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Intake, Digestibility, Ruminal Fermentation, and In Situ Disappearance of Bermudagrass Hay by Lactating Beef Cows Offered Corn or Hominy Feed as Supplements at Two Different Rates

Animals, 2023
Hominy feed (HF) has been evaluated in feedlot and dairy rations but has not been evaluated as a supplemental energy source for lactating beef cows.
Christine C. Nieman, Zibani Madzonga, Ashley N. Young-Kenworthy, Kenneth P. Coffey   +3 more
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Preferential flow under high‐intensity short‐duration irrigation events in soil columns from a karst and nonkarst landscape

Vadose Zone Journal, 2021
Preferential flow through soil macropores is a major cause of rapid transport of contaminants through soils to drainages systems. Knowledge of the extent of macropore flow in different soil systems is crucial for the effective implementation of nutrient ...
Sheela Katuwal, Amanda J. Ashworth, Philip R. Owens   +2 more
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Conservation management practices reduce non-point source pollution from grazed pastures

Heliyon, 2021
Producers in Northwest Arkansas and globally need alternative management practices to ensure long-term sustainable and economical use of poultry litter, which is an abundant source of valuable carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P).
Amanda J. Ashworth, Philip A. Moore, Jr., Dan H. Pote, Phillip R. Owens, Jerry W. Martin, Kelsey R. Anderson   +5 more
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Gradient boosting machine learning model to predict aflatoxins in Iowa corn

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionAflatoxin (AFL), a secondary metabolite produced from filamentous fungi, contaminates corn, posing significant health and safety hazards for humans and livestock through toxigenic and carcinogenic effects.
Emily H. Branstad-Spates, Lina Castano-Duque, Gretchen A. Mosher, Charles R. Hurburgh, Phillip Owens, Edwin Winzeler, Kanniah Rajasekaran, Erin L. Bowers   +7 more
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Blueberry research launches exciting new California specialty crop

California Agriculture, 2005
Observational trials at the UC Kearney Research and Extension Center indicate that new southern highbush blueberry cultivars, which require fewer “chill hours” to produce fruit, are well adapted to the San Joaquin Valley climate.
Manuel Jimenez, Francis Carpenter, Richard H Molinar, Kathryn Wright, Kevin R Day   +4 more
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GIS-Based Evaluation of Soil Suitability for Optimized Production on U.S. Tribal Lands

Agriculture, 2022
Optimizing soil—crop—landscape occurrence is essential for sustainable intensification and food security, but little work has been done to evaluate these parameters on Tribal lands.
Harrison W. Smith, Amanda J. Ashworth, Phillip R. Owens   +2 more
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Dynamic geospatial modeling of mycotoxin contamination of corn in Illinois: unveiling critical factors and predictive insights with machine learning

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Mycotoxin contamination of corn is a pervasive problem that negatively impacts human and animal health and causes economic losses to the agricultural industry worldwide. Historical aflatoxin (AFL) and fumonisin (FUM) mycotoxin contamination data of corn,
Lina Castano-Duque, Edwin Winzeler, Joshua M. Blackstock, Cheng Liu, Noemi Vergopolan, Marlous Focker, Kristin Barnett, Phillip Ray Owens, H. J. van der Fels-Klerx, Martha M. Vaughan, Kanniah Rajasekaran   +10 more
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Typology and Policy for Small Farms [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1980
The trend toward larger and fewer farms has alarmed many persons who view the small farm as an integral part of American society. Advocates of the small farm have called for policies to halt the continuing decline in the number of small farms in the United States.
Tweeten, Luther G., Cilley, G. Bradley, Popoola, Isaac   +2 more
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How agritourism helped farmers during the pandemic

California Agriculture, 2023
During COVID-19, California small farmers and ranchers suffered significant disruptions and shifts in the marketplace, marked by a loss in wholesale outlets and an increase in demand for direct-to-consumer sales.
Rachael Callahan
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Tractor path overlap is influenced by field shape and terrain attributes

Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 2020
Tractor overlaps and gaps during field operations reduce production efficiencies; however, studies evaluating linkages between overlaps and field terrain attributes are limited.
Tulsi P. Kharel, Phillip R. Owens, Amanda J. Ashworth   +2 more
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