers think about GM (genetically modified) crops

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon, England.
    Format:
    News release
    Publication Date:
    2008-02-24
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27342
    Notes:
    2 pages., Survey among large-scale, commodity farmers. Includes a reference to findings that many farmers disapprove of past cuts in public funding for agricultural advisory services. "It is now complicated and expensive for farmers to get good advice."