Online from publisher. 3 pages., In this commentary, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Food and Farming argues that the "dirty dozen" list published annually by the Environmental Working Group is "scientifically unsupportable, negatively impacts consumers and it is insulting to farmers and farm workers working hard every day to provide produce to consumers." She says, "If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is that science (not rhetoric or false claims) needs to guide our health and safety choices."
Tsakiridou, Efthimia (author), Mattas, Konstadinos (author), and Zotos, Yorgos (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
Greece
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21759
Notes:
Pages 37-50 in George Baourakes (ed.), Marketing trends for organic food in the 21st Century. World Scientific Publishing Co., Pte. Ltd., Singapore. 338 pages.
Weatherspoon, David D. (author), Oehmke, James F. (author), Coleman, Marcus A. (author), Dembele, Assa (author), and Weatherspoon, Lorraine J. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
USA: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00917
Weiss, Dick (author) and Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2008-07-31
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: C28172
Notes:
Via online. 13 pages., Author cites three newspaper articles that reflect excellence in agricultural reporting, especially in terms of "putting pictures in readers' heads with telling details." Two of the three articles are available in printed format with URLs to online sources.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20837
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, from "Integrating multiple landuse for a sustainable future" 15th European Seminar on Extension and Education, Wageningen International Conference Centre, The Netherlands, August 27-31, 2001
7 pages, via Online journal, Hair fescue (Festuca filiformis) is a tuft-forming perennial grass that reduces yields in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) fields. Nonbearing year foramsulfuron applications suppress hair fescue, but there is interest in increasing suppression through foramsulfuron use in conjunction with fall-applied herbicides. The objective of this research was to determine the main and interactive effects of fall-bearing year herbicide applications and spring-nonbearing year foramsulfuron applications on hair fescue. The experiment was a 5 × 2 factorial arrangement of fall-bearing year herbicide (none, terbacil, pronamide, glufosinate, dichlobenil) and spring-nonbearing year foramsulfuron application (0, 35 g·ha−1) arranged in a randomized complete block design at lowbush blueberry fields in Portapique and Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada. Spring-nonbearing year foramsulfuron applications did not reduce total tuft density or consistently reduce flowering tuft density, flowering tuft inflorescence number, or flowering tuft seed production. Fall-bearing year pronamide applications reduced hair fescue density for the 2-year production cycle, although additional bearing year density reductions occurred when pronamide was followed by spring-nonbearing year foramsulfuron applications at Stewiacke. Fall-bearing year dichlobenil applications reduced total and flowering tuft density at each site, although reductions in flowering tuft inflorescence number and seed production were most consistent when followed by spring-nonbearing year foramsulfuron applications at Stewiacke. Suppression extended into the bearing year at each site, and dichlobenil should be examined further for hair fescue control. Fall-bearing year glufosinate applications reduced hair fescue total tuft density at each site and flowering tuft density and flowering tuft seed production at Stewiacke. Fall-bearing year glufosinate applications followed by spring-nonbearing year foramsulfuron applications also reduced nonbearing year flowering tuft inflorescence number and bearing year hair fescue seedling density at Stewiacke, indicating that this treatment may reduce hair fescue seedling recruitment at some sites. Fall-bearing year terbacil applications did not suppress hair fescue and are not recommended for hair fescue management in lowbush blueberry.
Author maintains that most ads containing prices "are in a way misleading, for the prices quoted do not cover, as a rule, the class of stock they are supposed to cover."
Williams-Piehota, Pamela (author), Pizarro, Judith (author), Navarro Silvera, Stephanie A. (author), Mowad, Linda (author), and Salovey, Peter (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36416
Available online at www.centmapress.org, This study distinguished five categories of inter-organizational network relations: very strong operational, strong sustainable, moderate social, weak innovative and very weak shared resources. The studied networks were characterized by strong activity and actor ties and weak resources bonds. "Specifically, the lack of shared resources might negatively influence the networks innovation and sustainable in the future."
21 pages., Economic analyst provided evidence of "the deplorable state of affairs in the analytical procedure employed in the evaluation of the effects of advertising in the agricultural field."
Wolf, Randi L. (author), Lepore, Stephen J. (author), Vandergrift, Jonathan L. (author), Wetmore-Arkader, Lindsay (author), McGinty, Elizabeth (author), Pietrzak, Gabriel (author), and Yaroch, Amy L. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28596
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: C08295
Notes:
Evans, AgComm teaching, In: Proceedings of the 1981 Illinois Strawberry School, March 3, 1981, Mt. Vernon, IL. Urbana, IL : University of Illinois. (Cooperative Extension Service Horticulture Series 25) p. 28-34.
7pgs, 12pgs, The Texas citrus industry is threatened by the presence of Mexican fruit fly. The objective of this study was to estimate the economic losses caused by this invasive pest. Economic impact is estimated in terms of loss in revenue and increase in operating costs. Under current quarantined areas and pest management strategies, the Texas citrus industry could experience an annual economic loss of $5.79 million. The analysis was extended to evaluate the economic impact associated with different quarantined area scenarios. This article can be used to increase awareness and adapted to estimate the economic impact of emerging invasive pest outbreaks.
Zazueta, Fedro S. (author), Albrigo, L. Gene (author), and Valiente, Juan I. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24674
Notes:
Pages 402-412 in Fedro S. Zazueta and Jiannong Xin (eds.), Computers in agriculture: proceedings of the 7th international conference on computers in agriculture, Orlando, Florida, October 26-30, 1998. St. Joseph, Michigan: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 999 pages.
