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    2306. Survey shows precision ag tools worth investment

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    News release
    Publication Date:
    2004-02-20
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23551
    Notes:
    AgAnswers, an Ohio State Extension and Purdue Extension Partnership. 3 pages., More than half of surveyed producers using precision farming components believed their overall precision farming system was useful enough to justify the costs.

    2308. Talk of technology transfer! Mind-boggling era ahead

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1986-07
    Published:
    International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17177
    Journal Title:
    INTERPAKS Interchange
    Journal Title Details:
    3(2) : 5
    Notes:
    Summary from Donald A. Holt, "Artificial intelligence and supercomputers: new frontiers in agriculture." Address to the International Conference on Computers in Agricultural Extension Programs, Lake Bueno Vista, Florida, February 4, 1986.

    2309. Technology as knowledge: an empirical affirmation

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1991-09
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18330
    Journal Title:
    Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization
    Journal Title Details:
    13(1) : 36-48
    Notes:
    Using the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture as an empirical example, the author shows the epistemic significance of technology as a form of human knowledge created for doing things and solving problems.

    2310. The Canadian government misleading European leaders say animal welfare groups

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    News release
    Publication Date:
    2009-02-23
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28847
    Notes:
    Via Marketwire. 3 pages., News release from the International Federation for Animal Welfare, Zoocheck Canada Inc., Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals, Humane Society International, Animal Alliance of Canada and Canadian Federation of Humane Societies.

    2314. The development business

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1999-10
    Published:
    Mozambique: Department for International Development, United Kingdom.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29378
    Journal Title:
    Developments
    Notes:
    Experience with a "show village" approach to planting and managing rice crops.

    2315. The economics of cover crops and no-till

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Research summary
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08994
    Notes:
    Datu Case Studies, Datu Research, Durham, North Carolina. Summary of a case study posted on the website of the National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington, D.C. 2 pages., Study shows adoption of conservation practices boosted net income $83-110 per acre.

    2320. The impact of farmers' participation in home study programs, local groups and wider information networks on the adoption of sustainable integrated management practices. (UNE-40A )

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Research report
    Publication Date:
    1998
    Published:
    Australia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C13122
    Journal Title Details:
    121 pages
    Notes:
    RIRDC Research Report in human capital, communications and information systems, Rural Industries Research &amp; Development Corporation (RIRDC), Barton, ACT, Australia

    2321. The impact of genetically engineered crops on farm sustainability in the United States

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Published:
    USA: National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36298
    Notes:
    250 pages., Report of the Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability, Board of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

    2323. Threats to precision agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    USA: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D10014
    Notes:
    Report of the 2018 Public-Private Analytic Exchange Program. Retrieved via Agri Marketing Weekly. 25 pages.

    2324. 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.

    2326. Time trashes American agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2009-08-21
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29252
    Journal Title:
    Dairy Herd Management
    Notes:
    Via Drovers.com. 1 page., "Critics are crying foul over this week's Time magazine cover story." Includes links to reactions from others. Accompanying this document are notes from an AgriTalk radio interview with Daren Williams of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. A link identified in this document provides access to the 19:35-minute interview.

    2330. USDA releases trends in GE (genetically engineered) crops, over 90% of major crops utilizing the technology

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    News release
    Publication Date:
    2020-07-07
    Published:
    USA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11770
    Notes:
    Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 1 page., U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that more than 90 percent of corn, soybean, and cotton acreage involves herbicide-resistant varieties. Currently, 92 percent of U.S. cotton acres are planted with genetically-engineered, insect-resistant seeds and 83 percent of U.S. corn acres.

    2333. Use of model farmers proves effective in increasing safety practices among Navajo agricltural workers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    summary report
    Publication Date:
    2014-11
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D05981
    Notes:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. NIOSH Publication No. 2015-177. 3 pages.

    2337. Washington Environmental Council Survey: Level of concern about agriculture creating polluted runoff

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Survey
    Publication Date:
    2002-05
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23308
    Notes:
    From Washington Environmental Council. 1 page., Responses to question in an adult survey in Washington State about perceived extent to which agriculture in Washington has polluted runoff that threatens rivers, streams and wetlands.

    2338. Why do farmers do what they do?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1984
    Published:
    International: Farming Systems Support Project, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28786
    Journal Title:
    Farm Systems Support Project Newsletter
    Journal Title Details:
    2(1) : 8
    Notes:
    Poem highlighting the problematic focus, incentives and effectiveness of farming systems research by universities and experiment stations around the world.

    2342. Ziegler speaks on challenges and opportunities for future of world's rice production

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2013-04
    Published:
    International: Office of International Program, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01445
    Journal Title:
    Office of International Programs Newsletter